Fernando Meirelles

71, from São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Artwork for Why Not?Image of Fernando Meirelles

Biography

Fernando Meirelles (born November 9, 1955 in São Paulo, Brazil) is a Brazilian film director. He was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Director in 2004 for his work in the Brazilian film City of God, released in 2002 in Brazil and in 2003 in the U.S. by Miramax Films. He was also nominated for the Golden Globe Best Director award in 2005 for The Constant Gardener.

Timeline

2027Future projects

  • Poster for The Take

    Producer

2026Aged 71

2025Aged 70

  • Poster for From Nowhere: A Portrait of Valter Hugo Mãe

    Producer

2023Aged 68

  • Poster for Slam

    Associate Producer

  • Poster for Barbaric Acts

    Associate Producer

2022Aged 67

  • Poster for Eduardo and Monica

    Associate Producer

  • Poster for Buscapé

    Executive Producer

2021Aged 66

  • Poster for Marighella

    Associate Producer

  • Poster for Ousmane

    Executive Producer

  • Poster for The Meaning of Life

    Producer

  • Poster for Urubus

    Executive Producer

  • Poster for 7 Prisoners

    Producer

2020Aged 65

  • Poster for The Great Green Wall

    Producer

2019Aged 64

  • Poster for Passages: Travelling In and Out of Film Through Brazilian Geography

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for The Two Popes

    Director

  • Poster for Loop

    Associate Producer

2018Aged 63

  • Poster for Socrates

    Executive Producer

2017Aged 62

  • Poster for VIVA - The opening Ceremony Documentary of Rio 2016

    Self

  • Poster for El Revenge

    Producer

  • Poster for A Fera na Selva

    Associate Producer

  • Poster for 492: A Man Called Death

    Associate Producer

  • Poster for Liquid Truth

    Associate Producer

2016Aged 61

  • Poster for Zoom

    Executive Producer

  • Poster for Stronger Than The World

    Associate Producer

  • Poster for Rio 2016 Olympic Opening Ceremony: A New World

    Director

  • Poster for Exodus: Where I come from is disappearing

    Producer

  • Poster for O Filho Eterno

    Associate Producer

2015Aged 60

  • Poster for Cosmos

    Director

2014Aged 59

  • Poster for The Water Law

    Executive Producer

  • Poster for Rio, I Love You

    Director

  • Poster for Trash

    Executive Producer

2012Aged 57

  • Poster for Xingu

    Producer

  • Poster for 360

    Director

2011Aged 56

  • Poster for Brasil Animado

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for O Velho Guerreiro Não Morrerá - O Cangaceiro de Lima Barreto 50 Anos Depois

    Self

  • Poster for VIPs

    Producer

2010Aged 55

  • Poster for Comercial

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for Amanhecer

    Director

  • Poster for Waste Land

    Executive Producer

  • Poster for Sound & Fury: Film

    Producer

  • Poster for José & Pilar

    Producer

2009Aged 54

  • Poster for Adrift

    Producer

2008Aged 53

  • Poster for Critic

    Self

  • Poster for Blindness

    Director

2007Aged 52

  • Poster for Antônia

    Co-Producer

  • Poster for The Pope's Toilet

    Producer

  • Poster for Not by Chance

    Producer

  • Poster for City of Men

    Producer

2006Aged 51

  • Poster for Anatomy of a Global Thriller: Behind the Scenes of The Constant Gardener

    Self

  • Poster for The Year My Parents Went on Vacation

    Co-Producer

2005Aged 50

  • Poster for Once Upon a Time There Was Iracema

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for The Constant Gardener

    Director

2004Aged 49

  • Poster for Up Against Them All

    Producer

2003Aged 48

  • Poster for Cidade de Deus: Oficina dos Atores

    Himself

2002Aged 47

  • Poster for City of God

    Director

2001Aged 46

  • Poster for Maids

    Screenplay

2000Aged 45

  • Poster for Palace II

    Director

  • Poster for Cidade dos Homens Palace II

    Roto Supervisor

1998Aged 43

1986Aged 31

1983Aged 28

Year unknown