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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, screenwriter and producer. 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 3,635,096 page views. His biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia. Neill Blomkamp is the 1,236th most popular film director (down from 1,172nd in 2019), the 130th most popular biography from South Africa and the 3rd most popular South African Film Director.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 35

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.65

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.97

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Neill Blomkamp ranks 1,236 out of 1,581. Before him are Maurice Cloche, Pál Gábor, Mario Mattoli, Ágnes Hranitzky, Laurent Cantet, and Adoor Gopalakrishnan. After him are Andrzej Sekuła, Boris Sagal, Patty Jenkins, Kurt Hoffmann, Michael Caton-Jones, and William C. deMille.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1979, Neill Blomkamp ranks 147. Before him are Shawn Ashmore, Shinji Ono, Milivoje Novaković, Irina Slutskaya, Dana DeArmond, and Rie Kugimiya. After him are Junichi Inamoto, Arne Friedrich, Jaime King, The Game, David Suazo, and Sharman Joshi.

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In South Africa

Among people born in South Africa, Neill Blomkamp ranks 130 out of 374. Before him are Corrie Sanders (1966), Janet Suzman (1939), Eddie Kramer (1942), Mangosuthu Buthelezi (1928), Cariba Heine (1988), and Paddy Driver (1934). After him are Louisa Bolus (1877), Wilfrid Napier (1941), Johan Kriek (1958), David Carstens (1914), Jackie Pretorius (1934), and Belle Delphine (1999).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In South Africa

Among film directors born in South Africa, Neill Blomkamp ranks 3. Before him are Jamie Uys (1921) and Roger Michell (1956). After him are Gavin Hood (1963), Tosca Musk (1974), and Jonathan Liebesman (1976).

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