Ralph Fiennes (left), Rachel Weisz (center) and Fernando Meirelles (right) on the set of THE CONSTANT GARDENER, a Focus Features release.  

Fernando Meirelles on the set of THE CONSTANT GARDENER, a Focus Features release.  

Ralph Fiennes (left) and Fernando Meirelles (right) on the set of THE CONSTANT GARDENER, a Focus Features release.  

Fernando Meirelles at an event for Blindness (2008)

Ralph Fiennes, Rachel Weisz, Simon Channing Williams, David Linde, Fernando Meirelles, James Schamus, and Gail Egan at an event for The Constant Gardener (2005)

Fernando Meirelles at an event for The Constant Gardener (2005)

Rachel Weisz, David Linde, Fernando Meirelles, and James Schamus at an event for The Constant Gardener (2005)

Fernando Meirelles and James Schamus at an event for The Constant Gardener (2005)

Ralph Fiennes, Rachel Weisz, and Fernando Meirelles at an event for The Constant Gardener (2005)

Fernando Meirelles at an event for City of God (2002)

Fernando Meirelles and José Saramago in José and Pilar (2010)

Fernando Meirelles and Miguel Gonçalves Mendes in José and Pilar (2010)