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Daniel Rezende

Daniel Rezende

Editor, director and producer, also writer · Born May 5, 1975 (51) · São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

BAFTA Award winner · Oscar nominee

Daniel Rezende (São Paulo, May 5, 1975) is a Brazilian filmmaker, editor and director. He gained prominence in 2002 when he edited the acclaimed film City of God, for which he was nominated for an Oscar for best editing and won the BAFTA for best editing.

Biography from TMDB.

Born
May 5, 1975 (51)
From
São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
Works as
Editor, director and producer, also writer
Titles
21 on MovieCove · 35 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 156 days to Oct 27Down 34% in 30 days

What are Daniel Rezende's films like?

Across their 19 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Self.

Genres

Drama5 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 76th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Drama movies
Adventure4 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 94th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Adventure movies
Crime4 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 94th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Crime movies
Action3 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 39th percentile
: browse their Action movies

Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight
Bonds
28%
Self
17%
Morality
16%
Survival
16%
Society
11%
Power
10%
Ideas
3%
Friendship4 titles, browse their movies with this themeJustice3 titles, browse their movies with this themeFamily bonds4 titles, browse their movies with this themeSurvival3 titles, browse their movies with this themeCommunity4 titles, browse their movies with this themeFreedom3 titles, browse their movies with this themeRedemption3 titles, browse their movies with this themeParenthood2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 18 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Serious: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their serious movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

A split, not a type: Light 4 · Serious 5 · Dark 9

Stylized: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their stylized movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

Grounded 6 · Stylized 9 · Heightened 3

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

A split, not a type: Gentle 5 · Charged 6 · Intense 7

Shifting: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their shifting movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 7 · Shifting 8 · Whiplash 3

Straight-faced: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their straight-faced movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 12 · Some laughs 5 · Funny 1

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

A split, not a type: Slow burn 10 · Even-paced 7 · Relentless 1

Engaged: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their engaged movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 6 · Engaged 8 · Full focus 4

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 11 · Open-ended 4 · Ambiguous 3

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
8
Melancholic
9
Dread
6
Warm
5
Contemplative
5
Other
21

How their films linger

Thought-provoking8 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful9 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet7 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHaunting5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFeel-good3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteRousing2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 1 with a twist

  • Happy4
  • Bittersweet12
  • Ambiguous3

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Daniel Rezende's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 13 of their 21 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Pluto TV (4).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Daniel Rezende's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

35 credits, 21 with a MovieCove page; 1 appearance as themselves is hidden until asked for.

  • The Son of a Thousand Men(2025)

    Director · Executive Producer · Writer

    Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all films

  • Chuck Billy and the Marvelous Guava Tree(2024)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films

  • Monica and Friends: How It All Began (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)

    Show 8 episodes · Director · Creator

  • Franjinha e Milena em Busca da Ciência (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)

    Show 16 episodes · Producer · Supervising Art Director

  • Monica and Friends (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

    Show 8 episodes · Director · Creator · Producer

  • Monica and Friends: Lessons(2021)

    Director · Producer

    Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all films

  • Nobody's Looking(2019)

    Show 1 episode · Director · Creator · Executive Producer · Writer

    Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all shows

  • Monica and Friends: Bonds(2019)

    Director · Producer

    Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films

  • The Mechanism(2018)

    Show 4 episodes · Director

    Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all shows

  • 7 Days in Entebbe(2018)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all films

  • Bingo: The King of the Mornings(2017)

    Director · Producer

    Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all films

  • The Man of Your Life (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    Show 13 episodes · Director

  • Confins do Universo (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

    Show 1 episode · as Guest

  • Rio, I Love You(2014)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 15th percentile of all films

  • RoboCop(2014)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films

  • Invisible World (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

    Editor

  • Céu Inferior (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

    Editor

  • 360(2011)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films

  • Crossing the Line (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

    Show 4 episodes · Director

  • Captive Beauty(2011)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 52nd percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • The Story of Artigas (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    Editor

  • The Tree of Life(2011)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films

  • Elite Squad 2: The Enemy Within(2010)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films

  • The Best Things in the World (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

    Editor

  • Blackout (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    Director

  • Blindness(2008)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films

  • Elite Squad(2007)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all films

  • City of Men(2007)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films

  • The Year My Parents Went on Vacation(2006)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films

  • Lots of Ice and a Little Bit of Water (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

    as Aluno

  • Dark Water(2005)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 28th percentile of all films

  • The Motorcycle Diaries(2004)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films

  • The Storytellers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

    Editor

  • City of God(2002)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films

  • Untitled Live-Action Brichos Film (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Director

Career shape

A full career of 35 titles, 34 of them dated from 2002 to 2025.

Biggest box office

RoboCop (2014)

$243M worldwide

Highest rated

City of God (2002)

Midcredits 99th

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting2 of 35: 2 only acting, 0 with another roleDirecting12 of 35: 7 only directing, 5 with another role · typical Midcredits score90thWriting1 of 35: 0 only writing, 1 with another roleProducing6 of 35: 1 only producing, 5 with another roleEditing19 of 35: 19 only editing, 0 with another role · typical Midcredits score69thOther crew4 of 35: 0 only other crew, 4 with another role

35 titles, 6 with more than one role.

By decade

2000s10 · 1 acting · 9 crew2010s18 · 1 acting · 17 crew2020s6 · crew

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.

Awards

a BAFTA Award from 2 major nominations, 2003–2004.

WinNomination
  1. 2004
    • Oscar, nominated · Best Film Editing
  2. 2003
    • BAFTA Award, won · Best Editing

Major bodies only: the Oscars, Primetime Emmys, Golden Globes, BAFTAs and Screen Actors Guild Awards are named; Cannes, Venice, the Berlinale, Sundance, the directors', writers' and producers' guilds, the Grammys, Critics Choice and the Independent Spirit Awards count as other major bodies. Festival and regional prizes are not counted. Source: IMDb.

How do Daniel Rezende's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 88th percentile, the median of all 19; across their 18 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 88th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

88thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 18

Approval · how many liked their films

89thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 18

Reach · how many have seen their films

92ndpercentile
Typical film, the median of 18

Midcredits score across 21 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up14
  • 50th to 74th2
  • 25th to 49th4
  • Below 25th1

Shape of the crowd

7 of their 21 titles are Universally Loved.

  • Universally Loved7
  • Cult Classic1
  • Crowd Pleaser6
  • Broadly Agreed3
  • Mixed4

Most divisive · editor

Captive Beauty (2011)

88th percentile spread · 27% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · editor

City of God (2002)

Midcredits 99th · 93% liked

Reviewers score the pacing 51/100 in their films, across 17 reviewed titles; fans 59, detractors 29. The element that speaks to their work as an editor.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Is Daniel Rezende's work okay for kids?

Across up to 12 MovieCove titles with content scores, profanity and frightening / intense run heavier than most films.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore11 titles33–94 · median 54 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity12 titles9–80 · median 37 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity11 titles10–94 · median 65 · intenseheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs11 titles9–94 · median 33 · mildnear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense11 titles33–92 · median 58 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 39

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.

Who does Daniel Rezende work with?

People who share at least 2 of Daniel Rezende's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Fernando Meirelles shares the most, 5.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Composers, cinematographers and editors

Producers