FILM DIRECTOR

Neill Blomkamp

1979 - Today

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Neill Blomkamp (Afrikaans: [ˈnil ˈblɔmkamp]; born 17 September 1979) is a South African and Canadian film director and screenwriter. He is known as the co-writer and director of the science fiction action film District 9 (2009), for which he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay, and the director of the dystopian science fiction action film Elysium (2013), which garnered moderately positive reviews. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Neill Blomkamp has received more than 3,852,925 page views. His biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia. Neill Blomkamp is the 1,301st most popular film director (down from 1,233rd in 2019), the 140th most popular biography from South Africa (down from 129th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular South African Film Director.

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  • 35

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.17

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.68

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Neill Blomkamp ranks 1,301 out of 2,041. Before him are Alain Jessua, Buddy Van Horn, Neil Burger, Nunnally Johnson, Werner Klingler, and Jacques Baratier. After him are Benoît Lamy, David Frankel, Anders Thomas Jensen, Milcho Manchevski, Max Hardcore, and Vladimir Motyl.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1979, Neill Blomkamp ranks 136. Before him are David Suazo, Dana DeArmond, Ivica Kostelić, Sharman Joshi, Bérénice Marlohe, and Svetlana Zakharova. After him are Sophie Ellis-Bextor, José Kléberson, Imany, Alexander Povetkin, Bae Doona, and Lee Bo-young.

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In South Africa

Among people born in South Africa, Neill Blomkamp ranks 140 out of 454. Before him are John Kani (1943), Ernest Leonard Johnson (1891), Solomon Linda (1909), Johan Kriek (1958), Ruth First (1925), and Glynis Barber (1955). After him are Wilfrid Napier (1941), Tosca Musk (1974), Harold Kitson (1874), George F. R. Ellis (1939), Helen Zille (1951), and Grace Mugabe (1965).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In South Africa

Among film directors born in South Africa, Neill Blomkamp ranks 2. Before him are Jamie Uys (1921). After him are Tosca Musk (1974), Gavin Hood (1963), Roger Michell (1956), and Jonathan Liebesman (1976).

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