FILM DIRECTOR

Paul Haggis

1953 - Today

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Paul Edward Haggis (born March 10, 1953) is a Canadian screenwriter, film producer, and director of film and television. He is best known as screenwriter and producer for consecutive Best Picture Oscar winners Million Dollar Baby (2004) and Crash (2005), the latter of which he also directed. Haggis also co-wrote the war film Flags of Our Fathers (2006) and the James Bond films Casino Royale (2006) and Quantum of Solace (2008). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Paul Haggis has received more than 2,866,641 page views. His biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia. Paul Haggis is the 831st most popular film director (down from 628th in 2019), the 275th most popular biography from Canada (down from 198th in 2019) and the 13th most popular Canadian Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Paul Haggis ranks 831 out of 2,041Before him are Eduard Tisse, Aleksandr Khanzhonkov, Gordon Douglas, Hal Roach, Gianni Amelio, and George Marshall. After him are Janusz Majewski, Henri Decoin, Timothy Treadwell, Mick Jackson, Tomás Gutiérrez Alea, and Hong Sang-soo.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1953, Paul Haggis ranks 232Before him are Aleksandr Abdulov, Oliver Ivanović, Elaine Chao, Zoran Lilić, Gernot Rohr, and Alexander Beliavsky. After him are Ely Ould Mohamed Vall, Ching Siu-tung, Dalila Di Lazzaro, Neda Arnerić, Eleonora Giorgi, and Pavel Vinogradov.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Paul Haggis ranks 275 out of 1,622Before him are Albert S. Ruddy (1930), Anna Paquin (1982), Manly P. Hall (1901), Robert Langlands (1936), Roberta Bondar (1945), and John Draper (1943). After him are Gordon Lightfoot (1938), Lothaire Bluteau (1957), Henri Richard (1936), Marie-Claire Blais (1939), Deborah Kara Unger (1966), and David Johnston (1941).

Among FILM DIRECTORS In Canada

Among film directors born in Canada, Paul Haggis ranks 13Before him are Arthur Hiller (1923), Ted Kotcheff (1931), Denys Arcand (1941), Roger Spottiswoode (1945), Allan Dwan (1885), and Mark Robson (1913). After him are Michel Brault (1928), Mary Harron (1953), Jean-Marc Vallée (1963), Richard Williams (1933), David Furnish (1962), and Shawn Levy (1968).