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Fernando Meirelles
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Academy Awards, USA (1)
Ajijic International Film Festival (1)
Algarve International Film Festival (1)
ALMA Awards (1)
Aspen Shortsfest (1)
Berlin International Film Festival (1)
Bodil Awards (1)
Brazilia Festival of Brazilian Cinema (2)
BAFTA Awards (4)
British Independent Film Awards (1)
Camerimage (1)
Cannes Film Festival (1)
Cartagena Film Festival (3)
Sitges - Catalonian International Film Festival (2)
Cinema Brazil Grand Prize (6)
Cinemanila International Film Festival (1)
Directors Guild of Great Britain (1)
Drama Short Film Festival (1)
European Film Awards (2)
Evening Standard British Film Awards (1)
Hamburg Film Festival (1)
Golden Globes, USA (1)
Goya Awards (1)
Gramado Film Festival (2)
Guadalajara International Film Festival (1)
Hamptons International Film Festival (1)
Havana Film Festival (6)
Imagen Foundation Awards (2)
Film Independent Spirit Awards (1)
International Documentary Association (2)
Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists (1)
London Critics Circle Film Awards (1)
London Film Festival (1)
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards (1)
Melbourne International Film Festival (2)
Online Film Critics Society Awards (1)
Danish Film Awards (Robert) (1)
International Film Festival Rotterdam (1)
ShoWest Convention, USA (1)
Stockholm Film Festival (1)
Tokyo International Film Festival (1)
Toronto International Film Festival (1)
Toulouse Latin America Film Festival (1)
Uruguay International Film Festival (1)
Venice Film Festival (2)
Marrakech International Film Festival (2)
Lima Latin American Film Festival (1)
Cuiabá Film and Video Festival (4)
Flickerfest International Short Film Festival (1)
Recife Cine PE Audiovisual Festival (1)
São Paulo Association of Art Critics Awards (4)
Film by the Sea International Film Festival (1)
Central Ohio Film Critics Association (1)
Washington DC Area Film Critics Association Awards (2)
Jackson Wild Media Awards (2)
Mill Valley Film Festival (1)
Prêmio Qualidade, Brazil (4)
St. Louis Film Critics Association, US (1)
New York Film Critics, Online (1)
CinEuphoria Awards (2)
SESC Film Festival, Brazil (5)
ACIE Awards, Brazil (1)
Paris Brazilian Film Festival (1)
Online Film & Television Association (1)
Heartland Film (1)
Awards Circuit Community Awards (1)
International Online Cinema Awards (INOCA) (2)
Cannes Corporate Media & TV Awards (1)
Gold Derby Awards (1)
AARP Movies for Grownups Awards (2)
Manchester International Film Festival (MANIFF) (2)
Middleburg Film Festival (1)
Imagine Science Film Festival (1)
Prêmio Guarani (3)
Latino Entertainment Journalists Association Film Awards (1)
EarthX Film Festival (1)
Cosmic Cine Film Festival (1)
The Guardian's Best Films (1)
70 wins & 53 nominations
Academy Awards, USA
2004 Nominee
Oscar
Best Director
City of God
Ajijic International Film Festival
2001 Winner
Jury Award
Best Independent Feature
Maids
Shared with:
Nando Olival
Algarve International Film Festival
2002 Winner
Grand Prize of the City of Portimão
Golden Gate (Palace II)
Shared with:
Kátia Lund
ALMA Awards
2006 Winner
ALMA Award
Outstanding Director of a Motion Picture
The Constant Gardener
Aspen Shortsfest
2002 Winner
Jury Award
Best Drama
Golden Gate (Palace II)
Shared with:
Kátia Lund
Berlin International Film Festival
2002 Winner
Panorama Award of the New York Film Academy
Golden Gate (Palace II)
Shared with:
Kátia Lund
Bodil Awards
2004 Nominee
Bodil
Best Non-American Film (Bedste ikke-amerikanske film)
City of God
Shared with:
Kátia Lund
