Fernando Meirelles
- January 5, 2024
- Director
Quick Facts
Fernando Meirelles Biography
| Name | Fernando Meirelles |
| Birthday | Nov 9 |
| Birth Year | 1955 |
| Home Town | São Paulo |
| Birth Country | Brazil |
| Birth Sign | Scorpio |
| Spouse | Ciça Meirelles |
Fernando Meirelles is one of the most popular and richest Director who was born on November 9, 1955 in São Paulo, Brazil. Films that were directed, such as City of God and The Constant Gardener.
Director He directed Rachel Weisz in her Oscar-winning performance in the 2005 film The Constant Gardener. in her Oscar-winning performance in the feature film The Constant Gardener.
His first experience with cinema was with his father, who often directed 8 mm films during his job at the university. He produced mostly western and thriller parodies, using his relatives and friends as actors. At 11, in 1967, Fernando spent a year in the United States in California, where he had contact with the hippie movement, which impressed him. At 13, with a borrowed Super 8 camera, Meirelles started producing small films, inspired by Norman McLaren’s animations.
By the end of the 1980s, he became increasingly interested on the advertising market. In 1990, Meirelles and friends closed down Olhar Eletrônico, opening an advertising business, O2 Films. One decade was enough for him to become one of the most important and sought-after advertising producers.
He had two kids with Cica Meirelles.
Fernando Meirelles Net Worth
| Net Worth | $5 Million |
| Source Of Income | Director |
| House | Living in own house. |
Fernando Meirelles is one of the richest Director from Brazil. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Fernando Meirelles 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)
He was a student of in the field of architecture at University of Sao Paulo.
His father bought the camera to him as a gift at the age of twelve years old.
Fernando Ferreira Meirelles ( [feɾˈnɐ̃du 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. For his work in the film, he was eventually nominated for an Academy Award for Best Director. 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 and produced in Brazil the HBO original series Joint Venture and also directed The Two Popes for Netflix.
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Who is Fernando Meirelles Dating?
According to our records, Fernando Meirelles married to Ciça Meirelles. As of December 1, 2023, Fernando Meirelles’s is not dating anyone.
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In 2007, he began shooting Blindness, a film adaptation of Nobel-prize winner José Saramago’s book, Ensaio Sobre a Cegueira. The film, which was released in 2008, was the opening film of the Cannes Film Festival.
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Fernando Ranked on the list of most popular Director. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Brazil. Fernando Meirelles celebrates birthday on November 9 of every year.
In 2019, Meirelles directed and produced the HBO original series Joint Venture, in which marijuana has been legalized in Brazil. The series follows the story of a young drug trafficker from São Paulo who, after the legalization of marijuana in Brazil, decides to abandon his life on crime and sell his weed legally along with an inexperienced investor partner. In the same year, he directed the drama film The Two Popes for Netflix, starring Anthony Hopkins and Jonathan Pryce.
Is Fernando Meirelles an auteur?
For Brazilian auteur Fernando Meirelles, whose 2019 Anthony Hopkins- Jonathan Pryce starrer The Two Popes earned three nominations at the 2020 Oscars, it is a logical progression.
Who is the director of City of God?
Directors
Who produced City of God?
Producers
Who funded City of God?
Different results could be obtained with the same footage “all the scenes evolved from the actor’s improvisations, and of course each one was unique.” City of God was financed by TV Globo, Brazil’s biggest TV channel, and O2 Filmes, Brazil’s biggest commercials company.