Library Weekly

The ASCL's Library Weekly is our library’s weekly spotlight on African people and events. Inspired by the SciHiBlog, this service is based on information retrieved from Wikipedia and Wikidata and is completed with selected titles from the ASCL Library Catalogue.

N.B. The weeklies are not updated and reflect the state of information at a given point in time.

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Neill Blomkamp

Neill Blomkamp in 2009 (Wikimedia Commons, Natasha Baucas, CC-BY 2.0) On 17 September 1979, South African-Canadian film director, producer, screenwriter, and animator Neill Blomkamp was born in Johannesburg. Blomkamp employs a documentary-style, hand-held, cinéma vérité technique, blending naturalistic and photo-realistic computer-generated effects, and his films often deal with themes of xenophobia and social segregation. He is best known as the co-writer and director of the critically acclaimed and financially successful science fiction action film 'District 9', for which he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay. He also directed the science fiction action films 'Elysium' and 'Chappie'.

Time named Blomkamp as one of the 100 Most Influential People of 2009. A 2011 article in Forbes named him as the 21st most powerful celebrity from Africa.

(Source: Wikipedia)