Brazilia Festival of Brazilian Cinema
2001 Winner
Canal Brasil Acquisition Award
Golden Gate (Palace II)
Shared with:
Kátia Lund
2001 Winner
ANDI/Unicef Award - Honorable Mention
Golden Gate (Palace II)
Shared with:
Kátia Lund
BAFTA Awards
2020 Nominee
BAFTA Film Award
Outstanding British Film of the Year
The Two Popes
Shared with:
Jonathan Eirich
·
Dan Lin
·
Tracey Seaward
·
Anthony McCarten
2006 Nominee
Alexander Korda Award for Best British Film
The Constant Gardener
Shared with:
Simon Channing Williams
·
Jeffrey Caine
2006 Nominee
David Lean Award for Direction
The Constant Gardener
2003 Nominee
BAFTA Film Award
Best Film not in the English Language
City of God
Shared with:
Andrea Barata Ribeiro
·
Mauricio Andrade Ramos
British Independent Film Awards
2005 Nominee
British Independent Film Award
Best Director
The Constant Gardener
Camerimage
2024 Nominee
Golden Frog
TV Series Competition
Sugar
Episode: "Olivia"
Shared with:
César Charlone
Cannes Film Festival
2008 Nominee
Palme d'Or
Blindness
Cartagena Film Festival
2003 Winner
Golden India Catalina
Best Film (Mejor Película)
City of God
2003 Winner
Golden India Catalina
Best Director (Mejor Director)
City of God
2000 Winner
Honorable Mention of the Children's Cinema Competition Jury
Menino Maluquinho 2: A Aventura
Mention given by young jury.
Shared with:
Fabrizia Pinto
Sitges - Catalonian International Film Festival
2008 Winner
Audience Award
Best Motion Picture
Blindness
2008 Nominee
Best Film
Blindness
Cinema Brazil Grand Prize
2022 Nominee
Cinema Brazil Grand Prize
Best Picture (Melhor Filme)
7 Prisoners
Shared with:
Ramin Bahrani
·
Alexandre Moratto
·
Andrea Barata Ribeiro
2009 Nominee
Cinema Brazil Grand Prize
Best Director (Melhor Diretor)
Blindness
2003 Winner
Cinema Brazil Grand Prize
Best Director (Melhor Diretor)
City of God
2002 Nominee
Cinema Brazil Grand Prize
Best Short Film (Melhor Curta-Metragem)
Golden Gate (Palace II)
Shared with:
Kátia Lund
2002 Nominee
Cinema Brazil Grand Prize
Best Director (Melhor Diretor)
Maids
1 more
All
Cinemanila International Film Festival
2003 Winner
Grand Jury Prize
City of God
Tied with
Blessing Bell (2002)
.
Directors Guild of Great Britain
2004 Nominee
DGGB Award
Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Foreign Language Film
City of God
Drama Short Film Festival
2002 Winner
Special Distinction
International
Golden Gate (Palace II)
Shared with:
Kátia Lund
European Film Awards
2005 Nominee
Screen International Award
The Constant Gardener
UK/Germany/Kenya
2002 Nominee
Screen International Award
City of God
Brazil
Evening Standard British Film Awards
2006 Winner
Evening Standard British Film Award
Best Film
The Constant Gardener
Hamburg Film Festival
2008 Nominee
Art Cinema Award
Blindness
Golden Globes, USA
2006 Nominee
Golden Globe
Best Director - Motion Picture
The Constant Gardener
Goya Awards
2006 Nominee
Goya
Best European Film (Mejor Película Europea)
The Constant Gardener
UK.
Gramado Film Festival
1999 Winner
Golden Kikito
Short Film Competiton 35mm - Best Director (Curta Metragem em 35mm - Melhor Diretor)
E no meio passa um trem
Shared with:
Nando Olival
1999 Winner
Golden Kikito
Short Film Competiton 35mm - Best Film (Curta Metragem em 35mm - Melhor Filme)
E no meio passa um trem
Shared with:
Nando Olival
Guadalajara International Film Festival
2003 Winner
Audience Award
Ibero-American Competition
City of God
Shared with:
Kátia Lund
Hamptons International Film Festival
2019 Winner
Audience Award
Best Narrative Feature
The Two Popes
Havana Film Festival
2002 Winner
Grand Coral - First Prize
City of God
Tied with
Suddenly (2002)
.
