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Neill Blomkamp

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  • Writer
  • Visual Effects
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Neill Blomkamp at an event for Chappie (2015)
Every child comes into the world full of promise, and none more so than Chappie: he is gifted, special, a prodigy. Like any child, Chappie will come under the influence of his surroundings - some good, some bad - and he will rely on his heart and soul to find his way in the world and become his own man. But there's one thing that makes Chappie different from anyone else: he is a robot. The first robot with the ability to think and feel for himself. His life, his story, will change the way the world looks at robots and humans forever.
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Chappie (2015)
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Neill Blomkamp is a South African-Canadian film director and screenwriter who is known for the science fiction films District 9, Elysium and Chappie. He also directed the supernatural horror film Demonic and the 2007 short film Halo: Landfall, based on the Microsoft science fiction video game franchise. He had a child from his wife Terri Tatchell.
BornSeptember 17, 1979
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BornSeptember 17, 1979
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  • Nominated for 1 Oscar

Photos16

Neill Blomkamp in Elysium (2013)
Neill Blomkamp and David James in District 9 (2009)
Neill Blomkamp and Sharlto Copley in District 9 (2009)
Neill Blomkamp
Matt Damon and Neill Blomkamp in Elysium (2013)
Neill Blomkamp in Elysium (2013)
Matt Damon and Neill Blomkamp in Elysium (2013)
Neill Blomkamp and Sharlto Copley in Elysium (2013)
Neill Blomkamp
Sigourney Weaver, Neill Blomkamp, Hugh Jackman, and Sharlto Copley at an event for Chappie (2015)
Neill Blomkamp at an event for Elysium (2013)
Neill Blomkamp

Known for

District 9 (2009)
District 9
7.9
  • Director
  • 2009
Matt Damon in Elysium (2013)
Elysium
6.6
  • Director
  • 2013
Sharlto Copley in Chappie (2015)
Chappie
6.8
  • Director
  • 2015
Carly Pope in Demonic (2021)
Demonic
4.3
  • Director
  • 2021

Credits

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Director

  • Gran Turismo
    • Post-production
  • Off the Grid
    • Completed
  • Off the Grid - Switcher Part 1 (2022)
    Off the Grid - Switcher Part 1
  • Carly Pope in Demonic (2021)
    Demonic
  • Bouzan Hadawi and Bouzan Hadawi in Conviction (2019)
    Conviction
  • God: City (2018)
    God: City
  • Lima (2017)
    Lima
  • Adam: The Prophet (2017)
    Adam: The Prophet
  • Gdansk (2017)
    Gdansk
  • Jason Cope in Adam: The Mirror (2017)
    Adam: The Mirror
  • Kapture (2017)
    Kapture
  • Zygote (2017)
    Zygote
  • Carly Pope and Alec Gillis in Cooking with Bill (2017)
    Cooking with Bill
  • God: Serengeti (2017)
    God: Serengeti
  • Firebase (2017)
    Firebase
  • Oats Studios (2017)
    Oats Studios
  • Rakka (2017)
    Rakka

Writer

  • Carly Pope in Demonic (2021)
    Demonic
  • God: City (2018)
    God: City
  • Lima (2017)
    Lima
  • Adam: The Prophet (2017)
    Adam: The Prophet
  • Jason Cope in Adam: The Mirror (2017)
    Adam: The Mirror
  • Zygote (2017)
    Zygote
  • Carly Pope and Alec Gillis in Cooking with Bill (2017)
    Cooking with Bill
  • God: Serengeti (2017)
    God: Serengeti
  • Firebase (2017)
    Firebase
  • Oats Studios (2017)
    Oats Studios
  • Rakka (2017)
    Rakka
  • Clive Owen in The Escape (2016)
    The Escape
  • Sharlto Copley in Chappie (2015)
    Chappie
  • Matt Damon in Elysium (2013)
    Elysium
  • Wikus and Charlize
    • (uncredited)

Visual Effects

  • Yellow (2006)
    Yellow
  • Alive in Joburg (2005)
    Alive in Joburg
  • Kevin Costner, Kurt Russell, and James J. Zito III in 3000 Miles to Graceland (2001)
    3000 Miles to Graceland
  • Jessica Alba in Dark Angel (2000)
    Dark Angel
    • (uncredited)
  • Aftershock: Earthquake in New York (1999)
    Aftershock: Earthquake in New York
    • (uncredited)
  • Mercy Point (1998)
    Mercy Point
  • Roger Cross, Rob LaBelle, and Sebastian Spence in First Wave (1998)
    First Wave
  • Richard Dean Anderson, Christopher Judge, Michael Shanks, and Amanda Tapping in Stargate SG-1 (1997)
    Stargate SG-1
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Videos18

District 9: "MNU CEO"
Clip 1:03
District 9: "MNU CEO"
District 9: Man on the Street: "Jobs"
Clip 0:37
District 9: Man on the Street: "Jobs"
District 9: Man on the Street: "Diet"
Clip 0:36
District 9: Man on the Street: "Diet"
District 9: Man on the Street: "Crime"
Clip 0:37
District 9: Man on the Street: "Crime"
District 9: Man on the Street: "Communication"
Clip 0:37
District 9: Man on the Street: "Communication"
District 9: Man on the Street: "Arrival"
Clip 0:33
District 9: Man on the Street: "Arrival"
District 9: "Biologist Ballistics"
Clip 0:40
District 9: "Biologist Ballistics"
District 9: "MNU Officer Day in the Life"
Clip 1:04
District 9: "MNU Officer Day in the Life"
District 9: "Contraband"
Clip 0:43
District 9: "Contraband"
District 9: Comic-Con Footage with Sharlto Copley
Interview 0:31
District 9: Comic-Con Footage with Sharlto Copley
District 9: Comic-Con Footage with Neill Blomkamp
Interview 0:21
District 9: Comic-Con Footage with Neill Blomkamp
District 9: Comic-Con Panel
Interview 1:29
District 9: Comic-Con Panel

Personal details

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    • September 17, 1979
    • Johannesburg, South Africa
    • Terri Tatchell? - present (1 child)
  • Other works
    Directed music video for Liveonrelease, "Let's Go".
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    • 1 Interview

Did you know

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  • Trivia
    Was set to direct a highly-anticipated movie adaptation of the popular video game Halo: Combat Evolved (2001) after a screenplay by Alex Garland. Peter Jackson would supervise as producer. There were initial difficulties because Microsoft, the owner of the game franchise, had a long list of demands, including 10 million dollar for the screenplay, 15% of the box office earnings, a budget of at least 75 million dollar and a lot of creative control. Most studies turned the project down, until Fox and Universal agreed to co-produce it. Ten million dollar were already spent on development, and Blomkamp even moved to New Zealand to oversee pre-production at WETA studios, when Universal tried to force budget cuts. Since neither Jackson or Microsoft were willing to agree on this, the project was shelved. Jackson then asked Blomkamp if he had any other ideas, and Blomkamp suggested an expanded remake of his short film Alive in Joburg (2005), which ultimately became his much praised feature film debut District 9 (2009).
  • Quotes
    Johannesburg is weird, because half of it is like Los Angeles. It feels like just wealthy parts of L.A. But half of it is severe slummy, something like Rio De Janiero or something. So it's kind of weird, because it's both happening at the same time.
    • Cinéma vérité technique

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