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Kátia Lund
Brazilian film director and screenwriter (born 1966)
Kátia Lund (born March 13, 1966) is a Brazilian film director and screenwriter. Her most notable work was as co-director of the film City of God.
Early life
Lund was born in São Paulo, to American parents who emigrated to Brazil before she was born. She graduated from Escola Maria Imaculada, an American Catholic school in São Paulo where she excelled in art.
A film documentary about the fate of the young actors of the award winning film City of God by Fernando Meirelles and Katia Lund.She then attended Brown University, where she became interested in filmmaking.
Career
After she graduated magna cum laude, she landed jobs as an assistant director on many music videos, commercials and films.
Having grown up in a middle-class family, she had little knowledge of the plight of those living in Rio de Janeiro's favelas. Then, she was hired to work on the Spike Lee-directed music video for Michael Jackson's "They Don't Care About Us" which was filmed in a favela.[a] The experience opened her eyes and she became determined to
