Paul Haggis| Director of Film and Television

Born in Ontario, Canada, two-time Oscar winner Paul Haggis became the first screenwriter in Academy history to write back-to-back Best Picture Winners, with Million Dollar Baby (2004) and Crash (2005). Paul Haggis, best known for the Oscar Best Picture–winning film Crash, speaks at a rapid clip, rattling off thoughts on whatever you might ask him, even as he’s checking his phone for the messages that buzz in. In some other life, he might have been a big Hollywood mogul, spouting thoughts at a moment’s notice, but with his genial, soft-spoken voice (with hints of the accent of his native Canada), he never comes off as anything but quick-witted and thoughtful.

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