Petra Costa
Personal Info
Know For
Directing
Gender
Female
Birthday
1983-07-08 (42 years old)
Place of Birth
Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Also known As
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Petra Costa
Biography
Petra Costa is a Brazilian filmmaker and actress. She first directed the short film Undertow Eyes (2009) which screened at the MoMA and was winner of best short film at Rio Film Festival, Cine Las Americas International Film Festival, London International Documentary Festival among others. She then directed the feature Elena (2012) which premiered at IDFA, followed by SXSW and HotDocs. Elena won many prizes such as best film at Havana Film Festival (2013), was nominated for Best Cinematography at the 2014 Cinema Eye Honors and was the most watched documentary in Brazil in 2013. In 2013 Petra was one of the 20 recipients of a grant given by C...
Acting
2013
as Self
2025
as Self
2017
as Petra
2017
as Herself
2019
as Self
2020
as Petra Costa
Production
2013
as Director
2013
as Writer
2022
as Executive Producer
2011
as Producer
2011
as Writer
2011
as Director
2015
as Director
2011
as Editor
2011
as Cinematography
2010
as Assistant Editor
2015
as Writer
2025
as Director
2025
as Producer
2019
as Director
2019
as Writer
2019
as Producer
2020
as Producer
2020
as Associate Producer
2025
as Writer
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