Chapman University’s Dodge College of Film and Media Arts introduced right now that Oscar-nominated director Fernando Meirelles (City of God, The Two Popes) will develop into its subsequent Marion Knott Distinguished Artist.
Meirelles follows Asghar Farhadi (A Separation), Dodge’s most up-to-date Distinguished Artist. He’ll spend three full days on campus (March 14-16) serving to graduates and undergraduates develop story concepts, whereas additionally discussing manufacturing, casting, and analyzing tough cuts of their movies. Additionally, he’ll participate in a reside Q&A open to your entire Chapman neighborhood.
“I still vividly remember the shock and wonder of seeing City of God for the first time,” stated Dodge College Dean Stephen Galloway. “It changed my — and everyone else’s — views on the possibilities of film. Having Fernando here will be a life-changing experience for all of us.”
This continues a relationship between Chapman and Meirelles that started final yr when the director took half in Dodge’s Master Class sequence.
Recent Master Classes have featured such visitors as Colin Farrell (The Banshees of Inisherin), Joel Coen (No Country for Old Men), Ke Huy Quan (Everything Everywhere All at Once), Todd Field (Tár), Brendan Fraser (The Whale), Damien Chazelle (La La Land) and Austin Butler (Elvis).
Meirelles developed his love of movie whereas learning on the University of Sao Paulo. After producing quite a few tv exhibits, he made 2002’s City of God, about life in Rio de Janeiro’s slums, which earned him a greatest director Oscar nomination.
In 2005, he directed Ralph Fiennes and Rachel Weisz in The Constant Gardener, incomes a Golden Globe nomination for greatest director (and an Oscar for Weisz). He additionally directed Netflix’s acclaimed The Two Popes in 2019. His different movies embrace Blindness and 360. |
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