Petra Costa
Profile info
Known forDirecting
GenderFemale
Birthday8 July 1983 (43 years old)
Place of birthBelo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Known credits13
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 …
Reading the World
2025 · Executive Producer
Apocalypse in the Tropics
2025 · Self
Apocalypse in the Tropics
2025 · Director
Apocalypse in the Tropics
2025 · Producer
Apocalypse in the Tropics
2025 · Writer
Beba
2022 · Executive Producer
The Edge of Theocracy
2020 · Petra Costa
Babenco: Tell Me When I Die
2020 · Associate Producer
Ecstasy
2020 · Producer
The Edge of Democracy
2019 · Self
The Edge of Democracy
2019 · Director
The Edge of Democracy
2019 · Writer
The Edge of Democracy
2019 · Producer
Life in Gray
2017 · Herself
Nobody's Watching
2017 · Petra
Olmo and the Seagull
2015 · Director
Olmo and the Seagull
2015 · Writer
Elena
2013 · Self
Elena
2013 · Director
Elena
2013 · Writer
Undertow Eyes
2011 · Producer
Undertow Eyes
2011 · Writer
Undertow Eyes
2011 · Director
Undertow Eyes
2011 · Editor
Undertow Eyes
2011 · Cinematography
Secrets of the Tribe
2010 · Assistant Editor
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