Fernando Coimbra

Fernando Coimbra (born 1976) is a Brazilian filmmaker best known for directing A Wolf at the Door and Sand Castle (2017).

Career Coimbra's feature directorial debut, A Wolf at the Door, premiered at the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival and also screened at that year's San Sebastián International Film Festival, where it was recognized as the best film in the Latinos Horizontes section. A Wolf at the Door garnered Coimbra a nomination for Outstanding Directing – First-Time Feature Film at the 2015 Directors Guild of America Awards. The following year, the film was nominated for Best Ibero-American Film at the 58th Ariel Awards.

Coimbra co-directed the 2015 documentary Aqui Deste Lugar with Sergio Machado. From 2015 to 2017, he directed episodes of the Netflix series Narcos. He co-directed the 2017 Brazilian HBO series O Honem da Sua Vida with Daniel Rezende.

Sand Castle, Coimbra's Iraq War drama starring Nicholas Hoult and Henry Cavill, was released on Netflix in 2017. His mafia film Carnival is Over was slated to premiere in the Special Presentations section of the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival.

Filmography Film Year English title Original title Notes Ref. 2013 A Wolf at the Door O Lobo Atrás da Porta Rio de Janeiro International Film Festival Premiere Brazil Feature Competition 2014 Miami Film Festival Grand Jury Prize Best Director 2015 Directors Guild of America Outstanding Directing – First-Time Feature Film 2016 Ariel Award Best Ibero-American Film