Directing
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Man
Sep 17, 1979 (45)
Johannesburg, South Africa
Neill Blomkamp
Neill Blomkamp (born 17 September 1979) is a South African–Canadian film director, film producer, screenwriter, and animator. Blomkamp employs a documentary-style, hand-held, cinéma vérité technique, blending naturalistic and photo-realistic computer-generated effects. He is best known as the co-writer and director of the critically acclaimed and financially successful science fiction film District 9 and the dystopian science fiction film Elysium, which garnered moderately positive reviews and a good box office return. He is also known for his collaborations with South African actor Sharlto Copley. He is based in Vancouver, British Columbia. Time named Blomkamp as one of the 100 Most Influential People of 2009. Forbes magazine named him as the 21st most powerful celebrity from Africa.
| Year | Movie / TV show / Other | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | District 9 | Man with Wikus' Coordinates (uncredited) |
| 2009 | The Alien Agenda: A Filmmaker's Log | Self |
| Year | Movie / TV show / Other | Role |
|---|---|---|
| — | Alpha | Director |
| — | District 10 | Writer |
| — | Inferno | Screenplay |
| — | Inferno | Director |
| — | They Found Us | Director |
| — | The Gone World | Director |
| — | Ash | Executive Producer |
| — | District 10 | Director |
| 2023 | Gran Turismo | Director |
| 2022 | Switcher – Off the Grid Cinema | Director |
| 2021 | Demonic | Producer |
| 2021 | Demonic | Screenplay |
| 2021 | Demonic | Director |
| 2021 | Oats Studios | Creator |
| 2021 | Oats Studios | Creator |
| 2021 | Oats Studios: Volume 1 | Director |
| 2020 | Bad President - Kenya | Director |
| 2020 | Bad President - Kenya | Producer |
| 2019 | Anthem: Conviction | Director |
| 2018 | God: City | Director |
| 2018 | God: City | Writer |
| 2018 | Kapture: Locust | Director |
| 2017 | Rakka | Writer |
| 2017 | Rakka | Director |
| 2017 | Zygote | Director |
| 2017 | Zygote | Screenplay |
| 2017 | Firebase | Director |
| 2017 | Firebase | Screenplay |
| 2017 | God: Serengeti | Director |
| 2017 | God: Serengeti | Screenplay |
| 2017 | Adam: The Mirror | Writer |
| 2017 | Adam: The Mirror | Executive Producer |
| 2017 | Adam: The Mirror | Director |
| 2017 | Kapture: Fluke | Screenplay |
| 2017 | Kapture: Fluke | Director |
| 2017 | Adam: The Prophet | Director |
| 2017 | Adam: The Prophet | Writer |
| 2017 | Cooking with Bill | Director |
| 2017 | Gdansk | Director |
| 2017 | Bad President - Oil Spill | Director |
| 2017 | Bad President - All My Sh*t | Director |
| 2017 | Praetoria: Part One | Director |
| 2017 | Lima | Producer |
| 2017 | Lima | Director |
| 2017 | Lima | Screenplay |
| 2016 | The Escape | Director |
| 2016 | The Escape | Writer |
| 2015 | Chappie | Director |
| 2015 | Chappie | Writer |
| 2015 | Chappie | Producer |
| 2013 | Elysium | Writer |
| 2013 | Elysium | Director |
| 2013 | Elysium | Producer |
| 2009 | District 9 | Director |
| 2009 | District 9 | Writer |
| 2008 | Crossing the Line | Co-Director |
| 2007 | Halo: Landfall | Director |
| 2006 | Tempbot | Director |
| 2006 | Adicolor Yellow | Writer |
| 2006 | Adicolor Yellow | Director |
| 2005 | Alive in Joburg | Visual Effects |
| 2005 | Alive in Joburg | Director |
| 2004 | Tetra Vaal | Director |
| 2004 | Tetra Vaal | Writer |
| 2001 | 3000 Miles to Graceland | Lead Animator |
| 2001 | The Hire | Director |
| 2001 | The Hire | Writer |