Gavin Hood

Personal Info

Know For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1963-05-12 (62 years old)

Place of Birth

Johannesburg, South Africa

Gavin Hood

Biography

Gavin Hood (born 12 May 1963) is a South African filmmaker, screenwriter, producer and actor, best known for writing and directing the Academy Award-winning Foreign Language Film Tsotsi (2005). He is the director of the 20th Century Fox film X-Men Origins: Wolverine, released on 1 May 2009. He is currently working on a film about the 1925 serum run to Nome of Alaska and Balto, the sled dog that became a celebrity because of the run. Called Kings of the Trail. Film released in 2012. Description above from the Wikipedia article Gavin Hood, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Acting

1999

A Reasonable Man

as Sean Raine

1999

Traitor's Heart

as Roberts

2015

Eye in the Sky

as Lieutenant Colonel Ed Walsh

2004

In Enemy Hands

as Achilles Captain

2013

Ender's Game

as Giant

1991

American Kickboxer

as Ken Holligan

Production

2005

Tsotsi

as Director

2007

Rendition

as Director

2013

Ender's Game

as Screenplay

2013

Ender's Game

as Director

2019

Official Secrets

as Executive Producer

1999

A Reasonable Man

as Director

1999

2005

Tsotsi

as Writer

1998

The Storekeeper

as Producer

1998

The Storekeeper

as Director

1998

2015

Eye in the Sky

as Director

2019

Official Secrets

as Director

2019

Official Secrets

as Screenplay

-

The Test

as Director

-

The Test

as Screenplay

2001

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