---
name: "Paul Haggis"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/paul-haggis"
fi1m_id: "paul-haggis"
imdb_id: "nm0353673"
tmdb_id: 455
wikidata_id: "Q314935"
roles: ["Writer","Producer","Director"]
born: "10 March 1953"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 7
average_fi1m_score: 78
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 4
updated: "2026-09-24T08:35:59.088860+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Paul Haggis

## Identity

Paul Haggis

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/paul-haggis
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** paul-haggis
- **IMDb ID:** nm0353673
- **TMDB ID:** 455
- **Wikidata ID:** Q314935
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Haggis, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q314935, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0353673/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/455

Writer and producer. Born 10 March 1953 in London, Ontario, Canada.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer, Producer, Director
- **Born:** 10 March 1953, London, Ontario, Canada
- **Active:** 1987–2015
- **Also known as:** Paul Edward Haggis, Пол Едвард Геґґіс
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 7: 1 acting, 2 directing, 4 writing
- **Frequently works with:** [Barbara Broccoli](https://film.one/person/barbara-broccoli.md), [Daniel Craig](https://film.one/person/daniel-craig.md), [Judi Dench](https://film.one/person/judi-dench.md), [Michael G. Wilson](https://film.one/person/michael-g-wilson.md), [Neal Purvis](https://film.one/person/neal-purvis.md), [Robert Wade](https://film.one/person/robert-wade.md)
- **Academy Awards:** 2 Oscars (2 won · 5 nominated)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 78, as writer, over 4 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 72 (6), 2010s 78 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 78 to 75 across 4 titles
- **Score spread:** 3 at 80+, 0 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Genres:** Action 3, Adventure 2, Drama 2, Thriller 2, Sport 1, War 1
- **Screen time:** 9 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $1,474m across 4 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Haggis, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q314935, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0353673/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/455

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Million Dollar Baby*](https://film.one/film/million-dollar-baby.md) (86), [*Quantum of Solace*](https://film.one/film/quantum-of-solace.md) (58)
- **Hulu:** [*Show Me a Hero*](https://film.one/tv/show-me-a-hero.md) (78)
- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Crash*](https://film.one/film/crash-2005.md) (54)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Paul Haggis is a Canadian screenwriter, producer and director. Born in London, Ontario, he began his career writing for television series including The Love Boat, Diff'rent Strokes and thirtysomething, and created the series Due South and co-created Walker, Texas Ranger.

Haggis gained prominence in film with his screenplay and producer credit on Million Dollar Baby (2004), directed by Clint Eastwood, which won the Academy Award for Best Picture. He wrote, directed and produced Crash (2005), which also won Best Picture, making him the first person to write consecutive Best Picture winners. His other credits include screenplays for Casino Royale (2006) and Quantum of Solace (2008).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (7)

### Performed in (1)

- *Entourage* (2004), Fi1m 63, as Paul Haggis — [page](https://film.one/tv/entourage.md)

### Directed (2)

- *Show Me a Hero* (2015), Fi1m 78, Director, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/tv/show-me-a-hero.md)
- *Crash* (2005), Fi1m 54, Story, Screenplay, Director, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/crash-2005.md)

### Wrote (4) — the average rests on these

- *Quantum of Solace* (2008), Fi1m 58, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/quantum-of-solace.md)
- *Casino Royale* (2006), Fi1m 86, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/casino-royale.md)
- *Letters from Iwo Jima* (2006), Fi1m 84, Story, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/letters-from-iwo-jima.md)
- *Million Dollar Baby* (2004), Fi1m 86, Producer, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/million-dollar-baby.md)

## Complete filmography (42)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Walker* (2021), series, Original Series Creator
- *5B* (2018), Director
- *Show Me a Hero* (2015), series, Director, Executive Producer — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/show-me-a-hero.md)
- *MLE* (2015), as Director
- *Third Person* (2014), Director, Screenplay, Producer
- *The Next Three Days* (2010), Director, Screenplay, Producer
- *Kopf oder Zahl* (2009), Thanks
- *Quantum of Solace* (2008), Screenplay — Fi1m 58, [page](https://film.one/film/quantum-of-solace.md)
- *The Road to Casino Royale* (2008), Actor
- *Ian Fleming's Incredible Creation* (2008), Actor
- *Crash* (2008), series, Executive Producer
- *In the Valley of Elah* (2007), Director, Screenplay, Producer
- *The Black Donnellys* (2007), series, Executive Producer, Director, Story, Writer, Creator
- *Letters from Iwo Jima* (2006), Producer, Story — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/letters-from-iwo-jima.md)
- *Casino Royale* (2006), Screenplay — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/film/casino-royale.md)
- *Flags of Our Fathers* (2006), Screenplay
- *The Last Kiss* (2006), Screenplay
- *Walker, Texas Ranger: Trial by Fire* (2005), Screenplay
- *Crash* (2005), Director, Screenplay, Producer, Story — Fi1m 54, [page](https://film.one/film/crash-2005.md)
- *Million Dollar Baby* (2004), Producer, Screenplay — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/film/million-dollar-baby.md)
- *Entourage* (2004), series, as Paul Haggis — Fi1m 63, [page](https://film.one/tv/entourage.md)
- *Mister Sterling* (2003), series, Writer
- *Family Law* (1999), series, Writer, Producer, Director, Creator
- *Michael Hayes* (1997), series, Creator
- *EZ Streets* (1996), series, Director, Writer, Creator
- *Due South* (1994), series, Writer, Director, Teleplay, Story, Creator
- *Due South* (1994), Writer
- *Red Hot* (1993), Director, Writer
- *Walker, Texas Ranger* (1993), series, Creator
- *You Take the Kids* (1990), series, Director, Creator
- *City* (1990), series, Producer, Creator
- *The Return of the Shaggy Dog* (1987), Writer
- *thirtysomething* (1987), series, Producer, Writer
- *Together We Stand* (1986), series, Writer
- *L.A. Law* (1986), series, Writer, Story
- *CBS Storybreak* (1985), series, Teleplay
- *Who's the Boss?* (1984), series, Writer
- *Mr. Merlin* (1981), series, Writer
- *The Facts of Life* (1979), series, Writer
- *Diff'rent Strokes* (1978), series, Writer
- *The Love Boat* (1977), series, Writer
- *One Day at a Time* (1975), series, Writer

