Biography

Kátia Lund was born on March 13, 1966 in São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil. She is a director and writer, known for City of God (2002), News from a Personal War (1999) and Anaconda (1997).

Graduated from Escola Maria Imaculada, an American Catholic school in São Paulo, Brazil, where she was a star art student.

Her parents are Americans who emigrated to Brazil.

Graduated magna cum laude from Brown University.