Fernando Meirelles

Known for DirectingBorn 1955-11-09 (age 70)São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

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.Read more

Movies & web series

VIVA - The opening Ceremony Documentary of Rio 2016

Xingu: A Saga dos Irmãos Villas-Boas

E No Meio Passa Um Trem

Olhar Eletrônico

Slam

City of God

A Comédia da Vida Privada

Joint Venture

The Water Law

A Fera na Selva

Sound & Fury: Film

Brava Gente

Loop

Critic

Eduardo and Monica

City of God: The Fight Rages On

Marighella

Waste Land

The Two Popes

O Filho Eterno

Sugar

Xingu

Rá-Tim-Bum

Urubus

José & Pilar

7 Prisoners

Sound & Fury

Happily Ever After?

The Year My Parents Went on Vacation

Tempos de Barbárie – Ato I: Terapia de Vingança

City of Men

Trash

492: A Man Called Death

Cosmos

City of Men

The Pope's Toilet

Rivers of Fate

The Sympathizer

The Constant Gardener

Rio 2016 Olympic Opening Ceremony: A New World

Maids

Not by Chance

The Illusionist

Palace II

Liquid Truth

Children of the Church Steps

Stronger Than The World

Blindness