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Fernando Meirelles

Director, Producer, Writer, Actor, Additional CreditsBorn November 9, 1955 (69 years)
Fernando Ferreira Meirelles (Portuguese: [feʁˈnɐ̃du mejˈɾɛlis]; born 9 November 1955; São Paulo) 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 The Two Popes for Netflix.

In television, Meirelles directed and produced in Brazil the HBO original series Joint Venture. In 2024, he led directing work for the crime series Sugar and the historical miniseries The Sympathizer.

Movies & Shows on Plex

  • 360
  • Waste Land
  • Zoom
  • Rio, I Love You
  • Xingu
  • 492: A Man Called Death
  • Loop

Known For

  • City of God
  • The Constant Gardener
  • The Two Popes
  • Blindness
  • 360
  • Sugar (2024)
  • City of Men
  • 7 Prisoners
  • Mais Forte que o Mundo: A História de José Aldo
  • Waste Land
  • VIPs
  • Liquid Truth
  • City of Men
  • The Sympathizer
  • Adrift
  • Rio, I Love You
  • Maids
  • Xingu
  • José and Pilar
  • Not by Chance
  • Children of the Church Steps

Filmography

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