Direction: Fernando Meirelles

Direction Fernando Meirelles · Kátia Lund

Cast Alexandre Rodrigues · Leandro Firmino · Phellipe Haagensen · Douglas Silva

Plot Cidade de Deus (City of God) is a housing project built in the 1960's that--in the early 80's--became one of the most dangerous places in Rio de Janeiro. The tale...

Direction Fernando Meirelles · Kátia Lund · Regina Casé · Paulo Morelli

Cast Darlan Cunha · Douglas Silva · Jonathan Haagensen · Camila Monteiro

Plot TV Series (2002-2018). 6 Seasons. 27 Episodes. In this original variation on the Latin American telenovela (slow, emotional soap), life in Rio de Janeiro, the Brazilian big city jungle, is...

Direction Fernando Meirelles

Cast Ralph Fiennes · Rachel Weisz · Danny Huston · Hubert Koundé

Plot Ralph Fiennes stars as Kenya-based English diplomat Justin Quayle, whose wife is murdered, along with a man she's suspected of having an affair with, a local human rights activist. When...

Direction Mark Protosevich · Fernando Meirelles · Adam Arkin

Cast Colin Farrell · Amy Ryan · Kirby Howell-Baptiste · Dennis Boutsikaris

Plot TV series (2024-). 1 season. 8 episodes. An enigmatic private detective struggles with personal demons as he investigates the disappearance of a Hollywood producer's beloved granddaughter.

Direction Fernando Meirelles

Cast Jonathan Pryce · Anthony Hopkins · Juan Minujín · Cristina Banegas

Plot Explores the relationship and opposing visions between two of the most powerful leaders in the Catholic Church, both of whom must address their own pasts and the demands of the...

Direction Fernando Meirelles · Quico Meirelles · Luis Carone · Rodrigo Pesavento

Cast Luis Navarro · Daniel Furlan · Henrique Santana · Teca Pereira

Plot A former marijuana dealer faces the challenges of a carrier change, following the fictional legalization of the substance in Brazil.

Direction Fernando Meirelles

Cast Julianne Moore · Mark Ruffalo · Danny Glover · Alice Braga

Plot A city is ravaged by an epidemic of instant "white blindness". Those first afflicted are quarantined by the authorities in an abandoned mental hospital where the newly created "society of...

Direction Park Chan-wook · Fernando Meirelles · Marc Munden

Cast Robert Downey Jr. · Hoa Xuande · Fred Nguyen Khan · Sandra Oh

Plot TV Miniseries (2024). 7 Episodes. An espionage thriller and cross-culture satire about the struggles of a half-French, half-Vietnamese communist spy during the final days of the Vietnam War and his...

Direction Fernando Meirelles · Nando Olival

Cast Cláudia Missura · Graziela Moretto · Lena Roque · Olivia Araújo

Plot Five domestic workers share their thoughts about their employers and their experiences on the job in this satiric comedy. While we never see the people they work for, we're given...

Direction Fernando Meirelles

Cast Anthony Hopkins · Jude Law · Rachel Weisz · Ben Foster

Plot Inspired by Arthur Schnitzler's classic La Ronde, screenwriter Peter Morgan and director Fernando Meirelles' 360 combines a modern and dynamic roundelay of stories into one, linking characters from different cities...

Direction Fernando Meirelles · Daniela Thomas · Andrucha Waddington

Cast Gisele Bündchen · Michael Phelps · Caetano Veloso · Regina Casé

Plot Coverage of the opening ceremony of the 2016 Summer Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, as over 78,000 people gather to watch an elaborate show of dance, music and...

Direction Stephan Elliott · Fernando Meirelles · José Padilha · Paolo Sorrentino

Cast Rodrigo Santoro · Jason Isaacs · Emily Mortimer · Wagner Moura

Plot A series of short films set in the Brazilian city of Rio de Janero.

Direction Jorge Furtado · Fernando Meirelles · Mauro Mendonça Filho · Guel Arraes

Cast Marco Nanini · Pedro Cardoso · Fernanda Torres · Marieta Severo

Direction Fernando Meirelles

Plot A poetic vision of the city Brasília.

Direction Fernando Meirelles · Nando Olival

Cast Bruno Giordano · Cecília Homem de Mello · Ciça Meirelles · Theo Werneck

Plot A short film about weddings, jobs, children, trips and a train that separates everything.

Direction Fernando Meirelles · Fabrizia Pinto

Cast Samuel Costa · Fernando Alves Pinto · Pedro Bismark · Samuel Brandão

Direction Fernando Meirelles · Toniko Melo

Cast Andréa Beltrão · Paulo Betti · Felipe Camargo · Regina Casé

Plot Follows the struggles of a small theatre company attempting to adapt a Shakespeare play.

Direction Fernando Meirelles · Giselle Barroco · Rodrigo Meirelles · Toniko Melo

Cast Andréa Beltrão · Felipe Camargo · Rodrigo Santoro · Gero Camilo

Plot The lives of a Shakespearian theatre group and their personal struggles to organize the production of 'Hamlet'.

Direction Fernando Meirelles · Quico Meirelles · Giselle Barroco

Cast André Abujamra · Othon Bastos · Eucir de Souza · Karin Rodrigues

Plot A 4 episode miniseries made up of four independent stories interconnected by the characters, the show reminisces about growing old, but also about rediscovering and reinventing ourselves to enjoy the...

Direction Fernando Meirelles · Paulo Morelli · Rodrigo Meirelles · Luciano Moura

Cast Enrique Diaz · Maria Fernanda Cândido · Adriana Esteves · João Miguel