Paul Greengrass was born on August 13, 1955 in Cheam, Surrey, England. He graduated Cambridge University, Greengrass is known primarily for his film adaptations of real-life events and his signature use of handheld cameras. A lover of filmmaking from a young age, he got his first taste of the director's chair in the 1980s while filming for the British current affairs program World in Action. Television dramas followed, including The One That Got Away about the Gulf War conflict and The Fix.

Greengrass's first major feature film, The Theory of Flight starring Kenneth Branagh and Helena Bonham Carter, debuted in 1998. Other notable fact-based films include 1999's The Murder of Stephen Lawrence, 2002's Bloody Sunday and 2004's Omagh. He then switched gears to direct The Bourne Supremacy, an enormously successful big studio film starring Matt Damon. 

In 2006, Greengrass received much acclaim for United 93, a docudrama based on the September 11 hijacking of United Airlines Flight 93. The film won numerous honors, with Greengrass receiving an Academy Award nomination for Best Director.

In 2007, Greengrass directed a new movie with Jason Bourne, The Bourne Ultimatum, the third entry in the espionage series.

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Director

• Untitled Paul Greengrass Project (2009)
• They Marched Into Sunlight (2008)
• The Bourne Ultimatum (2007)
• United 93 (2006)
• The Bourne Supremacy (2004)
• Bloody Sunday (2002)
• The Murder of Stephen Lawrence (1999) (TV)
• The Theory of Flight (1998)
• The Fix (1997) (TV)
• The One That Got Away (1996) (TV)
• "The Late Show" (1 episode, 1995)
• "Kavanagh QC" (1 episode, 1995)
• Open Fire (1994) (TV)
• When the Lies Run Out (1993) (TV)
• "Cutting Edge" (1 episode, 1992)
• Resurrected (1989)

Awards

• BAFTA Achievement in Direction "United 93" 2007
• National Society of Film Critics Best Director "United 93" 2007
• San Francisco Film Critics Circle Best Director "United 93" 2007
• Los Angeles Film Critics Association Best Director "United 93" 2006
• BAFTA Best Single Drama “Omagh” 2005
• BAFTA Best Single Drama “The Murder of Stephen Lawrence” 2000