Gavin Hood

Personal Info

Known For Director

Gender Male

Birthday 1963-05-12 (61 years old)

Place of Birth Johannesburg, South Africa

Gavin Hood

Biography

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 that became a celebrity because of the run. Called Kings of the Trail. Film released in 2012. Description above from the Wikipedia article Gavin Hood, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Director

The Test

as Director

2019
Official Secrets

as Director

2015
Eye in the Sky

as Director

2013
Ender's Game

as Director

2009
2007
Rendition

as Director

2005
Tsotsi

as Director

2001
1999
A Reasonable Man

as Director

1998
The Storekeeper

as Director

Actor

2015
Eye in the Sky

as Lieutenant Colonel Ed Walsh

2013
Ender's Game

as Giant

2012
2004
In Enemy Hands

as Achilles Captain

2004
King Solomon's Mines

as Bruce McNabb

1999
Traitor's Heart

as Roberts

1999
A Reasonable Man

as Sean Raine

1997
Stargate SG-1

as Colonel Alexi Vaselov

1991
American Kickboxer

as Ken Holligan

Writer

The Test

as Screenplay

2019
Official Secrets

as Screenplay

2013
Ender's Game

as Screenplay

2005
Tsotsi

as Writer

1999
1998
The Storekeeper

as Writer

Producer

2019
Official Secrets

as Executive Producer

1998
The Storekeeper

as Producer