Paul Haggis
Born 1953 · Canadian screenwriter and director
Paul Edward Haggis 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. Haggis is a two-time Academy Award winner, two-time Emmy Award winner, and seven-time Gemini Award winner. He also assisted in the making of "We Are the World 25 for Haiti".
Paul Haggis, in order
- 1987 The Return of the Shaggy Dog (TV movie): wrote · directed by Stuart Gillard
- 1993 Red Hot: directed, wrote
- 1993 Walker, Texas Ranger (TV series): wrote, created · directed by Aaron Norris and Alexander Singer · streaming on Roku Channel, Philo
- 1994 Due South (TV series): directed, wrote, created
- 1996 EZ Streets (TV series): created
- 1997 Michael Hayes (TV series): created
- 1999 Family Law (TV series): created
- 2004 Crash: directed, wrote, produced · critics 74%, audiences 88% · streaming on Roku Channel, Kanopy, Hoopla
- 2004 Million Dollar Baby: wrote, produced · directed by Clint Eastwood · critics 90%, audiences 90% · streaming on Paramount+
- 2006 Casino Royale: wrote · directed by Martin Campbell · critics 94%, audiences 90% · streaming on Prime Video, MGM+
- 2006 Flags of Our Fathers: wrote · directed by Clint Eastwood · critics 76%, audiences 69% · streaming on fuboTV, MGM+, Paramount+
- 2006 Letters from Iwo Jima: wrote · directed by Clint Eastwood · critics 91%, audiences 86%
- 2006 The Last Kiss: wrote · directed by Tony Goldwyn
- 2007 In the Valley of Elah: directed, wrote, produced
- 2007 The Black Donnellys (TV series): created
- 2008 Quantum of Solace: wrote · directed by Marc Forster · critics 63%, audiences 58% · streaming on Prime Video, fuboTV, Paramount+
- 2009 Terminator Salvation: wrote · directed by McG · critics 33%, audiences 53%
- 2010 The Next Three Days: directed, wrote, produced · critics 50%, audiences 66% · streaming on Prime Video, Roku Channel, Hoopla
- 2012 Casting By: acted · directed by Tom Donahue · critics 94%, audiences 80% · streaming on Kanopy
- 2013 Third Person: directed, wrote, produced · critics 25%, audiences 34% · streaming on Fawesome
- 2015 Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood, and the Prison of Belief: acted · directed by Alex Gibney · critics 95%, audiences 90% · streaming on HBO Max, Kanopy, Pluto TV
- 2015 Show Me a Hero (TV series): directed
- 2018 5B: directed
- 2021 Walker (TV series): wrote · directed by Jessica Yu