Copley provided Blomkamp with the use of computers at his production company for Blomkamp to pursue his passion and talent for 3D animation and design. At the age of sixteen, he met Sharlto Copley, who had also attended Redhill High School in Johannesburg. Early life īlomkamp was born in Johannesburg, South Africa. A 2011 article in Forbes named him as the 21st most powerful celebrity from Africa. Time named Blomkamp as one of the 100 Most Influential People of 2009. He is also known for his collaborations with actor Sharlto Copley. He is best known as the co-writer and director of the science fiction action film District 9, for which he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay, and the director of the dystopian science fiction action film Elysium, which garnered moderately positive reviews.īlomkamp employs a documentary-style, hand-held, cinéma vérité technique, blending naturalistic and photo-realistic computer-generated effects, and his films often deal with themes of xenophobia and social segregation. Neill Blomkamp ( Afrikaans: born 17 September 1979) is a South African-Canadian filmmaker.
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