NEILL BLOMKAMP

Neill Blomkamp is a South African born, Vancouver, BC-based director of feature-length and short films and advertisements. Blomkamp employs a documentary-style, hand-held, cinéma vérité technique, blending seamlessly with naturalistic and photo-realistic computer-generated effects. He directed a series of three short films set in the Halo universe (known collectively as Landfall) and in 2008 he won the Cannes Lions 2008 – Film Lions Grand Prix for the HALO "combat" web commercial. He was slated to direct his first feature, an adaptation of the Halo video game before funding for that film collapsed. Peter Jackson, the producer of that project, decided instead to produce an adaptation of Blomkamp's earlier short film Alive in Joburg. Blomkamp directed District 9 which was released in August, 2009. (via Wikipedia)

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Neill Blomkamp Making More Probably-Good Sci-Fi

via iwatchstuff.com ( 31 Days ago )
Remember liking District 9? Prepare to probably like something again! Media Rights Capital has signed writer/director Neill Blomkamp for a new sci-fi film on which he'll have the creative freedom to make something hopefully awesome. From Variety: “MRC is letting me make the film I want to make and that is by far the most important thing here,” Blomkamp said. “The film will [...]

Surprise: Nigerian Government Bans 'District 9'

via cinematical.com ( 64 Days ago )
Charges that Neill Blomkamp's science fiction blockbuster District 9 was racist began popping up almost immediately upon the film's release back in August. Considering the film features an in-over-their-head South African government that allows a mega-corporation to quarantine and exploit an entire alien race, one may assume the obvious core parable for apartheid was at the heart [...]

District 9: the most disgusting aliens in film

via telegraph.co.uk ( 81 Days ago )
District 9 Neill Blomkamp's new lowbudget scifi thriller will redefine the word alien - and just in time.

District 9 review

via telegraph.co.uk ( 81 Days ago )
SOUTH AFRICA; Neill Blomkamp; Sharlto Copley; Rating:

Salute Your Shorts: Chantal Akerman's "Saute ma ville"

via pastemagazine.com ( 87 Days ago )
Salute Your Shorts is a weekly column that looks at short films, music videos, commercials or any other short form visual media that generally gets ignored.Like Neill Blomkamp and Jacques Tati’s shorts the last two weeks, Chantal Akerman’s first film, “Saute ma ville,” is best understood in relation to one of the director’s feature films. A 13-minute [...]

District 9 Director Neill Blomkamp Talks Sequel Possibilities

via pastemagazine.com ( 87 Days ago )
District 9 has only been in theaters for two weeks, but critical buzz combined with sizable box-office returns has made everyone, including director Neill Blomkamp, mighty excited about the possibility of a sequel to the summer's sci-fi success story. Folks who haven't seen the movie yet should tread no further. Here there be spoilers:

Director, Studio Aim For District 9 Sequel

via wired.com ( 88 Days ago )
Toward the end of District 9, as alien Christian Johnson gets ready to journey back to his home planet, he “promises” human hero Wikus Van der Merwe that he’ll return in three years to save other mistreated extraterrestrials. Now that director Neill Blomkamp’s low-budget debut has reaped $90 million in worldwide box office, it looks like the District 9 crowd [...]

Cinematical Seven: Our Alien Friends

via cinematical.com ( 97 Days ago )
There's something a bit familiar about the premise of District 9 -- namely, the part where the human makes friends with the alien. Now, District 9 is a terrific movie, and director Neill Blomkamp delivered a lot of action, violence, pathos and kick-ass special effects on a relatively small budget. But aliens? We've been friends with aliens before. In fact, this week marks the 25th [...]

Box Office Report: ‘District 9′ conquers competition with $37 mil

via ew.com ( 99 Days ago )
In what feels like a box-office weekend from The Twilight Zone, a low-budget and critically acclaimed movie with no stars and an unknown director managed to top the charts. District 9, the alien action pic produced by Peter Jackson and directed by the 29-year-old Neill Blomkamp — who shot the film in Johannesburg, South Africa,

Neill Blomkamp's Early Work

via buzzfeed.com ( 99 Days ago )
Director Neill Blomkamp is not very well known in Hollywood, but that's all about to change very rapidly given the gloriousness that is District 9. Here are six short pieces by the District 9 Director to help you get to know him better. Contribute: Add an image, link, video or comment » The Best Links: 7 Reasons to Go See District [...]