Gavin Hood

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Gavin Hood is a South African filmmaker and actor best known for directing films such as "Tsotsi," which won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, and big-budget features like "X-Men Origins: Wolverine" and "Ender's Game."

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instanceOf South African person
actor
film director
film producer
human
screenwriter
actedIn In Desert and Wilderness
Tsotsi
awardReceived Academy Award for Best International Feature Film
surface form: Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
awardReceivedFor Tsotsi
countryOfBirth South Africa
countryOfCitizenship South Africa
directed Ender's Game
Eye in the Sky
Rendition
Tsotsi
X-Men Origins: Wolverine
educatedAt University of the Witwatersrand
familyName Hood
genre drama film
science fiction film
thriller film
givenName Gavin
languageOfWorkOrName English
name Gavin Hood self-link
nominatedFor Golden Bear
notableFor directing Ender's Game
directing Eye in the Sky
directing Rendition
directing Tsotsi
X-Men Origins: Wolverine
surface form: directing X-Men Origins: Wolverine
notableWork Ender's Game
Eye in the Sky
Rendition
Tsotsi
X-Men Origins: Wolverine
occupation actor
film director
film producer
screenwriter
placeOfBirth Johannesburg, South Africa
surface form: Johannesburg
workLocation South Africa
United States of America
surface form: United States
wroteScreenplayFor Eye in the Sky
Official Secrets
Tsotsi

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Gavin hasNotableBearers Gavin Hood
Gavin Hood name Gavin Hood self-link