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Film & TV
Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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…
Known for
- Apocalypse in the Tropics — Self2025
- The Edge of Theocracy — Petra Costa2020
- The Edge of Democracy — Self2019
- Nobody's Watching — Petra2017
- Life in Gray — Herself2017
- Elena — Self2013
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Female
- Origin
- Brazil
- Active from
- 1945-09-26
- Active to
- 2022-11-09
bossa novampbpsychedelic poppsychedelic rocktropicália
Discography
- Domingo1967
- Gal1969
- Gal Costa1969
- Legal1970
- Índia1973
- Cantar1974
- Gal canta Caymmi1976
- Caras & bocas1977
- Água viva1978
- Gal tropical1979
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 26
- Total plays
- 36
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Petra
- Family name
- Costa
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- Brazil
- Place of birth
- Belo Horizonte
- Occupation
- screenwriter
- Educated at
- Barnard College
- Languages spoken
- Portuguese
- Official website
- www.elenafilme.com/EN
- Image
- Petra Costa.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1983-07-08
- start of work period
- 2005-00-00
- social media followers
- 257981
- Commons category
- Petra Costa
- nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature Film
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