Fernando Meirelles

Personal Info

Known For Director

Gender Male

Birthday 1955-11-09 (68 years old)

Place of Birth São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Also Known As 페르난두 메이렐리스

Fernando Meirelles

Biography

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.

Known For

Director

Animal Race

as Director

2024
Sugar

as Director

2024
The Sympathizer

as Director

2019
The Two Popes

as Director

2019
Joint Venture

as Director

2015
Cosmos

as Director

2015
2015
The Wise Ones

as Director

2014
Rio, I Love You

as Director

2012
360

as Director

2010
Sound & Fury: Film

as Director

2010
Amanhecer

as Director

2009
Sound & Fury

as Director

2008
Blindness

as Director

2005
2002
City of God

as Director

2002
City of Men

as Director

2001
Maids

as Director

2000
Palace II

as Director

2000
Brava Gente

as Director

1998
The Nutty Boy 2

as Director

1998
1990
Rá-Tim-Bum

as Director

1986
Olhar Eletrônico

as Director

1983
Brasília

as Director

1983
Marly Normal

as Director

Producer

Pssica

as Producer

2024
Sugar

as Executive Producer

2024
Children of the Church Steps

as Executive Producer

2023
Slam

as Associate Producer

2022
Eduardo and Monica

as Associate Producer

2022
Buscapé

as Executive Producer

2021
7 Prisoners

as Producer

2021
Urubus

as Executive Producer

2021
Ousmane

as Executive Producer

2021
2021
Marighella

as Associate Producer

2020
2019
Loop

as Associate Producer

2018
Sócrates

as Executive Producer

2017
El Revenge

as Producer

2017
Liquid Truth

as Associate Producer

2017
492: A Man Called Death

as Associate Producer

2017
A Fera na Selva

as Associate Producer

2016
O Filho Eterno

as Associate Producer

2016
Stronger Than The World

as Associate Producer

2015
Cosmos

as Executive Producer

2015
Zoom

as Executive Producer

2014
The Water Law

as Executive Producer

2014
Trash

as Executive Producer

2012
Xingu

as Producer

2011
VIPs

as Producer

2010
Waste Land

as Executive Producer

2010
José & Pilar

as Producer

2010
Sound & Fury: Film

as Producer

2009
Adrift

as Producer

2007
City of Men

as Producer

2007
The Pope's Toilet

as Producer

2007
Antônia

as Co-Producer

2007
Not by Chance

as Producer

2006
Antonia

as Producer

2004

Writer

2010
2006
Antonia

as Screenplay

2002
City of Men

as Writer

2001
Maids

as Screenplay

Creator

2009
Sound & Fury

as Creator

2002
City of Men

as Creator

Art

2011
The Illusionist

as Production Design

1984
Amor com Amor Se Paga

as Set Designer