Neill Blomkamp
South African film director, producer, screenwriter, and animator · South Africa · Directors · Born 1979 · age 47
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Something wrong?Neill Blomkamp is a South African-born Canadian film director and screenwriter. He is best known as the co-writer and director of the science fiction action film District 9 (2009), for which he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay.
A life in dates
AshFilm, Producer2023
Gran TurismoFilm, Director2022
Switcher - Off the Grid CinemaFilm, Director2021Time Machine AwardAward
OATS StudiosSeries, 2021Creator
DemonicFilm, 2021Director, Writer2018
God: CityFilm, Director, Writer2017
Cooking with BillSeries, Director, Creator
Adam: The MirrorFilm, 2017Director, Writer2016
The EscapeFilm, Director, Writer2015
ChappieFilm, Director, Writer2013
ElysiumFilm, Director, Writer2009
District 9Film, Director, Writer2007
Halo: LandfallFilm, Director2006
Adicolor YellowFilm, Director, Writer2005
Alive in JoburgFilm, Director2003
Tetra VaalFilm, Director, Writer2001
The HireSeries, Director, Writer1979Born17 September 1979Also in Deutsch
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Filmography 35
68 credits on file
Television 3
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About this person
Neill Blomkamp is a South African-born Canadian film director and screenwriter. He is best known as the co-writer and director of the science fiction action film District 9 (2009), for which he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay. He also directed the dystopian science fiction action film Elysium (2013), the science fiction action film Chappie (2015), and the sports drama film Gran Turismo (2023). He is known for his collaborations with actor Sharlto Copley, who played the lead in District 9.
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