2002 Winner
FIPRESCI Prize
City of God
For approaching the explosive theme of social exclusion, using an ambitious, complex and involving style of narration, without moralising or condoning violence.
2002 Winner
OCIC Award
City of God
2002 Winner
Glauber Rocha Award
City of God
2002 Winner
Cuban Press Association Award
City of God
1 more
All
Imagen Foundation Awards
2024 Nominee
Imagen Award
Best Director - Television
Sugar
2006 Nominee
Imagen Award
Best Director
The Constant Gardener
Film Independent Spirit Awards
2004 Nominee
Independent Spirit Award
Best Foreign Film
City of God
- Brazil.
International Documentary Association
2010 Winner
IDA Award
Distinguished Feature Documentary
Waste Land
Shared with:
Lucy Walker
·
Angus Aynsley
·
Hank Levine
·
Jackie De Botton
·
Miel De Botton
·
Andrea Barata Ribeiro
2010 Winner
Pare Lorentz Award
Waste Land
Shared with:
Lucy Walker
·
Angus Aynsley
·
Hank Levine
·
Miel De Botton
·
Andrea Barata Ribeiro
·
Jackie De Botton
Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists
2004 Nominee
Silver Ribbon
Best Foreign Director (Regista del Miglior Film Straniero)
City of God
London Critics Circle Film Awards
2006 Nominee
ALFS Award
Director of the Year
The Constant Gardener
London Film Festival
2011 Nominee
Best Film
360
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards
2003 Nominee
LAFCA Award
Best Foreign Film
City of God
Melbourne International Film Festival
2002 Winner
Grand Prix
Golden Gate (Palace II)
Shared with:
Kátia Lund
2002 Winner
Outstanding Short Film Promoting Human Values
Golden Gate (Palace II)
Shared with:
Kátia Lund
Online Film Critics Society Awards
2004 Nominee
OFCS Award
Best Breakthrough Filmmaker
City of God
Danish Film Awards (Robert)
2004 Nominee
Robert
Best Non-American Film (Årets ikke-amerikanske film)
City of God
Shared with:
Kátia Lund
International Film Festival Rotterdam
2001 Nominee
Tiger Award
Maids
Shared with:
Nando Olival
ShoWest Convention, USA
2003 Winner
ShoWest Award
International Achievement in Filmmaking
Stockholm Film Festival
2002 Winner
Best Short Film
Golden Gate (Palace II)
Shared with:
Kátia Lund
Tokyo International Film Festival
2002 Nominee
Tokyo Grand Prix
City of God
Toronto International Film Festival
2002 Winner
Visions Award - Special Citation
City of God
Toulouse Latin America Film Festival
2002 Winner
Grand Prix
Maids
Shared with:
Nando Olival
Uruguay International Film Festival
2003 Winner
Special Jury Award
City of God
Venice Film Festival
2005 Nominee
Golden Lion
Best Film
The Constant Gardener
2005 Winner
Young Cinema Award
Best International Film
The Constant Gardener
Marrakech International Film Festival
2002 Winner
Best Director
City of God
Shared with:
Kátia Lund
2002 Nominee
Golden Star
City of God
Shared with:
Kátia Lund
Lima Latin American Film Festival
2003 Winner
Elcine First Prize
City of God
Shared with:
Kátia Lund
Cuiabá Film and Video Festival
2021 Winner
Audience Award
Best Film
Loop
Shared with:
Bruno Bini
·
Angelisa Stein
·
Luciana Druzina
·
Bruno Gagliasso
2001 Winner
Coxiponé Award
Best Film
Maids
Shared with:
Nando Olival
2001 Winner
Coxiponé Award
Best Screenplay
Maids
Shared with:
Nando Olival
·
Renata Melo
·
Cecília Homem de Mello
1999 Winner
Coxiponé Award
Short Film - Best Director
