way ... I think that for the last eight years, we've had that philosophy very much prevalent in the Bush administration that if you're on the side of good, at least as you perceive it, then you can do no evil ... That's what's so great about this character or about this movie for me and why I wanted to do it ... This is a guy who recognizes his own capacity for evil and I think that's exciting in a sort of popular culture kind of way. After all, the most famous line from Wolverine, the comics, is "I am the best there is at what I do, but what I do best isn't very nice." In 2011, Hood began work at the helm of novelist Orson Scott Card's Ender's Game. He wrote a draft of Card's screenplay and directed the film. Ender's Game was released in U.S. theaters on 1 November 2013. Hood directed and acted in Eye in the Sky, which was released on 15 September 2015 at the TIFF in Toronto, Canada. Hood wrote, directed, and executive produced the 2019 British film Official Secrets based on the real life case of the Iraq War whistleblower Katharine Gun. Personal life Over the course of his career, Hood has "bounced about, back and forth" between South Africa, the United States, and the United Kingdom. Filmography Acting roles References External links 1963 births Living people Directors of Best Foreign Language Film Academy Award winners Male actors from Johannesburg People from Johannesburg South African expatriates in England South African expatriates in the United States South African film directors South African male actors South African people of English descent South African screenwriters South African film producers University of the Witwatersrand alumni White South African people