Acting credits
11
Active
Consistent number of acting credits.
Actor
Fernando Meirelles
Directing
Career Snapshot
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Movies: 62Series: 19Crew credits: 70
TMDB ID: 8557
IMDb ID: nm0576987
Known for: Directing
Born: November 9, 1955
Age: 70
Place of birth: São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1978 - 2026
Years active: 49
Average TMDB rating: 6.84
Wikidata: Q343293
Also known as
페르난두 메이렐리스
Other jobs
Director (23)Producer (18)Executive Producer (11)Associate Producer (10)Co-Producer (2)Creator (1)Production Design (1)Roto Supervisor (1)
Biography
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
Movies
Movie credits linked with Fernando Meirelles.
In 4 weeks
Beast Race
Director
2026 Movie
From Nowhere - A Portrait of Valter Hugo Mãe
Producer
2025 Movie
7.0
Tempos de Barbárie – Ato I: Terapia de Vingança
Associate Producer
2023 Movie
8.3
Slam
Associate Producer
2023 Movie
Buscapé
Executive Producer
2022 Movie
7.7
Eduardo and Monica
Associate Producer
2022 Movie
7.1
7 Prisoners
Producer
2021 Movie
7.2
Urubus
Executive Producer
2021 Movie
The Meaning of Life
Producer
2021 Movie
6.0
Ousmane
Executive Producer
2021 Movie
7.6
Marighella
Associate Producer
2021 Movie
6.2
The Great Green Wall
Producer
2020 Movie
7.5
The Two Popes
Director
2019 Movie
7.8
Loop
Associate Producer
2019 Movie
Passages: Travelling In and Out of Film Through Brazilian Geography
2019 Movie
6.2
Sócrates
Executive Producer
2018 Movie
6.6
Liquid Truth
Associate Producer
2017 Movie
7.0
492: A Man Called Death
Associate Producer
2017 Movie
10.0
VIVA - The opening Ceremony Documentary of Rio 2016
as Self
2017 Movie
8.0
A Fera na Selva
Associate Producer
2017 Movie
6.2
El Revenge
Producer
2017 Movie
7.4
O Filho Eterno
Associate Producer
2016 Movie
Exodus: Where I come from is disappearing
Producer
2016 Movie
6.8
Rio 2016 Olympic Opening Ceremony: A New World
Director
2016 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Fernando Meirelles.
6.6
Rivers of Fate
Producer • 4 eps
2025 Series
6.5
Children of the Church Steps
Executive Producer • 4 eps
2024 Series
7.6
City of God: The Fight Rages On
Producer • 6 eps
2024 Series
6.9
The Sympathizer
Director • 1 eps
2024 Series
7.3
Sugar
Executive Producer • 8 eps
2024 Series
8.2
Joint Venture
Director • 2 eps
2019 Series
6.2
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
as Self • 1 eps
2015 Series
3.7
The Wise Ones
Director • 2 eps
2015 Series
7.1
Happily Ever After?
Director • 3 eps
2015 Series
9.0
Xingu: A Saga dos Irmãos Villas-Boas
Creator
2012 Series
6.8
The Illusionist
Production Design • 64 eps
2011 Series
7.3
Sound & Fury
Director • 4 eps
2009 Series
6.0
Antonia
Screenplay • 5 eps
2006 Series
7.2
City of Men
Writer • 5 eps
2002 Series
7.5
Brava Gente
Director • 1 eps
2000 Series
10.0
A Comédia da Vida Privada
Director • 1 eps
1994 Series
7.6
Rá-Tim-Bum
Director • 36 eps
1990 Series
6.5
Amor com Amor Se Paga
Set Designer • 160 eps
1984 Series
5.6
The South Bank Show
as Self • 1 eps
1978 Series