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Paul Greengrass at an event for Jason Bourne (2016)

Awards

Paul Greengrass

39 wins & 73 nominations

Academy Awards, USA

  • United 93 (2006)
    2007 Nominee Oscar
    • Best Achievement in Directing
    • United 93

Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA

  • Matt Damon in The Bourne Ultimatum (2007)
    2008 Nominee Saturn Award
    • Best Director
    • The Bourne Ultimatum

American Cinema Editors, USA

  • Paul Greengrass at an event for Jason Bourne (2016)
    2014 Winner Golden Eddie Filmmaker of the Year Award

Berlin International Film Festival

  • Bloody Sunday (2002)
    2002 Winner Golden Berlin Bear
    • Bloody Sunday
    Tied with Spirited Away (2001).
  • Bloody Sunday (2002)
    2002 Winner Prize of the Ecumenical Jury
    • Competition
    • Bloody Sunday
  • Resurrected (1989)
    1989 Winner Interfilm Award - Otto Dibelius Film Award
    • Competition
    • Resurrected
  • Resurrected (1989)
    1989 Winner OCIC Award
    • Competition
    • Resurrected
  • Resurrected (1989)
    1989 Nominee Golden Berlin Bear
    • Best Film
    • Resurrected

Bodil Awards

  • United 93 (2006)
    2007 Nominee Bodil
    • Best American Film (Bedste amerikanske film)
    • United 93

Boston Society of Film Critics Awards

  • United 93 (2006)
    2006 Nominee BSFC Award
    • Best Director
    • United 93

BAFTA Awards

  • Faysal Ahmed and Barkhad Abdirahman in Captain Phillips (2013)
    2014 Nominee David Lean Award for Direction
    • Captain Phillips
  • Matt Damon in The Bourne Ultimatum (2007)
    2008 Nominee David Lean Award for Direction
    • Best Director
    • The Bourne Ultimatum
  • Matt Damon in The Bourne Ultimatum (2007)
    2008 Nominee Alexander Korda Award for Best British Film
    • The Bourne Ultimatum
    Shared with: Frank Marshall · Patrick Crowley · Paul Sandberg · Tony Gilroy · Scott Z. Burns · George Nolfi
  • United 93 (2006)
    2007 Nominee Alexander Korda Award for Best British Film
    • United 93
    Shared with: Tim Bevan · Lloyd Levin
  • United 93 (2006)
    2007 Winner David Lean Award for Direction
    • United 93

British Independent Film Awards

  • Paul Greengrass at an event for Jason Bourne (2016)
    2013 Winner Variety Award
  • Bloody Sunday (2002)
    2002 Winner British Independent Film Award
    • Best Director
    • Bloody Sunday
  • Bloody Sunday (2002)
    2002 Nominee British Independent Film Award
    • Best Screenplay
    • Bloody Sunday

Critics Choice Awards

  • Tom Hanks and Helena Zengel in News of the World (2020)
    2021 Nominee Critics Choice Award
    • Best Adapted Screenplay
    • News of the World
    Shared with: Luke Davies
  • Faysal Ahmed and Barkhad Abdirahman in Captain Phillips (2013)
    2014 Nominee Critics Choice Award
    • Best Director
    • Captain Phillips
  • United 93 (2006)
    2007 Nominee Critics Choice Award
    • Best Director
    • United 93

Brussels Film Festival (BRFF)

  • The Theory of Flight (1998)
    1999 Winner Crystal Star
    • Best European Feature
    • The Theory of Flight

Chicago Film Critics Association Awards

  • United 93 (2006)
    2006 Nominee CFCA Award
    • Best Director
    • United 93
  • United 93 (2006)
    2006 Nominee CFCA Award
    • Best Screenplay, Original
    • United 93

Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards

  • United 93 (2006)
    2006 Nominee DFWFCA Award
    • Best Director
    • United 93

Dinard British Film Festival

  • Bloody Sunday (2002)
    2002 Winner Golden Hitchcock
    • Bloody Sunday

Directors Guild of America, USA

  • Faysal Ahmed and Barkhad Abdirahman in Captain Phillips (2013)
    2014 Nominee DGA Award
    • Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film
    • Captain Phillips

