Paul McGuigan

Paul McGuigan (born 19 September 1963) is a Scottish film and television director.

Gangster No. 1 (2000)

An old gangster is advised that Freddie Mays would leave jail after thirty years in prison. His mood changes and he recalls when he was a young punk and who joined Freddie's gang—a man he both envied and ultimately betrayed.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Paul McGuigan
CAST:  David Thewlis  •  Jamie Foreman  •  Paul Bettany  •  Malcolm McDowell

An old gangster is advised that Freddie Mays would leave jail after thirty years in prison. His mood changes and he recalls when he was a young punk and who joined Freddie's gang—a man he both envied and ultimately betrayed.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Paul McGuigan
CAST:  David Thewlis  •  Jamie Foreman  •  Paul Bettany  •  Malcolm McDowell

Lucky Number Slevin (2006)

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Slevin is mistakenly put in the middle of a personal war between the city’s biggest criminal bosses. Under constant watch, Slevin must try not to get killed by an infamous assassin and come up with an idea of how to get out of his current dilemma.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Paul McGuigan
CAST:  Josh Hartnett  •  Bruce Willis  •  Lucy Liu  •  Morgan Freeman

Slevin is mistakenly put in the middle of a personal war between the city’s biggest criminal bosses. Under constant watch, Slevin must try not to get killed by an infamous assassin and come up with an idea of how to get out of his current dilemma.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Paul McGuigan
CAST:  Josh Hartnett  •  Bruce Willis  •  Lucy Liu  •  Morgan Freeman

The Acid House (1998)

A surreal triptych adapted by "Trainspotting" author Irvine Welsh from his acclaimed collection of short stories. Combining a vicious sense of humor with hard-talking drama, the film reaches into the hearts and minds of the chemical generation, casting a dark and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Paul McGuigan
CAST:  Stephen McCole  •  Maurice Roëves  •  Kevin McKidd  •  Garry Sweeney

A surreal triptych adapted by "Trainspotting" author Irvine Welsh from his acclaimed collection of short stories. Combining a vicious sense of humor with hard-talking drama, the film reaches into the hearts and minds of the chemical generation, casting a dark and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Paul McGuigan
CAST:  Stephen McCole  •  Maurice Roëves  •  Kevin McKidd  •  Garry Sweeney

Wicker Park (2004)

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Matthew, a young advertising executive in Chicago, puts his life and a business trip to China on hold when he thinks he sees Lisa, the love of his life who left him without a word two years earlier, walking out of a restaurant one day.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Paul McGuigan
CAST:  Josh Hartnett  •  Rose Byrne  •  Matthew Lillard  •  Diane Kruger

Matthew, a young advertising executive in Chicago, puts his life and a business trip to China on hold when he thinks he sees Lisa, the love of his life who left him without a word two years earlier, walking out of a restaurant one day.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Paul McGuigan
CAST:  Josh Hartnett  •  Rose Byrne  •  Matthew Lillard  •  Diane Kruger

Victor Frankenstein (2015)

Eccentric scientist Victor Von Frankenstein creates a grotesque creature in an unorthodox scientific experiment.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Paul McGuigan
CAST:  Daniel Radcliffe  •  James McAvoy  •  Jessica Brown Findlay  •  Andrew Scott

Eccentric scientist Victor Von Frankenstein creates a grotesque creature in an unorthodox scientific experiment.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Paul McGuigan
CAST:  Daniel Radcliffe  •  James McAvoy  •  Jessica Brown Findlay  •  Andrew Scott

Push (2009)

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After his father, an assassin, is brutally murdered, Nick Gant vows revenge on Division, the covert government agency that dabbles in psychic warfare and experimental drugs. Hiding in Hong Kong's underworld, Nick assembles a band of rogue psychics dedicated to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Paul McGuigan
CAST:  Dakota Fanning  •  Camilla Belle  •  Chris Evans  •  Djimon Hounsou

After his father, an assassin, is brutally murdered, Nick Gant vows revenge on Division, the covert government agency that dabbles in psychic warfare and experimental drugs. Hiding in Hong Kong's underworld, Nick assembles a band of rogue psychics dedicated to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Paul McGuigan
CAST:  Dakota Fanning  •  Camilla Belle  •  Chris Evans  •  Djimon Hounsou

The Reckoning (2004)

In 14th Century England, this tale of murder and mystery follows a fugitive priest who falls in with a troupe of actors. As they arrive in a small town, the actors encounter a woman being sentenced to death for practicing witchcraft and murder. Discarding the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Paul McGuigan
CAST:  Paul Bettany  •  Willem Dafoe  •  Tom Hardy  •  Brian Cox

In 14th Century England, this tale of murder and mystery follows a fugitive priest who falls in with a troupe of actors. As they arrive in a small town, the actors encounter a woman being sentenced to death for practicing witchcraft and murder. Discarding the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Paul McGuigan
CAST:  Paul Bettany  •  Willem Dafoe  •  Tom Hardy  •  Brian Cox

Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool (2017)

Liverpool, 1978: What starts as a vibrant affair between a legendary femme-fatale, the eccentric Academy Award-winning actress Gloria Grahame, and her young lover, British actor Peter Turner, quickly grows into a deeper relationship, with Turner being the person ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Paul McGuigan
CAST:  Annette Bening  •  Jamie Bell  •  Julie Walters  •  Vanessa Redgrave

Liverpool, 1978: What starts as a vibrant affair between a legendary femme-fatale, the eccentric Academy Award-winning actress Gloria Grahame, and her young lover, British actor Peter Turner, quickly grows into a deeper relationship, with Turner being the person ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Paul McGuigan
CAST:  Annette Bening  •  Jamie Bell  •  Julie Walters  •  Vanessa Redgrave

Rock ’n’ Roll Highway (2019)

Singer Ricky Warwick and DJ Ralph McLean go on a musical odyssey into rock ‘n’ roll history to trace the Ulster-Scots heartbeat at the core of the biggest cultural revolution of the 20th century.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Paul McGuigan
CAST:  Ricky Warwick  •  Ralph McLean

Singer Ricky Warwick and DJ Ralph McLean go on a musical odyssey into rock ‘n’ roll history to trace the Ulster-Scots heartbeat at the core of the biggest cultural revolution of the 20th century.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Paul McGuigan
CAST:  Ricky Warwick  •  Ralph McLean