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Neill Blomkamp

Neill Blomkamp

Director · Born 1979-09-17 · Johannesburg, South Africa

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Biography

Neill Blomkamp (Afrikaans: [ˈnil ˈblɔmkamp]; born 17 September 1979) is a South African and Canadian film director and screenwriter. He is 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, and the director of the dystopian science fiction action film Elysium(2013), which garnered moderately positive reviews. He also directed the science fiction action film Chappie (2015) and the sports drama film Gran Turismo (2023). Blomkamp employs a documentary-style, hand-held cinéma vérité technique, blending naturalistic and photorealistic computer-generated visual effects. His films often deal with themes of xenophobia and social segregation. He is also known for his collaborations with actor Sharlto Copley. Time named Blomkamp as one of the 100 Most Influential People of 2009. A 2011 Forbes article named him the 21st most powerful celebrity from Africa. Description above from the Wikipedia article Neill Blomkamp, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Directed

  1. District 9 (2009) — Director
  2. Elysium (2013) — Director
  3. Chappie (2015) — Director
  4. Gran Turismo (2023) — Director
  5. Rakka (2017) — Director
  6. Demonic (2021) — Director
  7. Zygote (2017) — Director
  8. Firebase (2017) — Director
  9. Alive in Joburg (2005) — Director
  10. God: Serengeti (2017) — Director
  11. The Escape (2016) — Director
  12. Adam: The Mirror (2017) — Director
  13. Halo: Landfall (2007) — Director
  14. Adam: The Prophet (2017) — Director
  15. Kapture: Fluke (2017) — Director
  16. God: City (2018) — Director
  17. Tetra Vaal (2003) — Director
  18. Oats Studios: Volume 1 (2021) — Director
  19. Cooking with Bill (2017) — Director
  20. Tempbot (2006) — Director
  21. Gdansk (2017) — Director
  22. Adicolor Yellow (2006) — Director
  23. The Hire (2001) — Director
  24. Bad President - Oil Spill (2017) — Director
  25. Bad President - All My Sh*t (2017) — Director
  26. Praetoria: Part One (2017) — Director
  27. Kapture: Locust (2018) — Director
  28. Lima (2017) — Director
  29. Bad President - Kenya (2020) — Director
  30. Switcher – Off the Grid Cinema (2022) — Director
  31. The Gone World — Director
  32. Alpha — Director
  33. Starship Troopers — Director
  34. District 10 — Director
  35. Nightborne (2026) — Director

Also appeared in

  1. District 9 (2009) — Man with Wikus' Coordinates (uncredited)
  2. The Alien Agenda: A Filmmaker's Log (2009) — Self