César Charlone

César Charlone (born February 20, 1950) is a Uruguayan cinematographer and director.

Life and career He was born in Montevideo, but lives in Brazil.

In 2003, he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Cinematography for his work on City of God.

Filmography Director Film Year Title Director Writer Producer Notes 2007 The Pope's Toilet Co-directed with Enrique Fernández 2011 2014 Rio, I Love You Segment "The Muse" 2023 Partido Co-directed with Sebastián Bednarik and Joaquim Castro

Television Year Title Notes 2002-2017 City of Men Directed 3 episodes, wrote 2 episodes 2013 Destino Episode "Ileana Quer Casar... Ainda." 2016 3% 3 episodes

Cinematographer Film Year Title Director Notes 1985 Sergio Amon 1986 The Man in the Black Cape Sérgio Rezende 1987 Roberto Gervitz 1989 Sérgio Rezende With Antonio Luiz Mendes and Antonio Luis Soares 1996 How Angels Are Born Murilo Salles 2002 City of God Fernando MeirellesKátia Lund 2005 The Constant Gardener Fernando Meirelles 2007 The Pope's Toilet HimselfEnrique Fernández 2008 Blindness Fernando Meirelles 2011 Himself With Fabio Burtin 2017 American Made Doug Liman 2019 The Two Popes Fernando Meirelles 2024 Mother Mother K'naan Warsame 2027 Here Comes the Flood Fernando Meirelles

Short film Year Title Director Notes 2008 Daniel Rezende 2014 The Muse Fernando Meirelles Segment of Rio, I Love You

Documentary film Year Title Director Notes 1985 Em Nome da Segurança Nacional Renato Tapajós With Adrian Cooper, José Roberto Eliezer and Zetas Malzoni 1995 Two Billion Hearts Murilo Salles With José Roberto Eliezer, Pedro Farkas,Lúcio Kodato and Carlos Pacheco 2000 Pierre Fatumbi Verger:Mensageiro Entre Dois Mundos Lula Buarque de Hollanda 2007 Stranded Gonzalo Arijón 2010 Futebol Brasileiro Miki Kuretani 2012 No Place on EarthJanet Tobias With Eduard Grau, Sean Kirby and Peter Simonite

Television Year Title Director Notes 2000 Mário Márcio BandarraFernando MeirellesKátia Lund Episode "Palace II" 2004 Sucker Free City Spike Lee TV movie 2009 Independent Lens Gonzalo Arijon Episode "Stranded: The Andes Plane Crash Survivors" 2012 Destino Alex GabassiFábio Mendonça 3 episodes 2024 Sugar Fernando Meirelles 5 episodes

Awards and nominations Year Award Category Title Result 2002 Academy Awards Best Cinematography City of God 2005 BAFTA Awards Best Cinematography The Constant Gardener Satellite Awards Best Cinematography