E no meio passa um trem
Shared with:
Nando Olival
Flickerfest International Short Film Festival
2003 Winner
Best Film
Golden Gate (Palace II)
Shared with:
Kátia Lund
Recife Cine PE Audiovisual Festival
2012 Winner
Honorary Award
São Paulo Association of Art Critics Awards
2010 Winner
APCA Trophy
Television: Best Miniseries (Televisão: Melhor Minissérie)
Sound & Fury
Shared with:
Gisele Barroco
·
Toniko Melo
·
Rodrigo Meirelles
·
Fabrizia Pinto
2003 Winner
Grand Prize of the Critics
Television (Televisão)
City of Men
1993 Winner
APCA Trophy
Television: Best Children's or Youth Program (Televisão: Melhor Programa Infanto-Juvenil)
Rá-Tim-Bum
Shared with:
Flávio de Souza
1991 Winner
APCA Trophy
Television: Best Children's or Youth Program (Televisão: Melhor Programa Infanto-Juvenil)
Rá-Tim-Bum
Shared with:
Flávio de Souza
Film by the Sea International Film Festival
2008 Nominee
Film and Literature Award
Blindness
Central Ohio Film Critics Association
2004 Nominee
COFCA Award
Best Director
City of God
Shared with:
Kátia Lund
Washington DC Area Film Critics Association Awards
2005 Nominee
WAFCA Award
Best Director
The Constant Gardener
2003 Nominee
WAFCA Award
Best Director
City of God
Shared with:
Kátia Lund
Jackson Wild Media Awards
2020 Winner
Jackson Wild Media Award
Special Jury Award
The Great Green Wall
Shared with:
Jared P. Scott
·
Alexander Asen
·
Giulia Camilla Braga
·
Charly Wai Feldman
·
Claude Grunitzky
·
Thea Guest
·
Sian Kevill
·
Sarah MacDonald
·
Inna Modja
·
Don Mullan
·
Camilla Nordheim-Larsen
·
Nick North
·
Marco Conti Sikic
·
Biz Stone
·
Fabrizio Zago
2020 Nominee
Jackson Wild Media Award
Best Changing Planet Film
The Great Green Wall
Shared with:
Jared P. Scott
·
Alexander Asen
·
Giulia Camilla Braga
·
Charly Wai Feldman
·
Claude Grunitzky
·
Thea Guest
·
Sian Kevill
·
Sarah MacDonald
·
Inna Modja
·
Don Mullan
·
Camilla Nordheim-Larsen
·
Nick North
·
Marco Conti Sikic
·
Biz Stone
·
Fabrizio Zago
Mill Valley Film Festival
2019 Winner
Audience Award
U.S. Cinema
The Two Popes
Prêmio Qualidade, Brazil
2009 Nominee
Prêmio Qualidade
Television: Best Writer in a Miniseries (Televisão: Melhor Autor de Minissérie)
Sound & Fury
2009 Nominee
Prêmio Qualidade
Television: Best Director in a Miniseries (Televisão: Melhor Diretor de Minissérie)
Sound & Fury
Shared with:
Gisele Barroco
·
Toniko Melo
·
Fabrizia Pinto
·
Rodrigo Meirelles
2002 Winner
Prêmio Qualidade
Best Director (Melhor Diretor - Rio de Janeiro)
City of God
2002 Winner
Prêmio Qualidade
Best Director (Melhor Diretor - São Paulo)
City of God
St. Louis Film Critics Association, US
2005 Nominee
SLFCA Award
Best Director
The Constant Gardener
New York Film Critics, Online
2005 Winner
NYFCO Award
Best Director
The Constant Gardener
CinEuphoria Awards
2010 Winner
CinEuphoria
Top Ten of the Year - International Competition
Blindness
2010 Winner
CinEuphoria
Top Ten of the Year - Audience Award
Blindness
SESC Film Festival, Brazil
2006 Winner
Audience Award
Best Foreign Director (Melhor Diretor Estrangeiro)
The Constant Gardener
2003 Winner
Critics Award
Best Film (Melhor Filme)
City of God
2003 Winner
Critics Award
Best Director (Melhor Diretor)
City of God
2003 Winner
Audience Award
Best Film (Melhor Filme)
City of God
2003 Winner
Audience Award
