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Gavin Hood

Directing

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6

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TMDB popularity

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Directed movies: 6Directed series: 0All crew credits: 8

TMDB ID: 13079

IMDb ID: nm0004303

Known for: Directing

Born: May 12, 1963

Age: 62

Place of birth: Johannesburg, South Africa

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1991 - 2019

Years active: 29

Average TMDB rating: 6.47

Wikidata: Q443106

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Director (6)Executive Producer (1)Screenplay (1)

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.

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