Fernando Meirelles Movies and Career Information

Fernando Ferreira Meirelles (born November 9, 1955 in São Paulo, Brazil) is a Brazilian film director, producer and screenwriter. 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, film which garnered the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress to Rachel Weisz. Meirelles' father, José de Souza Meirelles, is a gastroenterologist who travelled regularly to Asia and North America (among other regions of the world), what gave opportunities for Fernando to have contact with different cultures and places. His mother, Sônia Junqueira Ferreira Meirelles, is daughter of farmers and worked with landscape architecture and interior design for a long time. Second youngest of four children, he saw his older brother, José Marcos, die in a car-bike accident when he was only 4 years old. His two sisters, Márcia and Silvinha, graduated in theater and psychology, respectively. Fernando grew up in Alto dos Pinheiros, district of the West Zone of São Paulo, and spending every