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Gavin Hood (born 12 May 1963) [citation needed] is a South African filmmaker, and actor, best known for writing and directing Tsotsi (2005), which won the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film. He also directed the films X-Men Origins: Wolverine, Ender's Game, Eye in the Sky and Official Secrets .
Cast. Reception. Box office. Critical response. Soundtrack. See also. References. External links. Tsotsi is a 2005 crime drama film written and directed by Gavin Hood and produced by Peter Fudakowski. It is an adaptation of the novel Tsotsi by Athol Fugard, and is a South African/UK co-production.
Mar 31, 2006 · Tsotsi: Directed by Gavin Hood. With Presley Chweneyagae, Terry Pheto, Kenneth Nkosi, Mothusi Magano. Six days in the violent life of a young Johannesburg gang leader.
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47 Photos. Gavin Hood was born on 12 May 1963 in Johannesburg, South Africa. He is an actor and director, known for Official Secrets (2019), Tsotsi (2005) and Eye in the Sky (2015). He was previously married to Janine Eser. More at IMDbPro.
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Mar 24, 2006 · Tsotsi is a young street hood that commits violence without giving it much thought. Then he enters a more affluent neighborhood and steals a car from a woman who he shoots. As he drives away,...
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Writer/director Gavin Hood's "Tsotsi" is based upon a novel by award-winning writer Athol Fugard. Hood has changed Fugard's 50's setting and placed "Tsotsi" in contemporary South Africa, revealing an even more powerful and politically revealing portrait of the heartbreakingly painful realities of life in modern day South Africa.
Totsi (movie 2005): Titular Johannesburg thug rediscovers his humanity in Gavin Hood’s well-made but not fully satisfying socio-psychological drama. Mostly spoken in South Africa’s Tsotsi Taal, or “gangster dialect,” Tsotsi is the tale of a Johannesburg shantytown hoodlum nicknamed Tsotsi, or “Thug,” who rediscovers his humanity ...
