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Paul Greengrass
Director 71 years old

Paul Greengrass

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... Read full bio →

Directed Films

Every film this person directed

12 titles
The Lost Bus

The Lost Bus

Paul Greengrass 2025 2h 10m 6.0

A wayward school bus driver and a dedicated school teacher battle to save 22 children from a terrifying inferno.

News of the World

News of the World

Paul Greengrass 2020 1h 58m 6.0

A Texan traveling across the wild West bringing the news of the world to local townspeople, agrees to help rescue a young girl who was kidnapped.

22 July

22 July

Paul Greengrass 2018 2h 23m 6.0

A three-part story of Norway's worst terrorist attack in which over seventy people were killed. 22 July looks at the disaster itself, the survivors, Norway's political system and the lawyers who worked on this horrific case.

Jason Bourne

Jason Bourne

Paul Greengrass 2016 2h 3m 6.0

The most dangerous former operative of the CIA is drawn out of hiding to uncover hidden truths about his past.

Captain Phillips

Captain Phillips

Paul Greengrass 2013 2h 14m 7.5

The true story of Captain Richard Phillips and the 2009 hijacking by Somali pirates of the US-flagged MV Maersk Alabama, the first American cargo ship to be hijacked in two hundred years.

Green Zone

Green Zone

Paul Greengrass 2010 1h 55m 6.8

During the U.S.-led occupation of Baghdad in 2003, Chief Warrant Officer Roy Miller and his team of Army inspectors are dispatched to find weapons of mass destruction believed to be stockpiled in the Iraqi desert.

The Bourne Ultimatum

The Bourne Ultimatum

Paul Greengrass 2007 1h 55m 7.7

Bourne is once again brought out of hiding by reporter Simon Ross who is trying to unveil Operation Blackbriar an upgrade to Project Treadstone in a series of newspaper columns.Information from the reporter stirs a new set of memories, and Bourne must finally uncover his dark past whilst dodging The Company's best efforts to eradicate him.

United 93

United 93

Paul Greengrass 2006 1h 51m 7.8

A real time account of the events on United Flight 93, one of the planes hijacked on 9/11 that crashed near Shanksville, Pennsylvania when passengers foiled the terrorist plot.

The Bourne Supremacy

The Bourne Supremacy

Paul Greengrass 2004 1h 48m 7.5

A CIA operation to purchase classified Russian documents is blown by a rival agent, who then shows up in the sleepy seaside village where Bourne and Marie have been living.

Bloody Sunday

Bloody Sunday

Paul Greengrass 2002 1h 47m 7.9

The movie tells the dramatised story of the Irish civil rights protest march on January 30 1972. The march ended in a massacre by British troops.

The Theory of Flight

The Theory of Flight

Paul Greengrass 1998 1h 41m 6.0

Richard is assigned public service after crashing his homemade aircraft, leading him to meet Jane, a young woman dying of motor neuron disease. Jane wishes to be de-flowered before her death; Richard declines, struggling to maintain his relationship with his girlfriend, but offers to help pay for a gigolo to do the deed.

Resurrected

Resurrected

Paul Greengrass 1989 1h 36m 6.0

Surviving soldier is accused of cowardice and desertion. His former comrades-in-arms decide to judge him bypassing the law.

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