Paul Greengrass

Biography

Paul Greengrass CBE (born 13 August 1955) is an English film director, film producer, screenwriter, and former journalist. One of his early films, Bloody Sunday (2002), won the Golden Bear at the 52nd Berlin International Film Festival. Other films Greengrass has directed include three entries of the Bourne action-thriller film series: The Bourne Supremacy (2004), The Bourne Ultimatum (2007) and Jason Bourne (2016). He also directed United 93 (2006), for which Greengrass won the BAFTA Award for Best Director and received an Academy Award nomination for Best Director; as well as Green Zone (2010) and Captain Phillips (2013). In 2004, he co-wrote and produced the film Omagh, which won the Single Drama award from the British Academy Television Awards. In 2007, Greengrass co-founded Directors UK, a professional organisation of British filmmakers, and was its first president until 2014. He...

Known For

Career Timeline

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  1. 2026
    The Uprising

    Director • Directing

  2. 2025
    The Lost Bus

    Director • Directing

  3. 2020
    News of the World

    Director • Directing

  4. 2018
    22 July

    Director • Directing

  5. 2016
    Jason Bourne

    Director • Directing

  6. 2013
    Captain Phillips

    Director • Directing

  7. 2010
    Green Zone

    Director • Directing

  8. 2007
    The Bourne Ultimatum

    Director • Directing

Paul Greengrass - Aperture