Neill Blomkamp

Personal Info

Know For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1979-09-17 (46 years old)

Place of Birth

Johannesburg, South Africa

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 photorealis...

Acting

2009

District 9

as Man with Wikus' Coordinates (uncredited)

Production

2005

Alive in Joburg

as Director

2005

Alive in Joburg

as Visual Effects

2006

2006

Adicolor Yellow

as Director

2009

District 9

as Director

2006

Tempbot

as Director

2013

Elysium

as Director

2013

Elysium

as Writer

2015

Chappie

as Director

2023

Gran Turismo

as Director

2003

Tetra Vaal

as Writer

2003

Tetra Vaal

as Director

2021

Demonic

as Producer

2015

Chappie

as Writer

2013

Elysium

as Producer

2025

Ash

as Executive Producer

2015

Chappie

as Producer

2020

2008

Crossing the Line

as Co-Director

2007

Halo: Landfall

as Director

-

The Gone World

as Director

2016

The Escape

as Director

2016

The Escape

as Writer

2017

Rakka

as Writer

2017

Rakka

as Director

2017

Firebase

as Director

2017

Firebase

as Screenplay

2017

Zygote

as Screenplay

2017

Kapture: Fluke

as Director

2017

Zygote

as Director

2017

Kapture: Fluke

as Screenplay

2017

God: Serengeti

as Director

2017

God: Serengeti

as Screenplay

2017

Lima

as Screenplay

2017

Lima

as Producer

2017

Lima

as Director

2017

Adam: The Mirror

as Executive Producer

2017

2017

Adam: The Mirror

as Director

2017

Gdansk

as Director

2017

2017

2017

2021

2001

3000 Miles to Graceland

as Lead Animator

2018

God: City

as Director

2018

God: City

as Writer

2009

District 9

as Writer

2019

2018

Kapture: Locust

as Director

2021

Demonic

as Screenplay

2021

Demonic

as Director

2020

-

Alpha

as Director

-

-

-

Starship Troopers

as Screenplay

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