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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). He is the creator of the television series Due South (1994–1999) and co-creator of Walker, Texas Ranger (1993–2001), among others. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Paul Haggis is the 589th most popular film director (up from 831st in 2019), the 212th most popular biography from Canada (up from 275th in 2019) and the 11th most popular Canadian Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Paul Haggis ranks 589 out of 2,041. Before him are Hal Ashby, Jaco Van Dormael, Hugh Hudson, Jennifer Lee, Mauritz Stiller, and Ann Hui. After him are Seijun Suzuki, Ken Annakin, John Lasseter, Ralph Bakshi, Yorgos Lanthimos, and Ernest B. Schoedsack.

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Among people born in 1953, Paul Haggis ranks 171. Before him are Maryam Rajavi, Dragan Kićanović, Filipe Neri Ferrão, Eric Tsang, Halid Bešlić, and John Robertson. After him are Zlatko Burić, Carlos Mesa, Gali Atari, Andreas Vollenweider, Gérard Krawczyk, and Norman Finkelstein.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Paul Haggis ranks 212 out of 1,622. Before him are Arthur Hiller (1923), David Hall (1875), Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville (1680), Alfred Aho (1941), Hayden Christensen (1981), and Phil Esposito (1942). After him are Alanis Morissette (1974), Robert H. MacArthur (1930), Shawn Mendes (1998), Steve MacLean (1954), Joe Shuster (1914), and Phil Hartman (1948).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Canada

Among film directors born in Canada, Paul Haggis ranks 11. Before him are Denis Villeneuve (1967), Ted Kotcheff (1931), Edward Dmytryk (1908), Norman Jewison (1926), Denys Arcand (1941), and Arthur Hiller (1923). After him are Roger Spottiswoode (1945), Allan Dwan (1885), Shawn Levy (1968), Mary Harron (1953), Jean-Marc Vallée (1963), and Richard Williams (1933).

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