Neill Blomkamp
26 films · 2003 to 2023
Born 17 September 1979, Johannesburg, South Africa
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
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In their own words
I wanted to take that kind of District 9 feel and blend it with a little bit of an '80s sci-fi aesthetic, almost like a Road Warrior feel, but in the urban environment.
