Fernando Meirelles

Fernando Meirelles

Director (b. 1955)
3
Movies
82.3%
Avg ThumbScore
Drama
Top Genre

Frequent Collaborators

Jonathan Pryce (1)Anthony Hopkins (1)Juan Minujín (1)Luis Gnecco (1)Cristina Banegas (1)
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The ThumbScore for Fernando Meirelles (82.3%) is the average audience approval rating across 3 films. Each movie's ThumbScore represents the percentage of real audiences who rated it positively. A higher score means more of Fernando's films are well-received by everyday viewers.

Fernando Ferreira Meirelles (Brazilian Portuguese:[feʁˈnɐ̃du 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. 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 Saramago's 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 CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Born 1955-11-09 in São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.

On ThumbScore, Fernando Meirelles appears in 3 films with an average audience score of 82.3%, most frequently in the Drama genre.

Sources: TMDB

Filmography & Ratings

The Two Popes
The Two Popes
2019
👍 89%
Blindness
Blindness
2008
👍 81%
The Constant Gardener
The Constant Gardener
2005
👍 77%
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