Fernando Meirelles is a film producer and director from Brazil. He began making films while studying architecture in Sao Paulo. He went on to work in independent television before producing commercials. He is still a partner in one of the largest advertising companies in Brazil, which has helped fund his feature films. As a filmmaker he is best know for his work on City of God, and The Constant Gardener. He also created the TV Series City of Men on which the film, City of God, was based. He has been nominated for the Academy Award and the Golden Globe Award for Best Director. Since 2007 he has been working on Blindness, a film adaptation of the Nobel Prize winning book by Jose Saramago.

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• 1955: Born on November 9 in São Paulo, Brazil

• 2000 Palace II - IMDb Listing

• 2002 City of God - IMDb Listing | Rotten Tomatoes Reviews

• 2002-2005 City of Men - IMDb Listing

• 2003 Up Against Them All - IMDb Listing | Rotten Tomatoes Reviews

• 2005 The Constant Gardener - IMDb Listing | Rotten Tomatoes Reviews

• 2006 The Year My Parents Went On Vacation - IMDb Listing | Rotten Tomatoes Reviews

• 2008 Blindness - IMDb Listing | Rotten Tomatoes Reviews

• 2009 By Any Means Necessary - IMDb Listing