Fernando Meirelles

Fernando Ferreira Meirelles Brazilian Portuguesefeʁˈnɐdu mejˈɾɛlis born 9 November 1955 is a Brazilian film director producer and screenwriter He is best known for codirecting the film City of God released in 2002 in Brazil and in 2003 in the US by Miramax Films which received international critical acclaim He was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Director for his work in the film 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 Saramagos novel Blindness and the 2011 film 360 In 2019 Meirelles directed The Two Popes for Netflix In television Meirelles directed and produced the HBO original series Joint Venture in Brazil In 2024 he led the directing work for the crime series Sugar and the historical miniseries The Sympathizer Description above from the Wikipedia article Fernando Meirelles licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia