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Paul McGuigan
Birth at
19 September 1963
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Paul McGuigan was born on 19 September 1963 in Bellshill, Scotland. He was a successful photographer in Glasgow, but then made several commercials and documentaries on television. They were diverse works - about football, about religion, about children with AIDS. In 1998, Paul received the Royal Television Society Award for Best Newcomer for the short film The Granton Star Cause.He continued the work, turning it into a trilogy based on Irvine Welsh's short stories. This was the first feature film,
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Paul McGuigan was born on 19 September 1963 in Bellshill, Scotland. He was a successful photographer in Glasgow, but then made several commercials and documentaries on television. They were diverse works - about football, about religion, about children with AIDS. In 1998, Paul received the Royal Television Society Award for Best Newcomer for the short film The Granton Star Cause.He continued the work, turning it into a trilogy based on Irvine Welsh's short stories. This was the first feature film, The Acid House, in 1998. The film won a prize at the Stockholm Film Festival, the Grand Prix at the European Fiction Film Show and was named the best at the New York Film Festival.
The next film, the crime thriller Gangster No. 1, was released in 2000, starring Malcolm McDowell and Paul Bettany. In the third film The Reckoning about mystical murders in the Middle Ages also starred Paul Bettany.
In the romantic thriller “Possession” (Wicker Park), 2004, starred Josh Hartnett. Released in 2006 detective
"Slevin's Lucky Number" (Lucky Number Slevin), produced in the United States and Germany, starring Josh Hartnett and Bruce Willis, was named Best Picture and won the Audience Award at the Milan International Film Festival in 2006.
In 2009 came a fantastic action movie.
"Fifth dimension" (Push), a U.S. and Canadian production directed by Paul McGuigan. In 2010-2012, the most notable directorial work - together with Stephen Moffat and Mark Gattis, for example, a television detective series.
"Sherlock" (Sherlock), UK, starring Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman.
In 2012, Paul McGuigan tried himself as a producer of the series Devious Maids.