Top 6 Quotes & Sayings by Fernando Meirelles

Explore popular quotes and sayings by a Brazilian film director Fernando Meirelles.
Last updated on September 17, 2024.
Fernando Meirelles

Fernando Ferreira Meirelles is a Brazilian film director, producer and screenwriter. He is best known for co-directing the film 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 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 Actress for Rachel Weisz. He also directed the 2008 adaptation of José Saramago's novel Blindness, and the 2011 film 360. In 2019 Meirelles directed and produced in Brazil the HBO original series Joint Venture and also directed The Two Popes for Netflix.

I knew I wouldn't have another day off for a while, so I needed to get to London immediately. — © Fernando Meirelles
I knew I wouldn't have another day off for a while, so I needed to get to London immediately.
We forgot this continent for a long time - and now, finally Africa is being rediscovered.
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.
No country. is as harsh as the world.
I live in a developing country.
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.
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