European Film Awards

  • Bloody Sunday (2002)
    2002 Nominee European Film Award
    • European Screenwriter
    • Bloody Sunday
  • Bloody Sunday (2002)
    2002 Nominee EFA People's Choice Award
    • Best European Director
    • Bloody Sunday

Evening Standard British Film Awards

  • United 93 (2006)
    2007 Winner Evening Standard British Film Award
    • Best Film
    • United 93

Fantasporto

  • Bloody Sunday (2002)
    2002 Winner Directors' Week Award
    • Best Film
    • Bloody Sunday
  • Bloody Sunday (2002)
    2002 Winner Audience Jury Award
    • Bloody Sunday

Ghent International Film Festival

  • Paul Greengrass at an event for Jason Bourne (2016)
    2010 Winner Joseph Plateau Honorary Award
  • Bloody Sunday (2002)
    2002 Nominee Grand Prix
    • Bloody Sunday

Golden Globes, USA

  • Faysal Ahmed and Barkhad Abdirahman in Captain Phillips (2013)
    2014 Nominee Golden Globe
    • Best Director - Motion Picture
    • Captain Phillips

Satellite Awards

  • Tom Hanks and Helena Zengel in News of the World (2020)
    2021 Nominee Satellite Award
    • Best Screenplay, Adapted
    • News of the World
    Shared with: Luke Davies
  • Faysal Ahmed and Barkhad Abdirahman in Captain Phillips (2013)
    2014 Nominee Satellite Award
    • Best Director
    • Captain Phillips

Gotham Awards

  • Paul Greengrass at an event for Jason Bourne (2016)
    2018 Winner Tribute Award

Film Independent Spirit Awards

  • Bloody Sunday (2002)
    2003 Nominee Independent Spirit Award
    • Best Foreign Film
    • Bloody Sunday
    Ireland

Irish Film and Television Awards

  • Omagh (2004)
    2004 Nominee IFTA Award
    • Best Script
    • Omagh
    Shared with: Guy Hibbert
  • Bloody Sunday (2002)
    2003 Winner IFTA Award
    • Best Director of a Feature Film
    • Bloody Sunday
  • Bloody Sunday (2002)
    2003 Winner IFTA Award
    • Best Script (Film & Television)
    • Bloody Sunday

Jerusalem Film Festival

  • Bloody Sunday (2002)
    2002 Winner In Spirit for Freedom Award
    • Best Feature
    • Bloody Sunday

Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards

  • United 93 (2006)
    2006 Winner KCFCC Award
    • Best Director
    • United 93

Locarno Film Festival

  • Matt Damon in Jason Bourne (2016)
    2016 Nominee Variety Piazza Grande Award
    • Jason Bourne
  • Matt Damon in The Bourne Ultimatum (2007)
    2007 Nominee Audience Award
    • The Bourne Ultimatum

London Critics Circle Film Awards

  • Faysal Ahmed and Barkhad Abdirahman in Captain Phillips (2013)
    2014 Nominee ALFS Award
    • Director of the Year
    • Captain Phillips
  • Matt Damon in The Bourne Ultimatum (2007)
    2008 Winner ALFS Award
    • British Director of the Year
    • The Bourne Ultimatum
  • United 93 (2006)
    2007 Winner ALFS Award
    • Director of the Year
    • United 93
  • United 93 (2006)
    2007 Winner ALFS Award
    • British Producer of the Year
    • United 93
    Shared with: Eric Fellner · Tim Bevan
  • Matt Damon in The Bourne Supremacy (2004)
    2005 Nominee ALFS Award
    • British Director of the Year
    • The Bourne Supremacy

London Film Festival

  • Paul Greengrass at an event for Jason Bourne (2016)
    2017 Winner BFI Fellowship Award
  • Paul Greengrass at an event for Jason Bourne (2016)
    2007 Winner UK Achievement in Film Award

Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards

  • United 93 (2006)
    2006 Winner LAFCA Award
    • Best Director
    • United 93

