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Years active. 1989–present. 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 .
Gavin Hood. Director: Tsotsi. Gavin Hood was born on 12 May 1963 in Johannesburg, South Africa. He is an actor and director, known for Tsotsi (2005), Official Secrets (2019) and Eye in the Sky (2015).
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Gavin Hood. Director: Official Secrets. 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).
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Ender's Game is a 2013 American military science-fiction action film based on Orson Scott Card's 1985 novel of the same name.Written and directed by Gavin Hood, the film stars Asa Butterfield as Andrew "Ender" Wiggin, an unusually gifted child who is sent to an advanced military academy in space to prepare for a future alien invasion.
Official Secrets. (film) Official Secrets is a 2019 British drama film directed by Gavin Hood, based on the case of whistleblower Katharine Gun who exposed an illegal spying operation by American and British intelligence services to gauge sentiment of and potentially blackmail United Nations diplomats tasked to vote on a resolution regarding ...
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 ...
Mar 9, 2016 · Hood originally hails from Johannesburg, South Africa, which was the setting for his breakout film in 2005, "Tsotsi."After that film won the Oscar for Best Foreign Language film, Hood began working in the studio system, helming "Rendition" in 2007 and "X-Men Origins: Wolverine" in 2009, the latter featuring the early iteration of Ryan Reynolds' "Deadpool" character.
