Paul Greengrass
Paul Greengrass ( born August 13, 1955 in Cheam, Surrey, England ) is a British film director, screenwriter and novelist.
Among his best known works include the films Bloody Sunday, the second and third part of the Bourne series, The Bourne Supremacy and The Bourne Ultimatum, United 93 (via the United Airlines flight number 93 on September 11 ) and Captain Phillips.
Career
Greengrass studied English at the University of Cambridge. In 1978, he began his career as a journalist and director of the BBC program " World in Action ". Among his former works include documentaries about the Irish band U2 and IRA prisoners he interviewed during a hunger strike. In 1989 he directed his first feature film Resurrected. The film received at the 1989 Berlinale International Film Prize and the Prize of the OCIC jury.
As author Greengrass made his first appearance in 1987. Together with Peter Wright He wrote the non-fiction book " Spycatcher " about the discovery of an espionage affair in the British Secret. In 1988 he published the book "The Enterprise," a spy thriller.
In 1998, the movie was created from flies and other dreams with Helena Bonham Carter and Kenneth Branagh in the lead roles. In 2000, the award-winning film Bloody Sunday, which deals with the events of the so-called " Bloody Sunday " on January 30, 1972 in Northern Ireland followed. With the filming of The Bourne Supremacy Greengrass succeeded in 2004 and the international breakthrough. In 2007, the film was followed by The Bourne Ultimatum.
His film United 93 ( published in 2006 ) was nominated for the Academy Awards on February 25, 2007 in the category of Best Director, but did not win. The drama is the first Hollywood production, which deals with some of the events in the attacks on 11 September 2001.
Awards
- Oscar nomination for Best Director of Flight 93 ( United 93 )
- 2002 Sundance Film Festival: Audience Award for Bloody Sunday
- San Sebastián International Film Festival 2004: Best Screenplay and CICAE Award for Omagh
- International Film Festival Berlin 1989: International Film Award / Otto Dibelius Film Award as well as the OCIC Award for Resurrected
- International Film Festival Berlin 2002: Golden Bear and Special Jury Prize for Bloody Sunday
- British Academy Television Awards 2000: Best TV Drama for The Murder of Stephen Lawrence
- British Academy Television Awards 2005: Best TV Drama for Omagh