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3 | Paul Greengrass [[UsefulNotes/KnightFever CBE]] (born 13 August 1955) is an English film director, film producer, and screenwriter. |
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5 | He is well known for shooting his films in a docudrama style and with [[JitterCam liberal handheld camera usage]] for his action scenes. |
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7 | !!Filmography: |
8 | [[index]] |
9 | * ''Resurrected'' (1989) |
10 | * ''The Theory Of Flight'' (1998) |
11 | * ''Film/BloodySunday'' (2002) |
12 | * ''[[Film/TheBourneSeries Jason Bourne films]]'': |
13 | ** ''Film/TheBourneSupremacy'' (2004) |
14 | ** ''Film/TheBourneUltimatum'' (2007) |
15 | ** ''Film/JasonBourne'' (2016) |
16 | * ''Film/{{United 93}}'' (2006) |
17 | * ''Film/GreenZone'' (2010) |
18 | * ''Film/CaptainPhillips'' (2013) |
19 | * ''Film/TwentyTwoJuly'' (2018) |
20 | * ''{{Film/News Of The World|2020}}'' (2020) |
21 | [[/index]] |
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23 | !!Tropes present in his films include: |
24 | * AuteurLicense: Gained one after ''The Bourne Supremacy'' and has kept it ever since. |
25 | * BasedOnATrueStory: ''Bloody Sunday'', ''United 93'', ''Captain Phillips'' and ''22 July''. Some of his earlier TV work qualifies as well. |
26 | * TheFilmOfTheBook: The ''Bourne'' movie series (if only loosely), ''Green Zone'', ''Captain Phillips'', ''22 July'', and ''News of the World''. |
27 | * HeAlsoDid: Worked as a journalist before becoming a filmmaker - among other things, he helped former [=MI5=] operative Peter Wright write his autobiography ''Spycatcher'', which the British government infamously attempted to ban. |
28 | * JitterCam: |
29 | ** A notorious and acclaimed user of this trope, with his entries in ''Film/TheBourneSeries'' being the most famous examples. |
30 | ** {{Averted}} with {{Film/News Of The World|2020}} however, which uses a more traditional shooting and editing style. |
31 | * SignatureStyle: RippedFromTheHeadlines plots along with a documentary-style aesthetic, rapid editing and copious amounts of JitterCam. |
32 | * SlidingScaleOfIdealismVsCynicism: His films are as dark as possible while still being classified as "realistic". |
33 | * WhatCouldHaveBeen: |
34 | ** At one point planned to direct ''Film/{{Rush|2013}}'' before ultimately choosing ''Captain Phillips''. |
35 | ** Was one of several directors attached to the Creator/AaronSorkin-written ''Film/TheTrialOfTheChicago7'' during its status in DevelopmentHell before Sorkin finally took the reins himself. |
36 | ** After Creator/DarrenAronofsky left ''Film/{{Watchmen}}'', Greengrass took over, planning to cast Creator/JoaquinPhoenix as Dan Dreiberg and Creator/HilarySwank as Laurie, before he himself left the project by December 2005 before Creator/ZackSnyder entered the picture. |
37 | ** He was in talks with [[Creator/TwentiethCenturyStudios 20th Century Fox]] to direct a film adaptation of ''ComicBook/{{Civil War|2006}}'' that would have starred the ComicBook/XMen, ComicBook/FantasticFour, ComicBook/{{Deadpool}} and ComicBook/{{Daredevil}} until it was cancelled due to the success of ''Film/XMenFirstClass''. |
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