Paul Haggis

By Mallory Potosky
URL: http://www.moviemaker.com/blog/item/paul_haggis1/
In troubled times the masses look for something to help them understand--somewhere to find inspiration. Aside from the gods and political bodies, this position has often fallen to the artist. In fact, some of the most well respected movies in history have been the result of just such an attempt at confronting and challenging those conflicts that plague the world. Think Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, Apocalypse Now, Schindler's List and Crash, the 2004 Oscar-winning feature written and directed by Paul Haggis. Whether it's challenging audiences to discuss the racial divide as he did in Crash or trying to explain the undercurrents of love as with Million Dollar Baby, Haggis has risen to the world's mandate: Help us understand ourselves.