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Fernando Meirelles

Fernando Ferreira Meirelles 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. For his work in the film, he was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Director. 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 and produced in Brazil the HBO original series Joint Venture and also directed The Two Popes for Netflix.


Aliases
  • Fernando Ferreira Meirelles
English Português - Portugal Português - Brasil

Director

Movie Cidade de Deus 2002
Movie The Two Popes 2019
Series Felizes Para Sempre? 2015
Movie Domésticas 2001
Episode A Comédia da Vida Privada
O Que Você Vai Ser Quando Crescer?
1997
Episode Sugar (2024)
Go Home
2024
Episode Cidade dos Homens
Uólace e João Victor
2002
Series Som e Fúria 2009
Episode Cidade dos Homens
Em Algum Lugar do Futuro
2005
Series Sugar (2024) 2024
Movie The Constant Gardener 2005
Episode The Sympathizer
Give Us Some Good Lines
2024
Movie Blindness 2008
Episode Brava Gente
O Casamento Enganoso / Um Capricho / Palace II
2000
Series Os Experientes 2015
Episode Cidade dos Homens
Sábado
2003
Movie Rio, I Love You 2014
Episode Sugar (2024)
Farewell
2024
Movie Amanhecer 2010
Episode Sugar (2024)
Boy in the Corner
2024
Episode Sugar (2024)
These People, These Places
2024
Episode Sugar (2024)
Olivia
2024
Movie 360 2012
Movie Menino Maluquinho 2: A Aventura 1998

Writer

Movie Domésticas 2001
Episode Cidade dos Homens
Uólace e João Victor
2002
Episode Cidade dos Homens
Buraco Quente
2003
Episode Cidade dos Homens
Sábado
2003
Episode Cidade dos Homens
A Coroa do Imperador
2002
Episode Antônia
Toque de Recolher
2006
Episode Antônia
De Volta Para Casa
2006

Creator

Series Cidade dos Homens 2002

Executive Producer

Series Os Quatro da Candelária 2024

Producer

Movie Sócrates 2018
Movie O Filho Eterno 2016
Movie Up Against Them All 2004
Movie Cidade dos Homens 2007
Movie Ginga 2005
Movie Antônia 2006
Movie Mais Forte que o Mundo 2016
Movie O Nome da Morte 2017
Movie La Vingança 2017
Movie Father’s Chair 2013
Movie Exodus Where I Come from Is Disappearing 2017
Movie VIPs 2011
Movie Waste Land 2010

Guest Star

Episode De Frente Com Gabi
Fernando Meirelles
2003
Episode De Frente Com Gabi
Fernando Meirelles
2002
Episode Conversa com Bial
Fernando Meirelles, Carlos Nobre e Claudio Angelo
2017
Episode Programa do Jô
Fernando Meirelles e Martha Nowill; Leo Jaime
2014
Episode Altas Horas
Letícia Isnard, Fernando Meirelles, Pedro Bial, Péricles e Dinho Ouro Preto
2012