Gavin Hood
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Hood at the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival
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| Born |
12 May 1963 Johannesburg, South Africa |
| Occupation | Film director, screenwriter and actor |
| Years active | 1989–present |
| Spouse(s) | Nerissa Black |
Gavin Hood (born 12 May 1963) is a South African filmmaker, screenwriter, producer and actor, best known for writing and directing Tsotsi (2005), which won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. He also directed the films X-Men Origins: Wolverine, Ender's Game and Eye in the Sky.
Hood got his start directing when commissioned to make several short educational dramas for the South African Department of Health. His first commercial short film was The Storekeeper (1998).
Hood co-produced and wrote the script for his first feature film, A Reasonable Man (1999), which portrays the accidental killing of a young child mistaken for a tokoloshe. He then directed the Polish language 2001 feature film In Desert and Wilderness (W pustyni i w puszczy) when the original director fell ill. This was followed by Tsotsi (2005). Tsotsi won the 2005 Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film and was nominated for the Golden Globe for Best Foreign Language Film in 2006. Hood was also nominated for the 2005 Non-European Film—Prix Screen International at the European Film Awards for his work on the film.
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