Fernando Meirelles
Fernando Meirelles
Fernando Ferreira Meirellesis a Brazilian film director, producer and screenwriter. His best known film is City of God, released in 2002 in Brazil and in 2003 in the U.S. by Miramax Films, which received international critical acclaim. For his work in the film, he was eventually 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...
ProfessionDirector
Date of Birth9 November 1955
ask boys hit knew lights trained
We knew that we couldn't use lights and ask the boys to hit marks. Because they don't have the technique. They were not trained for that.
impressed knew
She impressed me because she knew even more than me about the character.
became cut director hearing love preaching voice watching
But then, watching the whole film, it was like hearing my own voice - like the director preaching to the audience. So I started to cut and in the end, I think it became more of a love story.
air artist capture express form ideas searching supposed ways
We're supposed to capture what's in the air and give a form to it. The artist is like an antenna, always searching for new ideas and ways to express them.
expose helps industry itself people press
I did want to expose the pharmaceutical industry a bit, ... The industry promotes itself very well. I think the film helps people see it in a different way, not through its press releases.
commitment expecting good level lucky
I think I was very lucky with this. Not only because they're good actors but because of their commitment. I was not expecting that level of commitment with stars.
films next three
I think, in the next two or three years, we are going to see a lot of films set in Africa, or about Africa,
decided filming finished love political strong
When we finished filming I had a political drama, a love story and a documentary. But the love story was so strong I decided to make it the axis of the film.
lives
He does the right thing every day and lives by a code,
approach decided locations saw visual
When we first saw the locations we would be using, we decided to use a different visual approach to each part of the story,
government interested political side talking work
When I first read the script, the political side of the story really interested me. I was interested in talking about pharmaceutical companies, and how corporations and government work together,
country world harsh
No country. is as harsh as the world.
country developing-countries developing
I live in a developing country.
talking interesting intimate
Is so interesting, is that when you're blindfolded and you're talking to somebody the conversation goes to places that it would never go if you could see the other person's reaction. You start talking about very intimate things. It's such an interesting experience.