Gavin Hood

South African filmmaker (born 1963)
Person Human Q443106

Facts

15 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[10]
Date of birth
May 12, 1963
Place of birth
Johannesburg
Country of citizenship
South Africa[8]
Languages spoken, written or signed
English[14]
Copyright status as a creator
works protected by copyrights[18]
Family name
Hood[11]
Given name
Gavin[12]
Has works in the collection
Museum of Modern Art[17]
Height
+1.85[16]
Start of work period
1989[15]
🏷️ Also known as
en Gavin Hood ar جافن هود fa گوین هود he גאווין הוד hi गेविन हुड ja ギャヴィン・フッド ko 개빈 후드 ru Гэвин Худ ru Худ, Гэвин sv Hood uk Гевін Гуд zh Gavin Hood zh 加文·胡德
🔖 Identifiers · 65
VIAF cluster ID
54477611
Library of Congress Authorities ID
no2004026784
GND ID
139564608
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Gavin Hood 2015.jpg ↗
Africultures person ID
7981
AllMovie person ID
p33125
Allcinema person ID
783447
AlloCiné person ID
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Awards & Winners artist ID
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Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
15737687x
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CINE21 person ID
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CINEFOX person ID
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CineMagia person ID
20475
Ciné-Ressources person ID
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Cinémathèque québécoise person ID
88218
Danish National Filmography person ID
162101
Douban movie celebrity ID
1045060
Douban personage ID
27250816
Elonet person ID
986359
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
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FAST ID
506490
Filmweb.pl person ID
111779
Freebase ID
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IMDb ID
nm0004303
IdRef ID
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Ivi person ID
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J9U entity ID
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JRC Names ID
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KINENOTE person ID
213675
Kinobox person ID
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Kinopoisk person ID
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LdiF person ID
132893
Listal ID
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MYmovies person ID
27368
Metacritic ID
person/gavin-hood
MovieMeter person ID
13079
Museum of Modern Art artist ID
35436
NL CR AUT ID
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NUKAT ID
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National Library of Korea ID
KAC201104726
National Library of Poland MMS ID
9810577315705606
National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID
XX4853924
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
297326988
Obálky knih ID
xx0171513
Open Media Database person ID
13079
OpenMLOL author ID
306396
PORT person ID
134166
Prabook ID
2457759
Rotten Tomatoes ID
celebrity/gavin-hood
SVKKL authority ID
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Scope.dk person ID
35973
Sinemalar person ID
33856
Swedish Film Database person ID
331549
TMDB person ID
13079
University of Barcelona authority ID
981058509564806706
WorldCat Entities ID
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ČSFD person ID
3994

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Films written 5
Occupation 5
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Country of citizenship 1
Educated at 1
Given name 1
Has works in the collection 1
Instance of 1
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
Nominated for 1
Place of birth 1
Related category 1
Sex or gender 1
← Category combines topics 1
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Summary

Gavin Hood was born in Johannesburg[1]. He was born on May 12, 1963[2]. He worked as an actor[3], film director[4], screenwriter[5], film actor[6], and lawyer[7].

FAQs

Where was Gavin Hood born?

Gavin Hood was born in Johannesburg[1].

What did Gavin Hood do for work?

Gavin Hood worked as actor[3], film director[4], screenwriter[5], film actor[6], and lawyer[7].

Where did Gavin Hood go to school?

Gavin Hood was educated at University of the Witwatersrand[9].

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  1. 9w ago · MsMorale · 2026-09-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sinemalar person ID → 33856
    "Created claim: Sinemalar person ID: 33856, batch #270606"
  2. 13w ago · Yirba · 2026-08-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    HAND ID → 8995-5B15-7C91-31B4-38F4
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #46460: HAND ID (6)"
  3. 15w ago · ならちゃん · 2026-07-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    CINE21 person ID → 54453
    CINEFOX person ID → 47081
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #43528"
  4. 22w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    SVKKL authority ID → 0347672-Hood-Gavin-1963
    "Created claim: SVKKL authority ID: 0347672-Hood-Gavin-1963, batch #259496"
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