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Petra Costa

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 CPH:DOX in Denmark. From this grant Petra and her Danish co-director Lea Glob developed a feature film, currently in postproduction, with the working title Olmo and the Seagull. The film is being produced by Zentropa, Som & Furia and Busca Vida Filmes. Petra completed her undergraduate studies Summa Cum Laude in Anthropology at Barnard College, Columbia University, New York. She did her Masters in Health, Community and Development at the London School of Economics, London. She has lived in Brazil most of her life.


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Born:
Jul 8, 1983 In Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Movie/TV Credits:
5
First Appeared:
In the movie Elena 2013-04-11
Latest Project:
Movie The Edge of Theocracy 2020-12-10
Known For
Poster of The Edge of Democracy
Poster of Life in Gray
Poster of Nobody's Watching
Poster of Elena
Filmography
Movie The Edge of Theocracy Petra Costa 2020-12-10
Movie The Edge of Democracy Self 2019-01-24
Movie Nobody's Watching Petra 2017-05-18
Movie Life in Gray Herself 2017-10-08
Movie Elena Self 2013-04-11