Best Director (Melhor Diretor)
City of God
ACIE Awards, Brazil
2012 Winner
Honorary Award
Paris Brazilian Film Festival
2002 Winner
Audience Award
Maids
Shared with:
Nando Olival
Online Film & Television Association
2006 Nominee
OFTA Film Award
Best Director
The Constant Gardener
Heartland Film
2019 Winner
Truly Moving Picture Award
The Two Popes
Awards Circuit Community Awards
2003 Nominee
ACCA
Best Director
City of God
Runner-Up
International Online Cinema Awards (INOCA)
2006 Nominee
INOCA
Best Director
The Constant Gardener
2003 Nominee
INOCA
Best Non-English Language Film
City of God
Brazil
Cannes Corporate Media & TV Awards
2020 Winner
Dauphin d'Or
Best Documentary - Art, Music & Culture
The Great Green Wall
Shared with:
Jared P. Scott
·
Alexander Asen
·
Giulia Camilla Braga
·
Charly Wai Feldman
·
Claude Grunitzky
·
Thea Guest
·
Sian Kevill
·
Sarah MacDonald
·
Inna Modja
·
Don Mullan
·
Camilla Nordheim-Larsen
·
Nick North
·
Marco Conti Sikic
·
Biz Stone
·
Fabrizio Zago
Gold Derby Awards
2006 Nominee
Gold Derby Film Award
Director
The Constant Gardener
AARP Movies for Grownups Awards
2020 Nominee
Movies for Grownups Award
Best Director
The Two Popes
2006 Nominee
Movies for Grownups Award
Best Director
The Constant Gardener
Manchester International Film Festival (MANIFF)
2020 Winner
Jury Prize
Best Feature
Loop
Shared with:
Bruno Bini
·
Angelisa Stein
·
Luciana Druzina
·
Bruno Gagliasso
2020 Winner
Festival Prize
Film of the Festival
Loop
Shared with:
Bruno Bini
·
Angelisa Stein
·
Luciana Druzina
·
Bruno Gagliasso
Middleburg Film Festival
2019 Winner
Audience Award
Narrative Feature
The Two Popes
Imagine Science Film Festival
2020 Winner
Imagine Science Film Festival Award
Spotlight Award
The Great Green Wall
Shared with:
Jared P. Scott
·
Alexander Asen
·
Giulia Camilla Braga
·
Charly Wai Feldman
·
Claude Grunitzky
·
Thea Guest
·
Sian Kevill
·
Sarah MacDonald
·
Inna Modja
·
Don Mullan
·
Camilla Nordheim-Larsen
·
Nick North
·
Marco Conti Sikic
·
Biz Stone
·
Fabrizio Zago
Prêmio Guarani
2003 Winner
Premio Guarani
Best Director
City of God
2002 Nominee
Premio Guarani
Best Director
Maids
Shared with:
Nando Olival
2002 Nominee
Premio Guarani
Best Adapted Screenplay
Maids
Shared with:
Renata Melo
·
Nando Olival
·
Cecília Homem de Mello
Latino Entertainment Journalists Association Film Awards
2020 Nominee
LEJA Award
Best Achievement in Directing
The Two Popes
EarthX Film Festival
2020 Winner
Impact Award
Feature Documentary, Impact Award
The Great Green Wall
Shared with:
Inna Modja
·
Jared P. Scott
·
Sarah MacDonald
·
Alexander Asen
·
Giulia Camilla Braga
·
Charly Wai Feldman
·
Claude Grunitzky
·
Thea Guest
·
Sian Kevill
·
Don Mullan
·
Camilla Nordheim-Larsen
·
Nick North
·
Marco Conti Sikic
·
Biz Stone
·
Fabrizio Zago
Cosmic Cine Film Festival
2020 Nominee
Cosmic Angel Award
The Great Green Wall
Shared with:
Jared P. Scott
·
Alexander Asen
·
Giulia Camilla Braga
·
Charly Wai Feldman
·
Claude Grunitzky
·
Thea Guest
·
Sian Kevill
·
Sarah MacDonald
·
Inna Modja
·
Don Mullan
·
Camilla Nordheim-Larsen
·
Nick North
·
Marco Conti Sikic
·
Biz Stone
·
Fabrizio Zago
The Guardian's Best Films
2009 Winner
Top Film
Top 10 Key Films of the Noughties
City of God
Shared with:
Kátia Lund
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