'Ender's Game' has fabulous opportunities for spectacle, where appropriate, but there's also a tremendous central character. It's a balance. Gavin Hood balancecentralcharacter Change image and share on social
I was drafted when I was 17, and I spent two years, and I lost a friend in war. Gavin Hood draftfriendlose Change image and share on social
In the early '90s, I was hired to write educational dramas about HIV and AIDS in the shantytowns. I did that for two and a half years, and then I was hired on other films. When 'Tsotsi' presented itself, I thought, 'This is not a world I grew up in, but I've spent a great deal of time writing about it and researching it in my past.' Gavin Hood 90saiddeal share on social
For me, emotion comes first. If I have to change a scene, invent a scene, change dialogue, or put Graff by the lake in order to feel that dynamic, and the end results feels like 'Ender's Game,' then hopefully it works. Gavin Hood changedialoguedynamic share on social
The reality is that art has often risen to greater heights than the people who created it. Many flawed artists have created great works of art. You have to decide if you are going to listen to Richard Wagner's music or not because he was very anti-Semitic. Gavin Hood antiartartist share on social
3D prefers you to use wider lenses because when things are out of focus, and yet it's in 3D, it bothers you. Gavin Hood botherfocuslens Change image and share on social
What's genius about 'Gravity' is that you are close upon the actors, but 3D works best when you have foreground, middle ground and background. Gavin Hood actorbackgroundclose Change image and share on social
In the comic-book lore, of course, you mutate post a traumatic event. You must have the mutant gene, but if something traumatic happens to you, usually at puberty, then that mutation manifests itself. Gavin Hood bookcomicevent Change image and share on social
When we watch stories, we learn empathy, we learn compassion, and hopefully we achieve some sort of understanding. Gavin Hood achievecompassionempathy Change image and share on social
I learned a lot doing 'Wolverine,' and I was also very fortunate, in the sense that I got to do a huge number of visual effects shots. Gavin Hood effectfortunatehuge Change image and share on social