## Gallery

- ![Paul Haggis](https://film.one/media/person/98512/gallery-995be9511b10.jpg) Paul Haggis — Paul_Haggis_by_David_Shankbone.jpg: David Shankbone
derivative work: Cirt (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9f/Paul_Haggis_by_David_Shankbone_cropped.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Monaco Anime Game International Conferences, 27 février 2016, masterclass avec Paul Haggis](https://film.one/media/person/98512/gallery-f190a67f5a89.jpg) Monaco Anime Game International Conferences, 27 février 2016, masterclass avec Paul Haggis — Stéphane Gallay, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/MAGIC_2016_-_Masterclass_with_Paul_Haggis.jpg/1280px-MAGIC_2016_-_Masterclass_with_Paul_Haggis.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Masterclass of director Paul Haggis November 29, 2010 at Gaumont Parnasse in Paris](https://film.one/media/person/98512/gallery-6d30ecf56559.jpg) Masterclass of director Paul Haggis November 29, 2010 at Gaumont Parnasse in Paris — Yann Caradec, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Masterclass_du_r%C3%A9alisateur_Paul_Haggis_29_novembre_2010_au_Gaumont_Parnasse_%C3%A0_Paris.jpg/1280px-Masterclass_du_r%C3%A9alisateur_Paul_Haggis_29_novembre_2010_au_Gaumont_Parnasse_%C3%A0_Paris.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![The Canadian Film Centre welcomed Academy Award®-winning filmmaker Paul Haggis for a master class with our residents. (2013)](https://film.one/media/person/98512/gallery-847e043c5bc8.jpg) The Canadian Film Centre welcomed Academy Award®-winning filmmaker Paul Haggis for a master class with our residents. (2013) — Canadian Film Centre, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/Paul_Haggis%2C_Canadian_Film_Centre%2C_2013-cropped.jpg/1280px-Paul_Haggis%2C_Canadian_Film_Centre%2C_2013-cropped.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Paul Haggis](https://film.one/media/person/98512/gallery-77e7637b25da.jpg) Paul Haggis — Image via TMDB
- ![The Canadian Film Centre welcomed Academy Award®-winning filmmaker Paul Haggis for a master class with our residents. (2013)](https://film.one/media/person/98512/gallery-bba83bd9fea7.jpg) The Canadian Film Centre welcomed Academy Award®-winning filmmaker Paul Haggis for a master class with our residents. (2013) — Canadian Film Centre, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/Paul_Haggis%2C_Canadian_Film_Centre%2C_2013.jpg/1280px-Paul_Haggis%2C_Canadian_Film_Centre%2C_2013.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![The Canadian Film Centre welcomed Academy Award®-winning filmmaker Paul Haggis for a master class with our residents. (2013)](https://film.one/media/person/98512/gallery-a9f12bf3c325.jpg) The Canadian Film Centre welcomed Academy Award®-winning filmmaker Paul Haggis for a master class with our residents. (2013) — Canadian Film Centre, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/Paul_Haggis%2C_Canadian_Film_Centre%2C_2013_%28cropped%29.jpg/1280px-Paul_Haggis%2C_Canadian_Film_Centre%2C_2013_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 2 won, 5 nominated

- 2007: Best Writing, Original Screenplay (nominated), for *Letters from Iwo Jima*
- 2006: Best Picture (won), for *Crash*
- 2006: Best Writing, Original Screenplay (won), for *Crash*
- 2006: Best Director (nominated), for *Crash*
- 2005: Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay (nominated), for *Million Dollar Baby*
- 2005: Best Picture (nominated), for *Crash*
- 2005: Best Writing, Original Screenplay (nominated), for *Crash*

### Other awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- European Film Award for Best Non-European Film 2005: European Film Award for Best Non-European Film (nominated), for *Crash*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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