Directing · Writing · age 71

Fernando Meirelles

Best rated: City of God (8.6)

Films: 8
Avg rating: 6.86
Peak run: 2002’19
Oscar noms: 1

Films: 8
Avg rating: 6.86
Peak run: 2002’19
Oscar noms: 1

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The career

Fernando Meirelles, directing career by IMDb rating5-film averagePeak eraLongest 7+ run

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19988 films2026

Current formLast 5: 6.44 vs career 6.86 (−0.42)

As a director, films with 1,000+ votes

Fernando by the numbers

Average

6.86

7 rated films

Vote weighted

7.04

bigger films count more

Median

7.2

half are better

Consistency

±1.24

rating spread

Career

29y

1998 to 2026

Total votes

1.29M

across every film

Best

8.6

City of God

Worst

6.1

360

Newest first

Filmography

Directing filmography

2026	Beast Race	4.7	1,560
2019	The Two Popes	7.6	148K
2011	360	6.1	18,037
2008	Blindness	6.5	77,616
2005	The Constant Gardener	7.3	157K
2002	City of God	8.6	884K
2001	Maids	7.2	1,447
1998	The Nutty Boy 2	·	324

Better together?

Fernando Meirelles's regulars

The number on the right is the lift: their average together minus the average of their two careers.

Takes

On Fernando Meirelles

1 nominations, 0 wins

Awards record

Best Director · Academy Awards 2004
Fernando Meirelles
Nominated

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