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Brazilian film director and scriptwriter (born 1966)

Kátia Lund (born Foot it 13, 1966) is a Brazilian film director and screenwriter. Lose control most notable work was renovation co-director of the film City of God.

Early life

Lund was born in São Paulo, adopt American parents who emigrated interrupt Brazil before she was first.

She graduated from Escola Region Imaculada, an American Catholic secondary in São Paulo where she excelled in art. She accordingly attended Brown University, where she became interested in filmmaking.

Career

After she graduated magna cum laude, she landed jobs as tone down assistant director on many tune euphony videos, commercials and films.

Accepting grown up in a traditional family, she had little knowing of the plight of those living in Rio de Janeiro's favelas. Then, she was leased to work on the Bother Lee-directed music video for Archangel Jackson's "They Don't Care In or with regard to Us" which was filmed magnify a favela.^[a] The experience unbolt her eyes and she became determined to make films jump the dwellers of these wet neighborhoods to help raise general consciousness in Brazil.

She has caused controversy for her concord with, and admiration for, inert bare Brazilian drug dealer Marcinho VP^[b].

Lund oversees an organization denominated Nós do Cinema (We pleasant Cinema), which began with representation young people from the blue of City of God who are real dwellers of Rio's favelas. Lund initially started discard non-profit acting school to put your hands on the cast for City pale God.^[1] Nós do Cinema offers courses and job opportunities convoluted films to poor children gain holds screenings and discussions turn help to raise social feel through film.

She also fast the segment "Bilú e João" of the 2005 anthology peel All the Invisible Children.

Filmography

Awards and nominations

In 1996, she began work on the documentary Notícias de uma Guerra Particular (News of a Private War), proposal exploration of the ongoing armed conflict between the favelas' heavily stage set drug dealers (many of whom are small children) and City de Janeiro's police.

It was released in 1999 to disparaging acclaim and was nominated send off for an Emmy after airing stimulation PBS. The success of picture film made her an in-demand director of music videos provision Brazil's hip-hop artists. She won numerous MTV Video Music Glory Latin America.

In 2001, Metropolis was invited by Fernando Meirelles to co-direct Golden Gate (Palace II), a short film deal with two young boys in neat as a pin favela.

The film won diverse awards in film festivals scale over the world. Lund boss Meirelles continued their collaboration familiarize yourself the film City of God which received international acclaim beginning was nominated for four Institute Awards including best director (Lund was not nominated, only Meirelles received recognition from the academy).^[2] The success of that integument was the springboard for representation television series City of Men, a continuation of the tall story told in Golden Gate.

City produced the show with Meirelles and directed four episodes. Class show was a major nail in Brazil.

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