1963 - Today
Gavin Hood (born 12 May 1963) is a South African filmmaker, and actor, best known for writing and directing Tsotsi (2005), which won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gavin Hood has received more than 645,972 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Gavin Hood is the 1,307th most popular film director (down from 1,191st in 2019), the 142nd most popular biography from South Africa (down from 133rd in 2019) and the 4th most popular South African Film Director.
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Among film directors, Gavin Hood ranks 1,307 out of 1,581. Before him are Ramanand Sagar, Ken Burns, Carlos Saldanha, Samuel Maoz, Peter Chan, and István Gaál. After him are Cristi Puiu, Tom Mankiewicz, Basil Dearden, Alexandre Aja, John Hillcoat, and David Furnish.
1917 - 2005
HPI: 42.63
Rank: 1,301
1953 - Present
HPI: 42.60
Rank: 1,302
1965 - Present
HPI: 42.59
Rank: 1,303
1962 - Present
HPI: 42.58
Rank: 1,304
1962 - Present
HPI: 42.58
Rank: 1,305
1933 - 2007
HPI: 42.58
Rank: 1,306
1963 - Present
HPI: 42.57
Rank: 1,307
1967 - Present
HPI: 42.56
Rank: 1,308
1942 - 2010
HPI: 42.53
Rank: 1,309
1911 - 1971
HPI: 42.52
Rank: 1,310
1978 - Present
HPI: 42.52
Rank: 1,311
1961 - Present
HPI: 42.49
Rank: 1,312
1962 - Present
HPI: 42.49
Rank: 1,313
Among people born in 1963, Gavin Hood ranks 381. Before him are Heino Ferch, Jarvis Cocker, Rand Paul, Pia Cramling, Anne Consigny, and Prince Guillaume of Luxembourg. After him are Koichi Wakata, Aubrey de Grey, Johan Theorin, Candan Erçetin, Malcolm Gladwell, and Jozefina Topalli.
1963 - Present
HPI: 42.70
Rank: 375
1963 - Present
HPI: 42.69
Rank: 376
1963 - Present
HPI: 42.66
Rank: 377
1963 - Present
HPI: 42.66
Rank: 378
1963 - Present
HPI: 42.62
Rank: 379
1963 - Present
HPI: 42.60
Rank: 380
1963 - Present
HPI: 42.57
Rank: 381
1963 - Present
HPI: 42.55
Rank: 382
1963 - Present
HPI: 42.54
Rank: 383
1963 - Present
HPI: 42.53
Rank: 384
1963 - Present
HPI: 42.52
Rank: 385
1963 - Present
HPI: 42.44
Rank: 386
1963 - Present
HPI: 42.43
Rank: 387
Among people born in South Africa, Gavin Hood ranks 142 out of 374. Before him are Belle Delphine (1999), Frew McMillan (1942), Elsa Joubert (1922), Francois Botha (1968), Phillip V. Tobias (1925), and Ruth First (1925). After him are Peter de Klerk (1935), Lucky Dube (1910), Helen Zille (1951), Constand Viljoen (1933), Mzilikazi (1790), and Francois Pienaar (1967).
1999 - Present
HPI: 42.94
Rank: 136
1942 - Present
HPI: 42.90
Rank: 137
1922 - 2020
HPI: 42.89
Rank: 138
1968 - Present
HPI: 42.74
Rank: 139
1925 - 2012
HPI: 42.69
Rank: 140
1925 - 1982
HPI: 42.69
Rank: 141
1963 - Present
HPI: 42.57
Rank: 142
1935 - 2015
HPI: 42.56
Rank: 143
1910 - 1964
HPI: 42.49
Rank: 144
1951 - Present
HPI: 42.34
Rank: 145
1933 - 2020
HPI: 42.33
Rank: 146
1790 - 1868
HPI: 42.29
Rank: 147
1967 - Present
HPI: 42.28
Rank: 148
Among film directors born in South Africa, Gavin Hood ranks 4. Before him are Jamie Uys (1921), Roger Michell (1956), and Neill Blomkamp (1979). After him are Tosca Musk (1974) and Jonathan Liebesman (1976).
1921 - 1996
HPI: 52.05
Rank: 1
1956 - 2021
HPI: 45.83
Rank: 2
1979 - Present
HPI: 43.59
Rank: 3
1963 - Present
HPI: 42.57
Rank: 4
1974 - Present
HPI: 36.78
Rank: 5
1976 - Present
HPI: 32.49
Rank: 6