Paul Greengrass
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Paul Greengrass is an English director born in Cheam, Surrey, celebrated for a visceral, handheld documentary-style approach that reshaped the modern action thriller. Bloody Sunday, a docudrama reconstruction of a 1972 massacre in Northern Ireland, established his immersive, journalistic visual method, which he brought to mainstream franchise filmmaking with The Bourne Supremacy and The Bourne Ultimatum, whose shaky, rapid-cutting camera style became widely imitated across the action genre. United 93, a real-time reconstruction of the September 11 hijacking, and Captain Phillips, based on a real Somali piracy hostage crisis, extended his commitment to tense, fact-based dramatization rendered with the same immersive urgency. Greengrass's fusion of documentary technique with mainstream genre storytelling has made him one of the most influential stylists of the contemporary action thriller.
Paul Greengrass
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Paul Greengrass is an English director born in Cheam, Surrey, celebrated for a visceral, handheld documentary-style approach that reshaped the modern action thriller. Bloody Sunday, a docudrama reconstruction of a 1972 massacre in Northern Ireland, established his immersive, journalistic visual method, which he brought to mainstream franchise filmmaking with The Bourne Supremacy and The Bourne Ultimatum, whose shaky, rapid-cutting camera style became widely imitated across the action genre. United 93, a real-time reconstruction of the September 11 hijacking, and Captain Phillips, based on a real Somali piracy hostage crisis, extended his commitment to tense, fact-based dramatization rendered with the same immersive urgency. Greengrass's fusion of documentary technique with mainstream genre storytelling has made him one of the most influential stylists of the contemporary action thriller.
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Jason Bourne
2016
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The Bourne Ultimatum
2007
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The Bourne Supremacy
2004
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The Lost Bus
2025
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Captain Phillips
2013
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News of the World
2020
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Green Zone
2010
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United 93
2006
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The Uprising
2026
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22 July
2018
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Bloody Sunday
2002
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Resurrected
1989
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The Theory of Flight
1999
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The Uprising
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2026
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The Lost Bus
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2025
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Stephen
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2021–
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News of the World
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2020
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22 July
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2018
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Jason Bourne
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2016
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Captain Phillips
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2013
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Green Zone
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2010
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The Bourne Ultimatum
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2007
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Frequently Asked Questions
How old is Paul Greengrass and where are they from?
Paul Greengrass is 71 years old, born on August 13, 1955 in Cheam, Surrey, England, UK.
What are the most famous roles of Paul Greengrass?
Paul Greengrass is best known for directing The Bourne Ultimatum, The Bourne Supremacy, Captain Phillips.
How many movies has Paul Greengrass directed?
Over a 37-year career (since 1989), Paul Greengrass has directed or written 14 films and worked on 1 TV shows.
What was Paul Greengrass's first movie?
The career of Paul Greengrass began with Night of Camp David ().
What is Paul Greengrass's most recent movie or series?
Paul Greengrass's most recent release is The Lost Bus, which premiered on September 19, 2025.
What TV shows has Paul Greengrass created or directed?
On television, Paul Greengrass has appeared in Stephen, World in Action.
Does Paul Greengrass have any upcoming projects?
Yes, Paul Greengrass's upcoming work includes: The Uprising (2026).
Paul Greengrass
1955-08-13 · Cheam, Surrey, England, UK
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 ranked 28th on EW's The 50 Smartest People in Hollywood in 2007. In 2008, The Telegraph named him among the most influential people in British culture. In 2017, Greengrass was honoured with a British Film Institute Fellowship.Paul Greengrass, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.