National Board of Review, USA

  • Tom Hanks and Helena Zengel in News of the World (2020)
    2021 Winner NBR Award
    • Best Adapted Screenplay
    • News of the World
    Shared with: Luke Davies

National Society of Film Critics Awards, USA

  • United 93 (2006)
    2007 Winner NSFC Award
    • Best Director
    • United 93

Online Film Critics Society Awards

  • United 93 (2006)
    2007 Nominee OFCS Award
    • Best Director
    • United 93
  • United 93 (2006)
    2007 Nominee OFCS Award
    • Best Original Screenplay
    • United 93

Danish Film Awards (Robert)

  • Faysal Ahmed and Barkhad Abdirahman in Captain Phillips (2013)
    2014 Nominee Robert
    • Best American Film (Årets amerikanske film)
    • Captain Phillips
  • Bloody Sunday (2002)
    2004 Nominee Robert
    • Best Non-American Film (Årets ikke-amerikanske film)
    • Bloody Sunday

Royal Television Society, UK

  • Omagh (2004)
    2005 Nominee RTS Television Award
    • Best Writer - Drama
    • Omagh
    Shared with: Guy Hibbert
  • Bloody Sunday (2002)
    2003 Nominee RTS Television Award
    • Best Writer
    • Bloody Sunday

San Sebastián International Film Festival

  • Omagh (2004)
    2004 Winner Best Screenplay
    • Omagh
    Shared with: Guy Hibbert
  • Omagh (2004)
    2004 Winner C.I.C.A.E. Award
    • Best European Film
    • Omagh

Sundance Film Festival

  • Bloody Sunday (2002)
    2002 Winner Audience Award
    • World Cinema
    • Bloody Sunday

Toronto Film Critics Association Awards

  • United 93 (2006)
    2006 Nominee TFCA Award
    • Best Director
    • United 93

Venice Film Festival

  • 22 July (2018)
    2018 Nominee Golden Lion
    • Best Film
    • 22 July
  • 22 July (2018)
    2018 Winner SIGNIS Award - Honorable Mention
    • 22 July

Writers Guild of America, USA

  • Tom Hanks and Helena Zengel in News of the World (2020)
    2021 Nominee WGA Award (Screen)
    • Adapted Screenplay
    • News of the World
    Shared with: Luke Davies
  • United 93 (2006)
    2007 Nominee WGA Award (Screen)
    • Best Original Screenplay
    • United 93

Motovun Film Festival

  • Bloody Sunday (2002)
    2002 Winner Propeller of Motovun
    • Bloody Sunday

Empire Awards, UK

  • Faysal Ahmed and Barkhad Abdirahman in Captain Phillips (2013)
    2014 Nominee Empire Award
    • Best Director
    • Captain Phillips
  • Paul Greengrass at an event for Jason Bourne (2016)
    2014 Winner Inspiration Award
  • Matt Damon in The Bourne Ultimatum (2007)
    2008 Nominee Empire Award
    • Best Director
    • The Bourne Ultimatum
  • Matt Damon in The Bourne Supremacy (2004)
    2005 Nominee Empire Award
    • Best British Director
    • The Bourne Supremacy

San Francisco Film Critics Circle

  • United 93 (2006)
    2006 Winner SFFCC Award
    • Best Director
    • United 93

Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards

  • Faysal Ahmed and Barkhad Abdirahman in Captain Phillips (2013)
    2013 Nominee PFCS Award
    • Best Director
    • Captain Phillips

Rio de Janeiro International Film Festival

  • Bloody Sunday (2002)
    2002 Winner FIPRESCI Prize
    • UIP Prize - Best European Film (Prêmio UIP - Melhor Filme Europeu)
    • Bloody Sunday

International Cinephile Society Awards

  • United 93 (2006)
    2007 Nominee ICS Award
    • Best Director
    • United 93
    2nd place

St. Louis Film Critics Association, US

  • United 93 (2006)
    2006 Nominee SLFCA Award
    • Best Director
    • United 93

Detroit Film Critics Society Awards

  • Faysal Ahmed and Barkhad Abdirahman in Captain Phillips (2013)
    2013 Nominee DFCS Award
    • Best Director
    • Captain Phillips

