Paul Greengrass
Date of Birth: 13 Aug 1955
Country: UK
Biography: Paul Greengrass 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. His early film Bloody Sunday, about the 1972 shootings in Derry, Northern Ireland, won the Golden Bear at 52nd Berlin International Film Festival.
Total Credits at Criticker: 2 (Actor), 13 (Director), 8 (Writer)
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A dramatization of the Irish civil rights protest march and subsequent massacre by British troops on January 30, 1972.
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The Murder of Stephen Lawrence (1999) - TV Movie
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Open Fire (1994) - TV Movie
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