Portrait of Petra Costa

Directing

Petra Costa

Career

Active from 2011 to 2025, with up to 1 main title a year.

Average score
GoodWatch score75/100
Highest rated
Poster for Apocalypse in the Tropics
Apocalypse in the Tropics
GoodWatch score81/100

Awards

Reported results for this person. Coverage is incomplete; these results don't establish award totals.

  • Academy Awards · Documentary Feature Film

    2020 · Nominated · 92nd Academy Awards

    The Edge of Democracy

    Source: Wikidata

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 6 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.5 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.5 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 1.9 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.7 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 6.6 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.4 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Petra Costa Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Romance
    2.1, average 3.8
  • Physical Comedy
    0.7, average 2.4
  • Situational Comedy
    1.2, average 2.7
  • Violence
    2.6, average 4.1

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Social Commentary 3
  • Brazilian History 2
  • Non-Linear Narrative 2
  • Political Documentary 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

12
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2020s

6 titles · average score 65
Apocalypse in the Tropics
Apocalypse in the Tropics (2025)
GoodWatch score 81

Director, Producer

Reading the World
Reading the World (2025)

Executive Producer

Beba
Beba (2022)
GoodWatch score 60

Executive Producer

Babenco: Tell Me When I Die
Babenco: Tell Me When I Die (2020)
GoodWatch score 47

Associate Producer

Ecstasy
Ecstasy (2020)

Producer

The Edge of Theocracy
The Edge of Theocracy (2020)
GoodWatch score 72

as Petra Costa

2010s

6 titles · average score 73
The Edge of Democracy
The Edge of Democracy (2019)
GoodWatch score 78

Producer, Writer

Nobody's Watching
Nobody's Watching (2017)
GoodWatch score 66

as Petra

Olmo and the Seagull
Olmo and the Seagull (2015)
GoodWatch score 72

Writer, Director

Elena
Elena (2013)
GoodWatch score 77

Director, Writer

Undertow Eyes
Undertow Eyes (2011)

Director, Producer

Secrets of the Tribe
Secrets of the Tribe (2010)
GoodWatch score 73

Assistant Editor