Petra Costa
Actress · Brazil · On the map · Directors · Born 1983 · age 43
Ana Petra Costa is a Brazilian filmmaker, screenwriter, producer, and narrator, and a co-founder of the production company Busca Vida Filmes. She was nominated for an Academy Award, an Emmy Award, and a BAFTA Award.
Petra Costa is read about 66 times a day, in 8 languages.
A typical day, 30 days to 24 September 2026
The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 60 days, one point a day.
Something wrong?A life in dates
Apocalypse in the TropicsFilm, Director, Writer
Reading the WorldFilm, 2025Producer2022
BebaFilm, Producer2020
EcstasyFilm, Producer
The Edge of TheocracyFilm, 2020Petra Costa2019
The Edge of DemocracyFilm, Director, Writer2017
Life in GrayFilm, Herself
Nobody's WatchingFilm, 2017Petra2015
Olmo and the SeagullFilm, Director, Writer2013
ElenaFilm, Director, Writer2011
Undertow EyesFilm, Director, Writer1983Born8 July 1983People around Petra
Close ties
Isabel Coixet Produced Nobody's Watching (2017)
Dede Gardner Produced Apocalypse in the Tropics (2025)
Jeremy Kleiner Produced Apocalypse in the Tropics (2025)
Katrina vanden Heuvel Produced Apocalypse in the Tropics (2025)
Jeffrey Lurie Produced Apocalypse in the Tropics (2025)
Joanna Natasegara Produced The Edge of Democracy (2019)
Known for
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The Edge of Democracy 2019
Apocalypse in the Tropics 2025
Elena 2013
Also in Deutsch
Filmography 11
26 credits on file
Media & music
Photos 1
About this person
Petra is internationally recognized for her hybrid, essayistic approach, in which intimate themes such as grief, memory, trauma, and identity intertwine with historical events and contemporary political tensions. She has been a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences since 2018.
