Paul Greengrass

Quick Facts

Full Name	Paul Greengrass
Occupation	Director
Date Of Birth	Aug 13, 1955(1955-08-13)
Age	69
Birthplace	Cheam
Country	United Kingdom
Birth City	England
Horoscope	Leo

Paul Greengrass Biography

Paul Greengrass is one of the most popular and richest Director who was born on August 13, 1955 in Cheam, England, United Kingdom. Director of the critically acclaimed hit films like The Bourne Ultimatum and United 93. He was well-known for his handheld cameras.

His reputation as a director grew after he directed two films in the Bourne franchise, which starred His profile as a director raised significantly after he directed two installments of the Bourne franchise starring Matt Damon..

Paul Greengrass (born 13 August 1955) is an English film director, film producer, screenwriter, and former journalist. He specialises in dramatisations of historic events and is known for his signature use of hand- held cameras.

Greengrass moved into drama, directing non-fiction, made-for-television films such as The One That Got Away, based on Chris Ryan’s book about SAS actions in the Gulf War and The Fix, based on the 1964 betting scandal that shook British football.

His brother was the renowned English historian Mark Greengrass. He’s got a wife, Joanna Kaye.

Paul Greengrass Net Worth

Paul Greengrass is one of the richest Director from United Kingdom. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Paul Greengrass 's net worth $20 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He was a director on the show on current affairs World in Action.

The film he directed in 2006, United 93, a dramatization of the September 11 hijackings won him the award for the Best Director during the 60th British Academy Film Awards.

Greengrass was born 13 August 1955 in Cheam, Surrey, England. His mother was a teacher and his father a river pilot and merchant seaman. His brother, Mark Greengrass, has become a noted English historian.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

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Who is Paul Greengrass Dating?

According to our records, Paul Greengrass married to Joanna Kaye. As of December 1, 2023, Paul Greengrass’s is not dating anyone.

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Bloody Sunday (2002), depicted the 1972 Bloody Sunday shootings of Irish anti- internment activists by British soldiers in an almost documentary style; it shared First Prize at the 2002 Berlin Film Festival with Hayao Miyazaki’s Spirited Away. Bloody Sunday was inspired by Don Mullan’s politically influential book Eyewitness Bloody Sunday (Wolfhound Press, 1997). A schoolboy witness of the events of Bloody Sunday, Mullan was co-producer and appeared as a figure in Bloody Sunday..

Facts & Trivia

Paul Ranked on the list of most popular Director. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United Kingdom. Paul Greengrass celebrates birthday on August 13 of every year.

Based on that film, Greengrass was hired to direct 2004’s The Bourne Supremacy, a sequel to the 2002 film The Bourne Identity. The first film’s director, Doug Liman, had left the project. The film starred Matt Damon as Jason Bourne, an amnesiac who realises he was once a top CIA assassin and is being pursued by his former employers. An unexpectedly major financial and critical success, it secured Greengrass’s reputation and ability to get his smaller, more personal films made.

Top Facts about Paul Greengrass

1. Paul Greengrass is an English film director, film producer, screenwriter and former journalist.
2. He won the Golden Bear at 52nd Berlin International Film Festival for the film ‘Bloody Sunday’.
3. He co-wrote and produced the film ‘Omagh’ which won the British Academy Television Award.
4. He co-founded Directors UK, a professional organisation of British filmmakers and was its first president until 2014.
5. He ranked 28 in EW’s The 50 Smartest People in Hollywood in 2007.
6. He studied English literature at Queens’ College, Cambridge.
7. He ghostwrote Peter Wright’s memoir for Spycatcher.
8. He received a BAFTA award for Best Director for his 2006 direction of ‘United 93’.
9. He directed three films in the ‘Bourne’ action/thriller series: The Bourne Supremacy (2004), The Bourne Ultimatum (2007), and Jason Bourne (2016).
10. He directed ‘The Theory of Flight’ (1998) which starred Kenneth Branagh and Helena Bonham Carter.
11. He directed ‘The Murder of Stephen Lawrence’ (1999).
12. He directed ‘Bloody Sunday’ (2002), which he co-wrote and it shared First Prize at the 2002 Berlin Film Festival.
13. He directed ‘Green Zone’ (2010).
14. He directed ‘Captain Phillips’ (2013).
15. He was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2022 New Year Honours for services to the arts.

Is Paul Greengrass a good director?

After receiving many Best Director awards and nominations from critics’ circles (including the Broadcast Film Critics Association), Greengrass won the BAFTA award for Best Director at the 60th British Academy Film Awards and received an Oscar nomination for Achievement in Directing at the 79th Academy Awards.

Will there be a 6th Jason Bourne movie?

Bourne 6 Will Expand the Jason Bourne Universe Says Producer Last month, producer Frank Marshall confirmed that he and his team are already making plans for Bourne 6, which will reportedly bring Matt Damon back as title character Jason Bourne and return Paul …

How old is Paul Greengrass?

66 years (August 13, 1955)

Who directed Jason Bourne?

Paul Greengrass

What is the Greengrass family curse?

After the War A certain ancestor of the family was stricken with a curse, which would be passed down into the Greengrass family as a blood malediction. It resurfaced in Astoria, which led to her frail health that worsened after giving birth to Scorpius, and she died during the summer of 2019.