Neill Blomkamp
South African film director, producer, screenwriter, and animator
1.25body-of-work score · ranked #745 of 2631 directors · 1 film in our library
A director's score is the sum of their films' composite canon scores — methodology.
- Born
- September 17, 1979 · Johannesburg
- Nationality
- South Africa, Canada
- Work
- film director, screenwriter, animator, director
Films in our library, ranked
Ranked by composite canon score across 20+ authoritative lists, awards and polls — our ordering, with every placement citing its evidence on the film's page.
- 1
2009 · South Africa / United States / New Zealand · thriller, sci-fi, action
Kinema Junpo Best Ten (International) 2010 #3 · Oscar Best Picture nominee 2009 · Film Comment year-end poll 2009 #41
1.254 citations
Complete filmography
All 15 directorial credits recorded on Wikidata, in chronological order; films in our library link to their canon-score page.
- 2003Tetra Vaal
- 2005Alive in Joburg
- 2006Tempbot
- 2006Yellow
- 2007Crossing the Line
- 2009District 9
- 2013Elysium
- 2015Chappie
- 2016The Escape
- 2017Gdansk
- 2017Rakka
- 2017Zygote
- 2021Demonic
- 2023Gran Turismo
- 2026Nightborne