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Neill Blomkamp
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OverviewAI-generated
Neill Blomkamp is a South African male who began his work period in 2005. He is identified as an author with one recorded work, titled *Elysium*. His professional activity has been documented across various databases, including a total of five works listed in Crossref records.
Blomkamp was born on September 17, 1979. He maintains a social media following of 101,968 people. On the Last.fm platform, his name is associated with 2,161 listeners and a playcount of 4,040. His profile is referenced by 320 other encyclopedia articles.
Synthesized by Vinony from 17 facts across 6 sources: Wikidata, Last.fm, Crossref, MusicBrainz, Open Library, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1979
- Works
- 1
Top works
- Elysium
via Open Library + Wikidata
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 2,161
- Total plays
- 4,040
<a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Neill+Blomkamp">Read more on Last.fm</a>
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Quantum supremacy using a programmable superconducting processor
· 2019 · cited 6,694x
- Expanded GGGGCC Hexanucleotide Repeat in Noncoding Region of C9ORF72 Causes Chromosome 9p-Linked FTD and ALS
· 2011 · cited 4,506x
- Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition)
· 2016 · cited 4,417x
- Diagnosis and management of dementia with Lewy bodies
· 2017 · cited 3,990x
- LSST: From Science Drivers to Reference Design and Anticipated Data Products
· 2019 · cited 3,504x
via Crossref · CC0
Key facts
- Born
- ( 1979-05-16 ) 16 May 1979 (age 47) , Johannesburg , South Africa
- Citizenship
- Canada
- Occupations
- Film director screenwriter producer
- Years active
- 1996–present
- Spouse
- Terri Tatchell
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Neill Blomkamp ( Afrikaans: [ˈnil ˈblɔmkamp]; born 16 May 1979) is a South African-born Canadian film director and screenwriter. He is best known as the co-writer and director of the science fiction action film District 9 (2009), for which he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay. He also directed the dystopian science fiction action film Elysium (2013), the science fiction action film Chappie (2015), and the sports drama film Gran Turismo (2023). He is known for his collaborations with actor Sharlto Copley, who played the lead in District 9.
Early life and education
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Neill Blomkamp” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.