History Creator / NeillBlomkamp

* AuthorAppeal: The Nissan GT-R has appeared in every one of his movies, driven by a protagonist. Blomkamp [[http://www.motortrend.com/features/consumer/1502_interview_neill_blomkamp_from_chappie_the_gt_r_and_his_collection/ got mildly annoyed]] in a ''Motortrend'' magazine interview that the musician Music/Deadmau5 got one for free (which is ignored in favor of a Ferrari), but he had to buy all of them despite them showing up in his previous movies as free ProductPlacement. Exaggerated with ''Film/GranTurismo2023'', based on the [[VideoGame/GranTurismo racing video game series of the same name]], where both the protagonists and some of his rivals use a wide variety of GT-Rs (both the production versions and the [=GT3=] race car).

* AuthorAppeal: The Nissan GT-R has appeared in every one of his movies, driven by a protagonist. Blomkamp [[http://www.motortrend.com/features/consumer/1502_interview_neill_blomkamp_from_chappie_the_gt_r_and_his_collection/ got mildly annoyed]] in a ''Motortrend'' magazine interview that the musician Music/DeadMau5 got one for free (which is ignored in favor of a Ferrari), but he had to buy all of them despite them showing up in his previous movies as free ProductPlacement.
** Exaggerated with ''Film/GranTurismo2023'', where both the protagonists and some of his rivals use a wide variety of GT-Rs (both the production versions and the [=GT3=] race car).

* AnAesop:
** ''District 9'' is a metaphor for apartheid, and thus has some explicit brutal imagery of the savagery of humans upon fellow sentient beings. It was set in Blomkamp's hometown of Johannesburg and the title alluding to Cape Town's District Six.
** ''Elysium'' is often interpreted as a metaphor for the immigration issue between America and Mexico, with the titular space station being a beautiful haven for the rich and Earth being an overpopulated hellhole. It can also be taken as a harsh critique of health care systems that base treatment quality on financial or social status, denying essential treatments and medications to those who cannot afford them and charging exploitative prices to those who can.

He is currently part of the independent film production company Creator/OatsStudios. His next film will be ''Film/GranTurismo2023'', based on both [[VideoGame/GranTurismo the video game series]] and [[BasedOnATrueStory a true life story connected to the games]].

* ProductionPosse: Creator/SharltoCopley, who Blomkamp has known since he was 16, appears in all three of his feature films in a major role. Cinematographer Trent Opaloch is also a common collaborator as well.

He was also in line to direct a film in the ''Franchise/{{Alien}}'' setting, which was greenlit after he teased concept art for the movie. Creator/SigourneyWeaver was signed on to return as Ellen Ripley, with Michael Biehn in talks to return as Dwayne Hicks and Creator/RidleyScott was going to produce the movie. Unfortunately in 2017, Fox canned the sequel due to a lack of faith in the product and Blomkamp unable to write a script during its development. His fourth film, Demonic, was released simultaneously in theatres and on-demand on August 20th, 2021.

He is currently part of the independent film production company Creator/OatsStudios.

** ''District 9'' is a metaphor for apartheid, and thus has some explicit brutal imagery of the savagery of humans upon fellow sentient beings. It was set in Blomkamp's hometown of Johannesburg and the title alluding to its segregated community District 6.

He was also in line to direct a film in the ''Franchise/{{Alien}}'' setting, which was greenlit after he teased concept art for the movie. Creator/SigourneyWeaver was signed on to return as Ellen Ripley, with Michael Biehn in talks to return as Dwayne Hicks and Creator/RidleyScott was going to produce the movie. Unfortunately in 2017, Fox canned the sequel due to a lack of faith in the product and Blomkamp unable to write a script during its development. His fourth film, Demonic, is scheduled for August 20th, 2021.

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* AmoralAfrikaner: To date, he ''always'' has FormerRegimePersonnel in his films as inhumane and nigh-unstoppable major foes. One would believe that there is personal experience there; perhaps Blomkamp simply can't think of anyone more dangerous and cruel than the enforcers of UsefulNotes/TheApartheidEra. [[SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped He has a point.]]

He was also in line to direct a film in the ''Franchise/{{Alien}}'' setting, which was greenlit after he teased concept art for the movie. Creator/SigourneyWeaver was signed on to return as Ellen Ripley, with Michael Biehn in talks to return as Dwayne Hicks and Creator/RidleyScott was going to produce the movie. Unfortunately in 2017, Fox canned the sequel due to a lack of faith in the product and Blomkamp unable to write a script during its development.

Neill Blomkamp (born 17 September 1979) is a South African-Canadian director, best known for his first feature film ''{{Film/District 9}}''. After directing several commercials and short films, Blomkamp caught the eye of producer-director Creator/PeterJackson thanks to his excellent work on ''{{Franchise/Halo}}: Landfall'', a trio of ''Halo'' short films taking place shortly before ''{{VideoGame/Halo 3}}''. Blomkamp and Jackson, with the aid of Microsoft and {{Creator/Bungie}}, began working on a ''Halo'' movie, but the project failed to secure a studio willing to fund the film and was eventually shelved. As consolation Jackson offered to fund Blomkamp's next film, a fable about first contact and human prejudice set down in South Africa. ''District 9'' earned a lot of media praise and success, which Blomkamp followed up with his next films ''{{Film/Elysium}}'' and ''{{Film/Chappie}}''.

** ''Chappie'' has Vincent Moore, an ex-Special Ops soldier leading the hunt for the titular robot and controlling a MiniMecha. He's more sympathetic than previous Blomkamp examples, though, in that part of his motive is resentment for Chappie's fellow drones phasing his soldiers and The Moose out of service.