FILM DIRECTOR

Fernando Meirelles

1955 - Today

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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. For his work in the film, he was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Director. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Fernando Meirelles has received more than 770,882 page views. His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 30 in 2019). Fernando Meirelles is the 483rd most popular film director (down from 444th in 2019), the 210th most popular biography from Brazil (down from 164th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Brazilian Film Director.

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  • 32

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  • 2.67

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Fernando Meirelles ranks 483 out of 2,041. Before him are Derek Jarman, André Hunebelle, John Badham, Edward Zwick, George P. Cosmatos, and Juraj Jakubisko. After him are Elio Petri, Renny Harlin, Jörn Donner, Jim Abrahams, Louis Delluc, and Grigori Aleksandrov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1955, Fernando Meirelles ranks 132. Before him are Jane Kaczmarek, Anne Sofie von Otter, Mark Hollis, Daniel Bertoni, Kim Hae-sook, and Paul Romer. After him are Asif Ali Zardari, Edwin Moses, Matti Vanhanen, Jean-Hugues Anglade, James Gosling, and Wang Huning.

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In Brazil

Among people born in Brazil, Fernando Meirelles ranks 210 out of 2,236. Before him are Bartolomeu de Gusmão (1685), Pedro Américo (1843), Afonso Pena (1847), Prudente de Morais (1841), Infante Sebastian of Portugal and Spain (1811), and Oreco (1932). After him are Felipe Massa (1981), Geraldo Alckmin (1952), Véra Clouzot (1913), Jair da Costa (1940), Diego Costa (1988), and Romualdo Arppi Filho (1939).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Brazil

Among film directors born in Brazil, Fernando Meirelles ranks 2. Before him are Glauber Rocha (1939). After him are Alberto Cavalcanti (1897), Walter Salles (1956), Nelson Pereira dos Santos (1928), José Padilha (1967), Bruno Barreto (1955), and Carlos Saldanha (1965).

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Filmography

City of God
Director
In the poverty-stricken favelas of Rio de Janeiro in the 1970s, two young men choose different paths. Rocket is a budding photographer who documents the increasing drug-related violence of his neighborhood, while José “Zé” Pequeno is an ambitious drug dealer diving into a dangerous life of crime.
Aug 30o 20028.426 / 10
The Two Popes
Director
Frustrated with the direction of the church, Cardinal Bergoglio requests permission to retire in 2012 from Pope Benedict. Instead, facing scandal and self-doubt, the introspective Pope Benedict summons his harshest critic and future successor to Rome to reveal a secret that would shake the foundations of the Catholic Church.
Nov 27o 20197.5 / 10
The Constant Gardener
Director
Justin Quayle is a low-level British diplomat who has always gone about his work very quietly, not causing any problems. But after his radical wife Tessa is killed he becomes determined to find out why, thrusting himself into the middle of a very dangerous conspiracy.
Aug 31o 20057 / 10