Petra Costa

Quick Facts

Full Name	Petra Costa
Occupation	Actor
Date Of Birth	Jul 8, 1983(1983-07-08)
Age	41
Birthplace	Belo Horizonte
Country	Brazil
Horoscope	Leo

Petra Costa Biography

Petra Costa is one of the most popular and richest Actor who was born on July 8, 1983 in Belo Horizonte, Brazil. Petra Costa was born in 1983 in Belo Horizonte, in the state of Minas Gerais. She is daughter of left- wing political activists who opposed the Brazilian military dictatorship and the granddaughter of Gabriel Donato de Andrade, one of the co-founders of Andrade Gutierrez, one of the country’s major construction companies; directly involved in the corruption and bribery scandal that hit the country in 2015, leading to the impeachment of President Dilma Rousseff. Costa acknowledges that background in The Edge of Democracy

Her first feature film, Elena (2012), in which Petra revisits New York two decades after leaving it in order to seek out the memory of her dead sister, Elena, was presented at the Amsterdam International Documentary Film Festival (IDFA), São Paulo International Film Festival, Brasilia National Film Festival and the Director’s Week (Rio de Janeiro). The film won dozens of awards, including best documentary at the Festival of Havana, and was the most widely viewed documentary in Brazil in 2013.

In 2014, the publisher Arquipélago launched the book Elena de Petra Costa (Petra Costa’s Elena), with essays on the film, the full script and bonus content seen for the first time.

In 2014, Elena was released in the United States with the filmmakers Fernando Meirelles and Tim Robbins as executive producers. That year, the documentary came third in the ranking for average viewership per theater throughout the US and met with critical acclaim. The New York Times described it as “a filmic dream”, while the Hollywood Reporter called it “shocking and unforgettable”. Indiewire claimed it was a “masterful debut [that] takes nonfiction where it seldom wants to go – away from the comforting embrace of fact and into a realm of expressionistic possibility”. Indiewire listed it among the best documentaries of the year.

The Edge of Democracy is the third documentary of a trilogy where Petra investigates her family story. The first, Undertow Eyes (2009), portrays her grandparents recollections and stories, in a personal and existential tale about love and death. It screened at the MOMA in 2010 and won best short Film at the Rio de Janeiro International Film Festival 2009, best short film at the London International Documentary Festival, and best short film the 13th Cine Las Americas International Film Festival among others.

Petra Costa Net Worth

Petra Costa is one of the richest Actor from Brazil. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Petra Costa 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Ana Petra Andrade Costa (born July 8, 1983) is a Brazilian actress and filmmaker whose work lives on the borderlines of fiction and nonfiction. She has been a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (the organization behind the Oscars) since 2018.

Petra Costa debuted in cinema producing and directing the short film Undertow Eyes (2009), a poetic depiction of love and aging as seen from the perspective of her grandparents. The short was screened at MoMA and scooped numerous awards at Brazilian and international festivals: best short film at the Rio Festival and London International Documentary Festival (LIDF), best short documentary at the Cine Las Americas International Film Festival (USA) and special jury’s prize at the Gramado Film Festival, among others.

The second of the trilogy, Elena (2012), her first documentary feature, is a mixture of documentary, diary and fever dream, and was the most watched documentary in Brazil in 2013. It tells the story of two sisters – and as one searches for the other their identities begin to blur. The film was called “a cinematic dream” by the New York Times, “haunting and unforgettable” by the Hollywood Reporter and was defined as a “masterful debut that takes nonfiction where it seldom wants to go – away from the comforting embrace of fact and into a realm of expressionistic possibility” by Indiewire. Elena premiered at IDFA followed by SXSW and Hotdocs won many prizes such as best film at the 2013 Havana Film Festival, best film at DOCSDF, best directing, editing, and best film for the popular jury at the Brasília Film Festival, and was nominated for Best Cinematography at the 2014 Cinema Eye Honors.

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According to First Showing, “the footage she shares is truly jaw-dropping” and shows “an astounding inside look at the recent political shake up in Brazil, examining and showing us directly how democracy is collapsing thanks to political power grabs”. It has “all the feel of an All The President’s Men- style political thriller….. with the sweep of The Godfather”, as the ScreenDaily put it. For Point of View, this “political documentary is like none other, a work both intimate and grand in scope”.

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Petra Ranked on the list of most popular Actor. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Brazil. Petra Costa celebrates birthday on July 8 of every year.