Biography
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".
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Awards & recognition
- Academy Award — Best Picture · 2006
- Academy Award — Best Writing, Original Screenplay · 2006
- Primetime Emmy Award
- Writers Guild of America Award
- Academy Award — Best Writing, Original Screenplay · 2007 · nominated
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- Academy Award — Best Director · 2006 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay · 2005 · nominated
- European Film Award — Best Non-European Film · 2005 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Picture · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Writing, Original Screenplay · nominated
Filmography29 titles
Million Dollar Baby
Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath
The Black Donnellys
Going Clear: Scientology & the Prison of Belief
Casino Royale
Letters from Iwo Jima
Entourage
Who's the Boss?
Crash
Walker
The Next Three Days
L.A. Law
The Facts of Life
Diff'rent Strokes
Show Me a Hero
Walker, Texas Ranger
Casting By
Miss Representation
Flags of Our Fathers
In the Valley of Elah
One Day at a Time
Quantum of Solace
The Love Boat
The Last Kiss
Third Person
5B
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Crash
M.L.E.