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Fernando Meirelles
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-di…
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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.
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2026
Operação Lorca, o bailado
Movie Himself
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2026
Beast Race
Movie Director
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2025
From Nowhere: A Portrait of Valter Hugo Mãe
Movie Producer
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2025
Rivers of Fate
TV show Producer
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2024
Children of the Church Steps
TV show Executive Producer
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2024
City of God: The Fight Rages On
TV show Producer
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2024
The Sympathizer
TV show Director
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2024
Sugar
TV show Executive Producer
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2023
Barbaric Acts
Movie Associate Producer
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2023
Slam
Movie Associate Producer
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2022
Buscapé
Movie Executive Producer
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2022
Eduardo and Monica
Movie Associate Producer
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2021
7 Prisoners
Movie Producer
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2021
Urubus
Movie Executive Producer
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2021
The Meaning of Life
Movie Producer
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2021
Ousmane
Movie Executive Producer
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2021
Marighella
Movie Associate Producer
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2020
The Great Green Wall
Movie Producer
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2019
The Two Popes
Movie Director
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2019
Loop
Movie Associate Producer
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2019
Joint Venture
TV show Director
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2018
Socrates
Movie Executive Producer
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2017
Liquid Truth
Movie Associate Producer
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2017
492: A Man Called Death
Movie Associate Producer
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2017
A Fera na Selva
Movie Associate Producer
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2017
El Revenge
Movie Producer
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2016
O Filho Eterno
Movie Associate Producer
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2016
Exodus: Where I come from is disappearing
Movie Producer
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2016
Rio 2016 Olympic Opening Ceremony: A New World
Movie Director
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2016
Stronger Than The World
Movie Associate Producer
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2016
Zoom
Movie Executive Producer
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2015
Cosmos
Movie Executive Producer
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2015
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
TV show Self
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2015
The Wise Ones
TV show Director
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2015
Happily Ever After?
TV show Director
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2014
Trash
Movie Executive Producer
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2014
Rio, I Love You
Movie Director
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2014
The Water Law
Movie Executive Producer
