Terri Tatchell (born January 1, 1978) is a Canadian

screenwriter A screenplay writer (also called screenwriter, scriptwriter, scribe or scenarist) is a writer who practices the craft of screenwriting, writing screenplays on which mass media, such as films, television programs and video games, are based. ...

, best known for co-writing the screenplay of ''

District 9 ''District 9'' is a 2009 science fiction mockumentary film directed by Neill Blomkamp in his feature film debut, written by Blomkamp and Terri Tatchell, and produced by Peter Jackson and Carolynne Cunningham. It is a co-production of New ...

'' and was nominated for

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at the

82nd Academy Awards The 82nd Academy Awards ceremony, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), honored the best films of 2009 and took place on March 7, 2010, at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles beginning at 5:30 p. ...

Career

Tatchell graduated in 2001 from the Vancouver Film School's Writing for Film and Television program. She began her screenwriting career in 2006 with th
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short action film ''Adicolor Yellow'' under the direction of her husband

Neill Blomkamp Neill Blomkamp (; born 17 September 1979) is a South African filmmaker. He employs a documentary-style, hand-held, cinéma vérité technique, blending naturalistic and photo-realistic computer-generated effects, and his films often deal wit ...

. In 2008, Tatchell wrote, with Blomkamp, the screenplay of the science-fiction film ''

'', which was released in 2009. Her work on ''District 9'' has since garnered a number of awards nominations, including an Academy Award nomination for

and the

Saturn Awards The Saturn Awards are American awards presented annually by the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films. The awards were created to honor science fiction, fantasy, and horror in film, but have since grown to reward other films be ...

. She won the 2009

Bradbury Award The Ray Bradbury Nebula Award for Outstanding Dramatic Presentation (formerly the Ray Bradbury Award for Outstanding Dramatic Presentation) is given each year by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA) for science fiction or fant ...

from the

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for her work on the screenplay. November 2019, Tatchell put out the first picture book in the Endangered & Misunderstood Series "Aye-Aye Gets Lucky" illustrated by Ivan Sulima. Each book in the series will feature a lesser-known endangered animal and all proceeds will go directly to charities helping with the conservation of the featured animal.

Filmography

* '' Adicolor Yellow'' (2006) * ''

'' (2009) * '' Chappie'' (2015) *Zygote (2017)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Tatchell, Terri 1978 births Living people 21st-century Canadian women writers Nebula Award winners Place of birth missing (living people) Canadian women screenwriters Writers from Vancouver 21st-century Canadian screenwriters