Fernando Meirelles
  • Birthplace

    São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

  • Birthday
    November 9, 1955

    Deathday
    N/A

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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