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Fernando Meirelles

Birth Name:
Fernando Meirelles
Birth Place:
São Paulo, Brazil
Profession
Producer, Director, Writer, Actor
Fernando Meirelles

Fast Facts

  • In 2003, he won the Cinema Brazil Grand Prize for "City of God․"
  • In 2010, he won the International Documentary Association's IDA Award and Pare Lorentz Award for "Waste Land․"
  • He studied architecture while attending the University of São Paulo
  • He began making small films at the age of 13 with a borrowed Super 8 camera
  • He formed the Olhar Electrônico production company with some friends, and their films were featured at several Brazilian film festivals
  • Quote: "If you do a film with a high budget, people want to control it․ Marketing people tell you what to do, and where to cut, so they can get their money back․ I am more interested in doing smaller films that I can control․"
  • He often turns down Hollywood offers in favor of independent films

Awards

  • 2001Jury Award - Best Independent Feature:Winner
  • 2001Coxiponé Award - Best Screenplay:Winner
  • 2001Coxiponé Award - Best Film:Winner
  • 2001Tiger AwardNominated
  • 2002Cinema Brazil Grand Prize - Best Screenplay (Melhor Roteiro):Nominated
  • 2002Cinema Brazil Grand Prize - Best Director (Melhor Diretor):Nominated
  • 2002Screen International AwardNominated
  • 2002FIPRESCI PrizeWinner
  • 2002Grand Coral - First PrizeWinner
  • 2002OCIC AwardWinner
  • 2002Cuban Press Association AwardWinner
  • 2002Glauber Rocha AwardWinner
  • 2002Award of the Havana UniversityWinner
  • 2002Golden StarNominated
  • 2002Best DirectorWinner
  • 2002Audience AwardWinner
  • 2002Premio Guarani - Best Adapted Screenplay:Nominated
  • 2002Premio Guarani - Best Director:Nominated
  • 2002Prêmio Qualidade - Best Director (Melhor Diretor - São Paulo):Winner
  • 2002Prêmio Qualidade - Best Director (Melhor Diretor - Rio de Janeiro):Winner
  • 2002Tokyo Grand PrixNominated
  • 2002Visions Award - Special CitationWinner
  • 2002Grand PrixWinner
  • 2003ACCA - Best Director:Nominated
  • 2003BAFTA Film Award - Best Film not in the English Language:Nominated
  • 2003Golden India Catalina - Best Film (Mejor Película):Winner
  • 2003Golden India Catalina - Best Director (Mejor Director):Winner
  • 2003Cinema Brazil Grand Prize - Best Director (Melhor Diretor):Winner
  • 2003Grand Jury PrizeWinner
  • 2003Audience Award - Ibero-American Competition:Winner
  • 2003INOCA - Best Non-English Language Film:Nominated
  • 2003Elcine First PrizeWinner
  • 2003LAFCA Award - Best Foreign Film:Nominated
  • 2003Giguapa Award - Best Feature Film:Winner
  • 2003Premio Guarani - Best Director:Winner
  • 2003Critics Award - Best Film (Melhor Filme):Winner
  • 2003Audience Award - Best Director (Melhor Diretor):Winner
  • 2003Audience Award - Best Film (Melhor Filme):Winner
  • 2003Critics Award - Best Director (Melhor Diretor):Winner
  • 2003Grand Prize of the Critics - Television (Televisão):Winner
  • 2003Special Jury AwardWinner
  • 2003WAFCA Award - Best Director:Nominated
  • 2004Oscar - Best Director:Nominated
  • 2004Bodil - Best Non-American Film (Bedste ikke-amerikanske film):Nominated
  • 2004COFCA Award - Best Director:Nominated
  • 2004Robert - Best Non-American Film (Årets ikke-amerikanske film):Nominated
  • 2004DGGB Award - Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Foreign Language Film:Nominated
  • 2004Independent Spirit Award - Best Foreign Film:Nominated
  • 2004Silver Ribbon - Best Foreign Director (Regista del Miglior Film Straniero):Nominated
  • 2004OFCS Award - Best Breakthrough Filmmaker:Nominated
  • 2005British Independent Film Award - Best Director:Nominated
  • 2005Screen International AwardNominated
  • 2005NYFCO Award - Best Director:Winner
  • 2005SLFCA Award - Best Director:Nominated
  • 2005Young Cinema Award - Best International Film:Winner
  • 2005Golden Lion - Best Film:Nominated
  • 2005WAFCA Award - Best Director:Nominated
  • 2006Movies for Grownups Award - Best Director:Nominated
  • 2006ALMA Award - Outstanding Director of a Motion Picture:Winner
  • 2006Alexander Korda Award for Best British FilmNominated
  • 2006David Lean Award for DirectionNominated
  • 2006Evening Standard British Film Award - Best Film:Winner
  • 2006Gold Derby Film Award - Director:Nominated
  • 2006Golden Globe - Best Director - Motion Picture:Nominated
  • 2006Goya - Best European Film (Mejor Película Europea):Nominated
  • 2006Imagen Award - Best Director:Nominated
  • 2006INOCA - Best Director:Nominated
  • 2006ALFS Award - Director of the Year:Nominated
  • 2006OFTA Film Award - Best Director:Nominated
  • 2006Audience Award - Best Foreign Director (Melhor Diretor Estrangeiro):Winner
  • 2008Palme d'OrNominated
  • 2008Film and Literature AwardNominated
  • 2008Art Cinema AwardNominated
  • 2008Best FilmNominated
  • 2008Audience Award - Best Motion Picture:Winner
  • 2009Cinema Brazil Grand Prize - Best Director (Melhor Diretor):Nominated
  • 2009Top Film - Top 10 Key Films of the Noughties:Winner
  • 2010CinEuphoria - Top Ten of the Year - Audience Award:Winner
  • 2010CinEuphoria - Top Ten of the Year - International Competition:Winner
  • 2010Pare Lorentz AwardWinner
  • 2010IDA Award - Distinguished Feature Documentary:Winner
  • 2011Best FilmNominated
  • 2019Audience Award - Best Narrative Feature:Winner
  • 2019Truly Moving Picture AwardWinner
  • 2019Audience Award - Narrative Feature:Winner
  • 2019Audience Award - U.S. Cinema:Winner
  • 2020Movies for Grownups Award - Best Director:Nominated
  • 2020BAFTA Film Award - Outstanding British Film of the Year:Nominated
  • 2020LEJA Award - Best Achievement in Directing:Nominated
  • 2022Cinema Brazil Grand Prize - Best Picture (Melhor Filme):Nominated
  • 2024Golden Frog - TV Series Competition:Nominated
  • 2024Imagen Award - Best Director - Television:Nominated
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