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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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