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Fernando Meirelles

Director, Producer, Writer, Actor, Additional CreditsBorn November 9, 1955 (69 years)
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.

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Movies & Shows on Plex

  • 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)
  • Waste Land
  • City of Men
  • 7 Prisoners
  • Mais Forte que o Mundo: A História de José Aldo
  • City of Men
  • The Sympathizer
  • Maids
  • VIPs
  • Xingu
  • City of God: The Fight Rages On
  • José and Pilar
  • Rio, I Love You
  • Adrift
  • Eduardo and Monica
  • The Pope's Toilet

Filmography

2025
Rivers of Fate (TV Series)
2024
The Sympathizer (TV Series)
2024
Sugar (2024) (TV Series)
2020
Sala de Roteiro (TV Series)
2019
2019
Pico da Neblina (TV Series)
2016
2015
The Wise Ones (TV Series)
2015
2014
2011
2009
2009
Som e Fúria (TV Series)
2008
2005
2002
City of Men (TV Series)
2002
2001
2000
Brava Gente (TV Series)
1998
1995
1989
Rá-Tim-Bum (TV Series)

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