Fernando Meirelles

Fernando Ferreira Meirelles Portuguese fe??n?du mej???lis born 9 November 1955 São Paulo 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 For his work in the film he was 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 Saramagos novel Blindness and the 2011 film 360 In 2019 Meirelles directed The Two Popes for Netflix In television Meirelles directed and produced in Brazil the HBO original series Joint Venture In 2024 he led directing work for the crime series Sugar and the historical miniseries The Sympathizer