Fernando Meirelles

Fernando Meirelles

Fernando Ferreira Meirelles (Brazilian Portuguese:[feʁˈnɐ̃du mejˈɾɛlis]; born 9 November 1955) is a Brazilian film director, producer, and screenwriter. He is best known for co-directing the film City of God, released in 2002 in Brazil and in 2003 in the U.S. by Miramax Films, which received international critical acclaim. He was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Director for his work in the film. He was also nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Director in 2005 for The Constant Gardener, which garnered the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for Rachel Weisz. He also directed the 2008 adaptation of José Saramago's novel Blindness and the 2011 film 360. In 2019, Meirelles directed The Two Popes for Netflix. In television, Meirelles directed and produced the HBO original series Joint Venture in Brazil. In 2024, he led the directing work for the crime series Sugar and the historical miniseries The Sympathizer. Description above from the Wikipedia article Fernando Meirelles, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For: Directing

Born: São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil, 1955-11-09

Died: null

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	2003	Cidade de Deus: Oficina dos Atores	Himself	60
2	2005	Era Uma Vez Iracema		0
3	2006	Anatomy of a Global Thriller: Behind the Scenes of The Constant Gardener	Self	40
4	2008	Critic	Self	79
5	2010	Comercial		0
6	2011	Brasil Animado		51
7	2011	O Velho Guerreiro Não Morrerá - O Cangaceiro de Lima Barreto 50 Anos Depois	Self	0
8	2017	VIVA - The opening Ceremony Documentary of Rio 2016	Self	100
9	2019	Passages: Travelling in and out of Film through Brazilian Geography		0
10		7 lições que se aprendem com as crianças, os loucos e os ladrões	Himself	0

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1978	The South Bank Show	Self	56
2	2015	Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter	Self	60

Fernando Meirelles

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Television