Dublin Film Critics Circle Awards

  • Matt Damon in The Bourne Ultimatum (2007)
    2007 Nominee DFCC
    • Best Director
    • The Bourne Ultimatum
    4th place
  • United 93 (2006)
    2006 Nominee DFCC
    • Best Director
    • United 93

Denver Film Critics Society

  • Faysal Ahmed and Barkhad Abdirahman in Captain Phillips (2013)
    2014 Nominee DFCS Award
    • Best Director
    • Captain Phillips

IGN Summer Movie Awards

  • Faysal Ahmed and Barkhad Abdirahman in Captain Phillips (2013)
    2013 Nominee IGN Award
    • Best Movie Director
    • Captain Phillips

Jupiter Award

  • Faysal Ahmed and Barkhad Abdirahman in Captain Phillips (2013)
    2014 Nominee Jupiter Award
    • Best International Film
    • Captain Phillips
  • Matt Damon in The Bourne Ultimatum (2007)
    2008 Winner Jupiter Award
    • Best International Director
    • The Bourne Ultimatum

Utah Film Critics Association Awards

  • United 93 (2006)
    2006 Nominee UFCA Award
    • Best Director
    • United 93
  • United 93 (2006)
    2006 Nominee UFCA Award
    • Best Screenplay
    • United 93

Houston Film Critics Society Awards

  • Faysal Ahmed and Barkhad Abdirahman in Captain Phillips (2013)
    2013 Nominee HFCS Award
    • Best Director
    • Captain Phillips

Online Film & Television Association

  • United 93 (2006)
    2007 Nominee OFTA Film Award
    • Best Picture
    • United 93
    Shared with: Tim Bevan · Eric Fellner · Lloyd Levin
  • United 93 (2006)
    2007 Nominee OFTA Film Award
    • Best Director
    • United 93

Awards Circuit Community Awards

  • Faysal Ahmed and Barkhad Abdirahman in Captain Phillips (2013)
    2013 Nominee ACCA
    • Best Director
    • Captain Phillips
  • United 93 (2006)
    2006 Nominee ACCA
    • Best Director
    • United 93
  • United 93 (2006)
    2006 Nominee ACCA
    • Best Original Screenplay
    • United 93

Golden Schmoes Awards

  • United 93 (2006)
    2006 Nominee Golden Schmoes
    • Best Director of the Year
    • United 93

International Online Cinema Awards (INOCA)

  • United 93 (2006)
    2007 Nominee INOCA
    • Best Original Screenplay
    • United 93
  • United 93 (2006)
    2007 Nominee INOCA
    • Best Director
    • United 93

Gold Derby Awards

  • United 93 (2006)
    2010 Nominee Gold Derby Film Award
    • Director of the Decade
    • United 93
  • United 93 (2006)
    2007 Nominee Gold Derby Film Award
    • Director
    • United 93

AARP Movies for Grownups Awards

  • Tom Hanks and Helena Zengel in News of the World (2020)
    2021 Nominee Movies for Grownups Award
    • Best Screenwriter
    • News of the World
    Shared with: Luke Davies
  • Faysal Ahmed and Barkhad Abdirahman in Captain Phillips (2013)
    2014 Nominee Movies for Grownups Award
    • Best Director
    • Captain Phillips
  • Matt Damon in Green Zone (2010)
    2011 Nominee Movies for Grownups Award
    • Best Director
    • Green Zone
  • United 93 (2006)
    2007 Nominee Movies for Grownups Award
    • Best Director
    • United 93

AACTA International Awards

  • Faysal Ahmed and Barkhad Abdirahman in Captain Phillips (2013)
    2014 Nominee AACTA International Award
    • Best Direction
    • Captain Phillips

Hawaii Film Critics Society

  • Tom Hanks and Helena Zengel in News of the World (2020)
    2021 Nominee HFCS Award
    • Best Adapted Screenplay
    • News of the World
    Shared with: Luke Davies

Girona Film Critics

  • United 93 (2006)
    2007 Nominee Girona Film Critics Award
    • Best Picture
    • United 93
    2nd place

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