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Neill Blomkamp (Afrikaans: [ˈnil ˈblɔmkamp]; born 17 September 1979) is a South African and Canadian film director and screenwriter. He is 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, and the director of the dystopian science fiction action film Elysium(2013), which garnered moderately positive reviews. He also directed the science fiction action film Chappie (2015) and the sports drama film Gran Turismo (2023). Blomkamp employs a documentary-style, hand-held cinéma vérité technique, blending naturalistic and photorealistic computer-generated visual effects. His films often deal with themes of xenophobia and social segregation. He is also known for his collaborations with actor Sharlto Copley. Time named Blomkamp as one of the 100 Most Influential People of 2009. A 2011 Forbes article named him the 21st most powerful celebrity from Africa. Description above from the Wikipedia article Neill Blomkamp, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
1957 - Russia unleashes Sputnik into outer space, and the Space Race begins. Russia begins to experience a series of strange, otherworldly signals not long after. Little does the Earth know, those signals indicate the arrival of Colonel Bleep, interplanetary intelligence agent for the planet Futura. Colonel Bleep has been sent to investigate the latest evil plans of his escaped archenemy, Dr. Destructo, who plans on setting off a doomsday bomb stronger than the previous atomic bombs combined, which can kill the entire universe. Joining forces with a rebellious wooden puppet and an out-of-time caveman, as well as his old childhood friend Lt. Nebula, now an up-and-coming military officer for the Galaction Protection Agency, Colonel Bleep dedicates his time on Earth to protect it, as the past, the present, and the future learn to come together to stop Dr. Destructo.
