Gavin Hood

Directing
BirthdayMay 12, 1963 (62 years old)
Place of birthJohannesburg, South Africa
GenderMale

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.

Known for

Giant

Oct 24, 2013

Colonel Alexi Vaselov

Jul 27, 1997

Lieutenant Colonel Ed Walsh

Sep 7, 2015

Bruce McNabb

Jun 13, 2004

Achilles Captain

Feb 25, 2004

Robert

May 10, 1991

Ken Holligan

Jul 24, 1991

Sparks

Apr 10, 1998

Tieg

May 14, 1994

Roberts

Nov 23, 1999

Sean Raine

Aug 13, 1999

Self

Nov 1, 2012

Giant

Oct 24, 2013

Colonel Alexi Vaselov

Jul 27, 1997

Lieutenant Colonel Ed Walsh

Sep 7, 2015

Bruce McNabb

Jun 13, 2004

Achilles Captain

Feb 25, 2004

Robert

May 10, 1991

Acting


Participated in 20 movies, 2 TV series

2019

Executive Producer, Director, Screenplay


2015

Lieutenant Colonel Ed Walsh, Director


2013

Giant, Screenplay, Director





2007

Director


2005

Director, Writer


2004

Bruce McNabb


2004

Achilles Captain


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