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Join SP in conversation with award-winning writer-director Paul Greengrass
About this Event
Join triple BAFTA winning and Oscar nominated writer-director Paul Greengrass in conversation with SP’s Cath Le Couteur about his latest film News Of The World (starring Tom Hanks). The second half of the Q/A will be devoted to you being able to ask Paul any questions about his filmmaking practice and his creative challenges.
Paul Greengrass is a deeply political filmmaker. He co-founded Directors UK in 2007, and is known for fighting for directors rights, as well as for championing emerging talent. In 2017, Greengrass was honoured with a British Film Institute Fellowship, for recognition of his outstanding contribution to film culture.
After starting his career on the hard-hitting TV documentary series, World in Action, Greengrass went on to use this journalistic quality in his own filmmaking. Some of his outstanding films include Bloody Sunday, about the infamous 1972 shootings in Northern Ireland, which won him the main award at Berlin Film Festival. United 93, set around the 9/11 hijacking of the United Airlines plane, which gained him a BAFTA for Best Director and an Oscar nomination. Captain Phillips, based on the 2009 hijacking of a U.S. container ship, and 22 July, a dramatisation of Norway’s worst terrorist attack, were both widely and critically acclaimed.
Greengrass also directed three films in the Jason Bourne action thriller series, The Bourne Supremacy ,The Bourne Ultimatum, and Jason Bourne which demonstrated his desire to develop character, as much as his signature use of hand-held cameras. Both major critical successes, they further cemented Greengrass's reputation and enabled him to get smaller, more personal films made.
His latest film, the critically acclaimed western News of the World with Tom Hanks, is now available to view on Netflix.
Please RSVP to confirm your place online. Attendees will be sent the private URL the morning of the Q&A.
TIMINGS:
WEDS 28 APRIL
7PM Live Stream Q/A starts
7:30 PM Questions from participants