Fernando Meirelles was born in a middle class family in S鉶 Paulo City, Brazil.He studied architecture at the university of S鉶 Paulo. At the same time he developed an interest in filmmaking. With a group of friends he started producing experimental videos. They won a huge number of awards in Brazilian film festivals. After that, the group formed a small independent company called Olhar Eletr鬾ico.After working in independent television during nine years, in the eighties Meirelles gravitated to ...[Read Story]
