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Birthplace
São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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Birthday
November 9, 1955Deathday
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Fernando Meirelles
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.
Fernando Meirelles awards and nominations
| Year | Category | Subcategory | Info | Movie/Tv Series |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Manchester International Film Festival (MANIFF) | Winner Festival Prize | Film of the Festival (Bruno Bini, Angelisa Stein, Luciana Druzina, Fernando Meirelles, Bruno Gagliasso) | Loop |
| 2020 | Manchester International Film Festival (MANIFF) | Winner Jury Prize | Best Feature (Bruno Bini, Angelisa Stein, Luciana Druzina, Fernando Meirelles, Bruno Gagliasso) | Loop |
| 2010 | CinEuphoria Awards | Winner CinEuphoria | Top Ten of the Year - International Competition (Fernando Meirelles) | Blindness |
| 2010 | CinEuphoria Awards | Winner CinEuphoria | Top Ten of the Year - Audience Award (Fernando Meirelles) | Blindness |
| 2008 | Sitges - Catalonian International Film Festival | Winner Audience Award | Best Motion Picture (Fernando Meirelles) | Blindness |
| Year | Category | Subcategory | Info | Movie/Tv Series |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Imagen Foundation Awards | Nominee Imagen Award | Best Director - Television (Fernando Meirelles) | Sugar |
| 2009 | Cinema Brazil Grand Prize | Nominee Cinema Brazil Grand Prize | Best Director (Melhor Diretor) (Fernando Meirelles) | Blindness |
| 2008 | Cannes Film Festival | Nominee Palme d'Or | (Fernando Meirelles) | Blindness |
| 2008 | Film by the Sea International Film Festival | Nominee Film and Literature Award | (Fernando Meirelles) | Blindness |
| 2008 | Hamburg Film Festival | Nominee Art Cinema Award | (Fernando Meirelles) | Blindness |
| 2008 | Sitges - Catalonian International Film Festival | Nominee Best Film | (Fernando Meirelles) | Blindness |
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