Paul Greengrass

Paul Greengrass was born in Surrey, England. While in middle school, he had a small 8mm film camera by chance, so he began to explore making movies by himself. After graduating from Cambridge University, he joined the Independent Television Company of the United Kingdom and worked as the director of a program called "The World in Action"   .

In 1989, directed the war drama "Resurrection", co-starring David Thewlis , Steve and Rita Tushingham . This was the first film directed by Paul Greengrass   . The film was nominated for the Golden Bear at the 39th Berlin International Film Festival  .

1998. Directed by Helena Bonham Carter , Kenneth Charles Branagh , Gemma Jones, co-starring drama " The Theory of Flight "   , which won the Best European Film Award at the 15th Brussels International Fantasy Film Festival  .

In 2002, based on a true event directed war drama " Bloody Sunday " ,   by the James Nesbitt , Kathy Qi Yala Clark , Nicholas Farrell starred   , tells the story of the 1972 British police repression of protesters bloodshed in Northern Ireland The story   , the film won the 52nd Berlin International Film Festival Golden Bear Award   , the 18th sundance film festival audience choice award   , he was nominated for the 15th EFAs Best Screenplay Award for this film   .

In 2004, directed the suspense thriller " The Bourne Supremacy " based on the novel of the same name by American writer Robert Rudrum. The  film was co-starred by Matt Damon , Karl Urban , and Julia Stiles  . The clue looks for the story of the past covered by shadows   . Later, the film was selected as one of the "100 New Classics of Movies" by the American "Entertainment Weekly"   .

In 2006, directed the feature film " United 93 " co-starring JJ Johnson, Trish Gates and Lewis Samari . This film was the first film to reflect the theme of " 911 " , and he won the 60th British Academy for this film . Film Awards best director Award , 79th Academy Awards Nominee for best director . Later, the film was selected as one of the "Top 40" films of the decade by The Sunday Times and one of the "100 Best Films of the Decade" by "Empire" (British Film Magazine) .      

In 2007, the suspense thriller " The Bourne Ultimatum " directed by Matt Damon , Julia Stiles and Paddy Considine co-starred was released . It tells the story of the lost agent Bourne having to find his identity in the world and facing "black and white". The story of the pursuit of the film, the film was nominated for the Best Foreign Language Film Award in Japan , and nominated for the Best British Film Award at the 61st British Film Academy Awards. With this film, he was nominated for the Best Director Award at the 61st British Film Academy Awards , Nominated for Best Director in the 34th Saturn Awards .      

In 2009, Paul Greengrass withdrew from the filming of " The Bourne Legacy " due to a serious disagreement with the producer Universal Picture ; in 2010, he directed the novel "The Emperor's Life in the Emerald City" by reporter Rajiv Chandrascaran. The thriller " Green Zone " adapted from "The Depths of Iraq's Green Zone " , co-starred by Gregory Greg Kinnear , Jason Isaacs , and Brendan Gleeson , the film tells the story of the US military's first warrant officer Roy Miller being ordered to investigate mass destruction in Iraq Sex weapons, but gradually discovered the truth behind the investigation .    

2013, directed according to the memoirs of Richard Phillips, "a captain's duties," adapted biographical drama " Captain Phillips " ,   from the Tom Hanks , Catherine Keener , Barkhad Abdi starring   , the film won the Thirty-seventh Japan Film Nominated for Best Foreign Language Film in Academy Awards  , for which he wonNominated for the Best Director Award   and the 67th British Academy Film Awards for the Best Director Award   .

2016, directed by Matt Damon , Alicia Amanda Vikander , Tommy Lee Jones ' cooperation suspense thriller starring Jason Bourne "was released   , the film is Paul Greengrass return to the movie" The Bourne Identity "series of work   , he tells the story of Jason Bo En was looking for the story of a shocking conspiracy when she was looking for her own life experience, and she appeared again to start a struggle   .

On August 30, 2017, Paul Greengrass was awarded the "Honorary Member" of the British Film Academy   . 2018, based on a true story directed the crime drama " 22 July " ,   by the Anders Danielsen Lie cooperation starring Jonas Strand Gurley, Jon Aoyi Deng   , the film won the 75th Venice International Film Nominated for the Festival Golden Lion Award   .

Paul Greengrass was a sailor and businessman, and his mother was a teacher   .

Paul Greengrass' films are well-known in the news   . In the film "Captain Philip", Paul Greengrass shows the heroism of Hollywood in a unique way. And show the real humanity and heavy connotation   .

Paul Greengrass is not only good at spreading plots and cleverly spreading suspense in fast movements   , but he also has flexible scene scheduling   . At the same time, his shots are always popular and acceptable to the public, but also can withstand scrutiny and playfulness   .

The method Paul Greengrass uses in the film is to abandon the light and shadow of Hollywood blockbusters and the extravagant glitz. He uses the hand-held camera and the fragment editing to create the lens impact to achieve the effect of showing the story in a documentary style. Different from the traditional seamless editing, rapid splicing of fragments, and the visual style of the bridge segment have an impact on the audience's visual psychology, giving the audience a sense of reality. He adopts the method of picture narrative instead of narrative in words, and reflects the character and storyline of the characters   .

Paul Greengrass's films under the lens are permeated with his strong personal touch and style. Tension, excitement, terrible calmness or sadness. His excellent sense of hand-held lens makes the film and the tense atmosphere of the characters advance layer by layer, and the exciting and straightforward narrative is far more acceptable to the audience than the deliberate main theme. Very good at manipulating the emotions of the audience, even if you are watching the cruel incident that is slowly advancing, the lens does not only focus on the victim, but also amplifies the mental pressure and complicated inner entanglements carried by the criminal party, and at the same time enables the audience Feel the complexity of the real event and its endless stretch of drama   .