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
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,
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.
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.
long continents long-time
We forgot this continent for a long time - and now, finally Africa is being rediscovered.
country world harsh
No country. is as harsh as the world.
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.
country developing-countries developing
I live in a developing country.
another-day days-off london
I knew I wouldn't have another day off for a while, so I needed to get to London immediately.
reality thinking perfect
The actors feel very free. The actor, he doesn't need to think about where the camera is, he just has to focus on what he's doing and forget the camera. The camera is never in the perfect position, and I think this is what keeps this feeling of reality. The frame is not perfect.
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.
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,
companies deals using
The film deals with pharmaceutical companies using Africans as guinea-pigs,