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 The Two Popes for Netflix.

9 November 1955

Born on the same birth date (9 November 1955): Bob Nault

Born on the same birth day (9 November): Aed Carabao • Alyson Court • Charles II, Duke of Guelders • Finn Cole • Florence R. Sabin • Henry Wharton • Isabella of Valois • Jill Dando • Louis Lewin • Momo Hirai • Phil May (singer) • Robert David Hall • Velimir Khlebnikov

Born in the same month (November 1955): Angela Finocchiaro • Beth Leavel • Bill Nye • George Alagiah • Gisela Stuart • Ian Botham • Jeffrey Ford • Jelko Kacin • Karan Thapar • Kurt Niedermayer • Najib Mikati • Ray Ozzie • Roland Emmerich • Teresa De Sio • Teri York • Whoopi Goldberg