GAVIN HOOD

Gavin Hood
Gavin Hood
Gender: Male
Known for: Directing
Birthday: May 12, 1963
Place of Birth: Johannesburg, South Africa

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.

Notable work

Filmography

Starring

Lieutenant Colonel Ed Walsh
Giant
Bruce McNabb
Achilles Captain
Roberts
Sean Raine
Colonel Alexi Vaselov
Ken Holligan

Production

Screenplay, Director
Screenplay, Director, Executive Producer
Director
Screenplay, Director
2007·
Rendition
Director
2005·
Tsotsi
Writer, Director
Screenplay, Director
Writer, Director
Producer, Writer, Director