Paul Greengrass Season

November 2025 – January 2026

Secrets and lies. Conspiracy and coverup. Revolution and tipping point. Where the redactions start, a Paul Greengrass film begins.

In 2004 a British director rewrote the Hollywood rule book. With an adaptation of Robert Ludlum’s spy thriller, The Bourne Supremacy, Paul Greengrass gave Hollywood an entirely new cinematic syntax for shooting action — urgent, visceral, immersive, immediate — that everyone rushed to copy, from Bond to Mission Impossible. A veteran of Granada TV’s groundbreaking current affairs program, World in Action, Greengrass used documentary techniques to imbue his films — Bloody Sunday, The Bourne Ultimatum, United 93, Green Zone Captain Phillips — with the heat and crackle of chaotic, fast-moving, real-life events. All told, his films have taken over one billion dollars at the box office — all without giving up their unflinching gaze at the politics and power structures that shape our world.

During the making of his most recent film, The Lost Bus, the director has also been collaborating on a book with Sunday Times film critic Tom Shone, opening up his archive of research materials and never-before-seen behind-the-scenes photographs to share the story of the revolution he brought to Hollywood filmmaking. Both men join Depot Wednesday 26 November for a deep-dive discussion of Greengrass’s filmmaking career. How does he give his films such visceral impact? How do you speak truth to power without preaching? What is the future of politically engaged filmmaking in Hollywood?

Join us for the answer to these questions and any that you might have, as well as a chance to purchase an autographed copy of The Greengrass Papers, followed by a screening of Captain Phillips. These events take place ahead of the release of Greengrass’ latest film, The Lost Bus. In January, we continue to celebrate his legacy with screenings of his three Bourne movies: The Bourne Supremacy, The Bourne Ultimatum, and Jason Bourne.