• British filmmaker Paul Greengrass began his directing career during the 1990s, but rose to prominence after his acclaimed 2002 film Bloody Sunday. He directed both The Bourne Supremacy and The Bourne Ultimatum and was nominated for an Academy Award for directing the 9/11 drama United 93.

• Fast Facts

  1. Born: August 13, 1955
  2. Birth place: Cheam, Surrey, England
  3. One Oscar nomination
  4. Considered as director of The Watchmen
  5. Co-wrote the 1988 Peter Wright memoir Spycatcher
  6. Signed to direct the fourth Jason Bourne film
  7. Nominated for Saturn and BAFTA awards for directing The Bourne Ultimatum

• Filmmaking Style

  Greengrass films are highly recognizable for their handheld camera style, used to give the films an intensity and realism. This camera work first earned Greengrass praise on his documentary-style recreation of the massacre of Northern Irish civil rights protestors in Bloody Sunday. This style was used heavily in the second and third Bourne films.

• Quotes

  • "By the time I'd done Bloody Sunday I felt I reached the end of a chapter. I could feel it. I wanted to try something new, something different."

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