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name: "César Charlone"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/cesar-charlone"
fi1m_id: "cesar-charlone"
imdb_id: "nm0153263"
tmdb_id: 8577
wikidata_id: "Q1150683"
roles: ["Cinematographer"]
born: "19 April 1958"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_fi1m_score: 75
average_over: 4
updated: "2026-10-03T00:58:22.735421+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# César Charlone

## Identity

César Charlone

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/cesar-charlone
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** cesar-charlone
- **IMDb ID:** nm0153263
- **TMDB ID:** 8577
- **Wikidata ID:** Q1150683
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C%C3%A9sar_Charlone_(cinematographer), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1150683, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0153263/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/8577

Cinematographer. Born 19 April 1958 in Montevideo, Uruguay.

## Details

- **Work:** Cinematographer
- **Born:** 19 April 1958, Montevideo, Uruguay
- **Active:** 2002–present
- **Frequently works with:** [Fernando Meirelles](https://film.one/person/fernando-meirelles.md)
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar nomination
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 84 (2), 2010s 75 (1), 2020s 58 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 75 to 73 across 4 titles
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 4, Mystery 2, Crime 1, History 1, Thriller 1
- **Screen time:** 6 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $113m across 3 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C%C3%A9sar_Charlone_(cinematographer), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1150683, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0153263/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/8577

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*The Two Popes*](https://film.one/film/the-two-popes.md) (75)
- **Apple TV:** [*Sugar*](https://film.one/tv/sugar.md) (58)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

César Charlone is a Uruguayan cinematographer and director based in Brazil. He began working in film in the early 1970s as an assistant cameraman after moving to São Paulo to study at the Escola Superior de Cinema São Luiz.

Charlone is best known for his cinematography on *City of God* (2002), directed by Fernando Meirelles and Kátia Lund, which earned him an Academy Award nomination. He has maintained a long collaboration with Meirelles, serving as director of photography on *The Constant Gardener* (2005), *Blindness* (2008) and *The Two Popes* (2019). His other credits include *American Made* (2017) and *The Pope's Toilet* (2007).

Charlone has also directed films, including the co-directed *The Pope's Toilet* (2007) and *Artigas: La Redota* (2011), as well as episodes of the series *3%* (2016).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, filmeb.com.br.*

## On Fi1m (4)

- *Sugar* (2024), Fi1m 58, Director of Photography, Cinematography — [page](https://film.one/tv/sugar.md)
- *The Two Popes* (2019), Fi1m 75, Cinematography, Director of Photography — [page](https://film.one/film/the-two-popes.md)
- *The Constant Gardener* (2005), Fi1m 82, Director of Photography, Cinematography — [page](https://film.one/film/the-constant-gardener.md)
- *City of God* (2002), Fi1m 86, Cinematography, Director of Photography — [page](https://film.one/film/city-of-god.md)

## Complete filmography (34)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Mother Mother* (2024), Director of Photography
- *Sugar* (2024), series, Director of Photography — Fi1m 58, [page](https://film.one/tv/sugar.md)
- *Partido: Os Bastidores da Eleição que Fragmentou o Brasil* (2022), Director
- *Benedetti, 60 años con Luz* (2022), Director of Photography
- *Alvorada* (2021), Cinematography
- *The Two Popes* (2019), Director of Photography — Fi1m 75, [page](https://film.one/film/the-two-popes.md)
- *Unseen Enemy* (2017), Director of Photography
- *Red Trees* (2017), Cinematography
- *American Made* (2017), Director of Photography
- *3%* (2016), series, Director
- *Rio, I Love You* (2014), Director
- *No Place on Earth* (2012), Director of Photography
- *The Story of Artigas* (2011), Director, Writer, Producer, Cinematography
- *Blackout* (2008), as Carneiro · Director of Photography
- *Blindness* (2008), Director of Photography
- *Stranded: I've Come from a Plane That Crashed on the Mountains* (2007), Director of Photography
- *The Pope's Toilet* (2007), Director, Screenplay, Director of Photography
- *The Constant Gardener* (2005), Director of Photography — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/the-constant-gardener.md)
- *Sucker Free City* (2004), Director of Photography
- *Man on Fire* (2004), Camera Operator
- *City of Men* (2002), series, Writer, Director
- *City of God* (2002), Director of Photography — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/film/city-of-god.md)
- *Palace II* (2000), Director of Photography
- *Brava Gente* (2000), series, Cinematography
- *Pierre Fatumbi Verger: Messenger Between Two Worlds* (1998), Director of Photography
- *How Angels are Born* (1996), Director of Photography
- *Feliz Ano Velho* (1987), Cinematography
- *A Humilhação e a Dor* (1987), Cinematography
- *The Man in the Black Cape* (1986), Director of Photography
- *Aqueles Dois* (1985), Camera Operator
- *Em Nome da Segurança Nacional* (1985), Camera Operator
- *Nada Será como Antes, Nada?* (1984), Director of Photography
- *Here Comes the Flood*, Director of Photography
- *Y Cuando Sea Grande*, Director

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- 2004: Best Cinematography (nominated), for *City of God*

### Other awards — 2 won

- Satellite Award for Best Cinematography 2005: Satellite Award for Best Cinematography (won), for *The Constant Gardener*
- Golden Frog 2003: Golden Frog (won), for *City of God*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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