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Gavin Hood

Gavin Hood (born 12 May 1963) is a South African filmmaker, and actor, best known for writing and directing Tsotsi (2005), which won the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film. He also directed the films X-Men Origins: Wolverine, Ender's Game, Eye in the Sky and Official Secrets.

Gavin Hood

(1963-05-12) 12 May 1963

1989–present

Early life[edit]

Hood was born in Johannesburg and grew up in the Hillbrow area. He is the son of the English-born South African retailer Gordon Hood (d. 2013). Hood attended St Stithians College and went on to graduate with a law degree from the University of the Witwatersrand.[1] He then pursued a post-graduate degree in screenwriting and directing at a film school in California in 1991.[2]

Personal life[edit]

Over the course of his career, Hood has "bounced about, back and forth" between South Africa, the United States, and the United Kingdom.[12]

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