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https://umbriafilmfestival.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Paul-haggis-umbria-film-festival-montone.webp800600Paul Haggis was born in London, Ontario, Canada and moved to California in his twenties. In 2006, he became the first screenwriter to write two films that won consecutive, Best Picture Oscars Million Dollar Baby (2004) directed by Clint Eastwood, and Crash: Physical Contact (2005), which he directed. For Crash: Physical Contact he won both the Oscar for Best Picture and Best Original Screenplay, the film also received four other nominations including one for Director. Crash: Physical Contact received many awards such as the IFP Spirit Awards, the Screen Actors Guild and the BAFTA.In 2006 Haggis' screenplays include the two Clint Eastwood productions Flags of our Fathers and Letters from Iwo Jima, the latter earning him his third Oscar nomination. The Canadian director collaborated on the screenplay for Casino Royale, which received considerable acclaim for reviving the James Bond spy saga.In 2007 for Warner Independent Pictures, Samuels Media and Summit Entertainment Haggis wrote, directed and produced In the Valley of Elah. The film, which stars Tommy Lee Jones, Charlize Theron and Susan Sarandon among others, is about a father searching for his missing son, who is accused of being AWOL after his return from Iraq. Jones receives an Oscar nomination for best actor for his performance in the film.