Gavin Hood

Gavin Hood

May 12, 1963 · 63 years old

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 cu…

Known For

7 titles
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X-Men Origins: Wolverine

X-Men Origins: Wolverine

2009 · 1h 47m · Movie

The early years of James Logan, featuring his rivalry with his brother Victor Creed, his service in the special forces team Weapon X, and his experimentation into the metal-lined mutant Wolverine.

6.5
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Ender's Game

Ender's Game

2013 · 1h 54m · Movie

Young Ender Wiggin is recruited by the International Military to lead the fight against the Formics, an insectoid alien race who had previously tried to invade Earth and had inflicted heavy losses on humankind.

6.6
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Eye in the Sky

Eye in the Sky

2015 · 1h 42m · Movie

Col. Katherine Powell, a military officer in command of an operation to capture terrorists in Kenya, sees her mission escalate when a girl enters the kill zone, triggering an international dispute over the implications of modern w...

7.2
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Official Secrets

Official Secrets

2019 · 1h 52m · Movie

The true story of a British whistleblower who leaked information to the press about an illegal NSA spy operation designed to push the UN Security Council into sanctioning the 2003 invasion of Iraq.

7.2
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Rendition

Rendition

2007 · 2h 2m · Movie

When a terrorist bombing in North Africa kills 19 incl. an American, an Egyptian chemical engineer flying from South Africa to his wife in USA, is arrested upon arriving USA. He disappears. His wife asks senator for help.

6.8
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Tsotsi

Tsotsi

2005 · 1h 34m · Movie

Six days in the violent life of a young Johannesburg gang leader.

7.2
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Show Me the Magic

Show Me the Magic

2012 · 1h 14m · Movie

Don McAlpine, legendary cinematographer. World renowned Australian. A documentary of his life journey from teaching physical education in Temora, NSW, Australia to Hollywood, making the visual imagery of an outstanding movies.

6.2