Paul Greengrass

Paul Greengrass (born 13 August 1955) is an English film director, screenwriter and former journalist. He specialises in dramatisations of real-life events and is known for his signature use of hand-held cameras. Films he has directed include two in the Bourne series, The Bourne Supremacy (2004) and The Bourne Ultimatum (2007), United 93 (2006), for which he won the BAFTA Award for Best Director, and received an Academy Award for Best Director nomination, Green Zone (2010) and Captain Phillips (2013).Greengrass is ranked the fifth most commercially successful British director since 2001 after David Yates, Christopher Nolan, Mike Newell and Ridley Scott. He is currently the president of Directors UK.

Personal facts

Paul Greengrass
Birth dateAugust 13, 1955
Birth place
England , Surrey , United Kingdom , Cheam
Residence
England , United Kingdom
Education
Queens' College Cambridge

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