Known For
Directing
Born
Sep 17, 1979
Place of Birth
Johannesburg, South Africa
Credits
39 titles
Neill Blomkamp
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.
Known For
Filmography
Ash
Executive Producer
Gran Turismo
Director
Switcher – Off the Grid Cinema
Director
Oats Studios: Volume 1
Director
OATS Studios
Creator
Demonic
Producer
Bad President - Kenya
Director
God: City
Director
Kapture: Locust
Director
Adam: The Prophet
Director
Lima
Director
Gdansk
Director
Praetoria: Part One
Director
Adam: The Mirror
Director
Kapture: Fluke
Director
Zygote
Director
God: Serengeti
Director
Firebase
Director
Cooking with Bill
Director
Bad President - Oil Spill
Director
Bad President - All My Sh*t
Director
Rakka
Director
The Escape
Director
Chappie
Director
Elysium
Director
The Alien Agenda: A Filmmaker's Log
Self
District 9
Man with Wikus' Coordinates (uncredited)
Crossing the Line
Co-Director
Halo: Landfall
Director
Tempbot
Director
Adicolor Yellow
Director
Alive in Joburg
Director
Tetra Vaal
Director
The Hire
Director
3000 Miles to Graceland
Lead Animator
Starship Troopers
Director
Alpha
Director
District 10
Director
The Gone World
Director