Paul Greengrass Filmography

Born:: August 13, 1955
Occupation:: Director, Producer, Screenwriter
Biography:: Renowned for his startling realism, British-born director Paul Greengrass got his start working on the U.K. documentary series World in Action before taking his first stab at a feature with 1989's The Resurrection. The harsh anti-war film followed a soldier in the aftermath of the Falklands war...Read More

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Bourne 4

Crew: Director

Actors: Matt Damon

Synopsis: Jason Bourne (Matt Damon) returns to try and remember bits of his veiled past in this fourth installment of the highly successful Universal Pictures series, once again with director Paul Greengrass at the helm. ~ Jeremy Wheeler, All Movie Guide Read More

1/1/10
The Green Zone

Crew: Director, Screenwriter

Actors: Matt Damon, Amy Ryan, Greg Kinnear, Jason Isaacs, Brendan Gleeson

Synopsis: United 93 director Paul Greengrass explores the aftermath of the Iraq invasion in this feature adaptation of author Rajiv Chandrasekaran's literary expose of the same name. A one-time Baghdad bureau chief of the Washington Post, Chandrasekaran was present as American forces attempted to set up a Read More

1/1/08
The Bourne Ultimatum

Crew: Director

Actors: Matt Damon, Julia Stiles, David Strathairn, Scott Glenn, Paddy Considine, Albert Finney

Synopsis: Jason Bourne (Matt Damon) races to solve the mystery of his past while being hunted by members of the very organization he was hired into as director Paul Greengrass brings author Robert Ludlum's popular character back to the big screen for his third feature outing. David Strathairn, Julia Stiles, Joan Allen Read More

8/3/07
United 93

Crew: Director, Producer, Screenwriter

Actors: David Alan Basche, Richard Bekins, Susan Blommaert, Ray Charleson, Christian Clemenson

Synopsis: Bloody Sunday director Paul Greengrass marks the five-year anniversary on the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the United States with this speculative meditation on the events that took place onboard the fourth hijacked plane, and the actions of the passengers who gave their lives to Read More

4/28/06
The Bourne Supremacy

Crew: Director

Actors: Matt Damon, Franka Potente, Brian Cox, Julia Stiles, Karl Urban, Gabriel Mann, Joan Allen

Synopsis: The second chapter in the "Bourne Trilogy," based on Robert Ludlum's best-selling espionage novels, reaches the screen in this sequel to the 2002 thriller The Bourne Identity. Jason Bourne (Matt Damon) has abandoned his life as a CIA assassin and has been traveling beneath the agency's radar Read More

7/23/04
Omagh

Crew: Producer, Screenwriter

Actors: Gerard McSorley, Michele Forbes, Brenda Fricker, Paul Kelly

Synopsis: A devastated father struggles to find answers after a bomb detonated in the peaceful Irish town of Omagh claims the life of his twenty-one year-old son in this topical docudrama from writer/producer Paul Greengrass and director Pete Travis. In 1988 a group who referred to themselves as the "Real Read More

2004
Bloody Sunday

Crew: Director, Screenwriter

Actors: James Nesbitt, Tim Pigott-Smith, Nicholas Farrell, Gerard McSorley, Kathy Kiera Clarke

Synopsis: Paul Greengrass (The Theory of Flight) wrote and directed this powerful look at January 30, 1972 -- better known as "Bloody Sunday." Ivan Cooper (James Nesbitt) attempts to organize a peaceful protest after Protestant leaders imprison Catholics without a trial. His actions conflict with hard-line Read More

10/4/02
The Murder of Stephen Lawrence

Crew: Director, Screenwriter

Synopsis: Racism and the failure of the judicial system in Great Britain are the key themes of this searing docudrama produced for British television and based on an actual incident. Stephen Lawrence (Leon Black) was an 18-year-old black man living in London who, while waiting for a bus, was attacked and Read More

1999
The Theory of Flight

Crew: Director

Actors: Helena Bonham Carter, Kenneth Branagh, Gemma Jones, Holly Aird, Ray Stevenson

Synopsis: Continuing cinema's fascination with bringing the stories of handicaps and the mentally challenged to the big screen (Rain Man, My Left Foot, Shine, etc.), here comes a low-budget film about the unlikely love story of people brought together by fate, as well as 120 hours of community service. As a Read More

12/23/98
The One That Got Away

Crew: Director, Screenwriter

Actors: Paul McGann

Synopsis: This British drama tells the story of a soldier who escaped captivity after a mission gone-awry. Paul McGann plays Corporal Chris Ryan, one soldier in a crew sent on a mission to destroy SCUD missiles after Saddam Hussein threatened Israel. Ryan's team was attacked, leaving several dead and the Read More

1995
Resurrected

Crew: Director

Actors: David Thewlis, Tom Bell, Rita Tushingham, Michael Pollitt, Rudi Davies

Synopsis: The first directorial effort of British screenwriter Paul Greengrass, Resurrected is based on a true story that came to light during the Falklands War. David Thewlis plays an Army private who, after being listed as missing and presumed dead, wanders back into camp, a victim of amnesia. The army Read More

1988