Gavin Hood
Gavin Hood
Gavin Hoodis a South African filmmaker, screenwriter, producer and actor, best known for writing and directing Tsotsi, which won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. He also directed the films X-Men Origins: Wolverine and Ender's Game...
NationalitySouth African
ProfessionDirector
Date of Birth12 May 1963
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We grew up watching American films and I hope that Americans will watch our stories.
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One of the struggles and one of the exciting things for South African filmmakers is: What stories are we allowed to tell? I hope for the industry that more and more, it will tell whatever stories it likes.
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Although it seems to be a ghetto movie, it very quickly becomes a much more intimate story, the story of this young, teenage, lost, crazy, out-of-control kid and a baby that he hides from his friends.
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It's a rough mess, so anyone who buys it is getting a poor-quality version.
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We are excited to be in Cape Town.
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And for the people who promote drones as the answer to everything, there is a danger from being distanced from the reality of the ugly mess of war.
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I am a story-teller working with a craft. My job is to use my craft - which is a different thing to my race - and tell a story well.
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You have to separate artistic ability from ethnic origin. Not only am I not black, I am also not a woman, therefore how can I direct women? I am also only 42, therefore how can I direct someone who's 60? So you see where the argument ends up? If you take it to its logical conclusion, I would have to walk around and point a video camera at myself. And who the hell is interested in that?
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What's genius about 'Gravity' is that you are close upon the actors, but 3D works best when you have foreground, middle ground and background.
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'Ender's Game' has fabulous opportunities for spectacle, where appropriate, but there's also a tremendous central character. It's a balance.
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I learned a lot doing 'Wolverine,' and I was also very fortunate, in the sense that I got to do a huge number of visual effects shots.
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I was drafted when I was 17, and I spent two years, and I lost a friend in war.
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Part of what's so tricky in a film that's two hours long is how many themes can you effectively explore.
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When we watch stories, we learn empathy, we learn compassion, and hopefully we achieve some sort of understanding.