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Fernando Meirelles
Birth at
9 November 1955
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Fernando Meirelles was born on November 9, 1955 in Sao Paulo, Brazil. His father was a gastroenterologist, constantly traveling with his family in North America and Asia. On the day of his twelfth birthday, Fernando received a video camera as a gift, as his parents noticed that the boy had a craving for filming. After graduating from high school, Fernando entered the school of urban planning and architecture at the university in his native São Paulo. The diploma work of the young director was a
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Fernando Meirelles was born on November 9, 1955 in Sao Paulo, Brazil. His father was a gastroenterologist, constantly traveling with his family in North America and Asia.
On the day of his twelfth birthday, Fernando received a video camera as a gift, as his parents noticed that the boy had a craving for filming. After graduating from high school, Fernando entered the school of urban planning and architecture at the university in his native São Paulo. The diploma work of the young director was a documentary film, which he filmed in Japan.
His professional activity began with the filming of commercials, where he showed his outstanding talent, and later he, together with close friends, organized a film company, which quickly became one of the largest in the world for the production of commercials. In addition, Fernando Meirelles directed short films and television series. The film Laranigna and Aserola won the Berlin IFF prize, as well as a number of other awards. In 2001, the work of the director “Inception” with N. Olivan was released.
World fame brought him the film
City of God" This is the first full-length film of the film director, shot in the genre of realism, released in 2002. The film shows the chronology of life of residents of Brazilian slums, touches on the problem of social and racial inequality of Brazilians. Most of the participants are of African descent. This film has received about 50 different international prizes, as well as two Oscar nominations. Even now, in 2012, the film ranks in the top 20 best films in the world.
In 2005, Fernando’s painting “Devoted Gardener” appeared, where the main role was played by Raycheo Weil, who eventually was awarded as the best supporting actress. This film received about 20 awards.