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David Michôd

Highest Rated: 94% Animal Kingdom (2010)

Lowest Rated: 48% War Machine (2017)

Birthday: Nov 30, 1972

Birthplace: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

David Michôd was born on November 30, 1972. As native of Sydney, Australia, he attended Sydney Grammar School before his family moved to Melbourne, where he studied at University of Melbourne. Michôd's involvement with film started in 2000 when he wrote the script for a comedic short film called "Noise." His directorial career began with his own shorts, beginning with "Ezra White, LL.B." (2006). Over the next few years, he continued to write and direct short films such as "Crossbow" (2007), "Spider" (2007), and "Netherland Dwarf" (2008). In 2010, Michôd directed his first full-length feature film, "Animal Kingdom." Loosely based on Melbourne's infamous 1988 Walsh Street police shooting, "Animal Kingdom" starred fellow Australians Guy Pearce and Jacki Weaver. The film was a massive international critical success and earned the Grand Jury Prize at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival, the Best Picture Award at the Australian Film Institute Awards, and multiple acting nominations for Weaver. Following this success, Michôd co-wrote an American indie film, a dark comedy called "Hesher" (2010) staring Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Natalie Portman. Michôd's own next feature, "The Rover," arrived in 2014. The film paired Michôd and Pearce once again, along with "Twilight" (2008) leading man Robert Pattinson. The futuristic western premiered out of competition at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival to critical acclaim.

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Highest-Rated Movies

94% 83% Animal Kingdom
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71% 84% The King Watchlist
67% 52% The Rover
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55% 61% Hesher
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48% 34% War Machine Watchlist
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Shark
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71% Bear
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27% Crossbow
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Shark 2021 Writer The King 71% 84% 2019 Director, Screenwriter, Producer War Machine 48% 34% 2017 Director, Screenwriter The Rover 67% 52% 2014 Director, Screenwriter, Producer The Captain 2013 Dead Body Actor Bear 71% 2011 Screenwriter Hesher 55% 61% 2010 Screenwriter Animal Kingdom 94% 83% 2010 Director, Screenwriter Crossbow 27% 2007 Director, Writer
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