Petra Costa

Petra Costa

Directing

Birthday

1983/07/08 (41 years old)

Gender

Female

Place of Birth

Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Also know as

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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 a...Read more

Acting
Elena
7.3

(2013) Elena

as Self

Apocalipse nos Trópicos
6.0

(2024) Apocalypse in the Tropics

as Self

Nadie nos mira
6.0

(2017) Nobody's Watching

as Petra

Vidas Cinzas
7.0

(2017) Life in Gray

as Herself

Democracia em Vertigem
7.6

(2019) The Edge of Democracy

as Self

Teocracia em Vertigem
7.4

(2020) The Edge of Theocracy

as Petra Costa