José Padilha

Personal Info

Know For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1967-08-01 (58 years old)

Place of Birth

Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

José Padilha

Biography

José Padilha is an award-winning Brazilian director of the Brazilian films Bus 174,Tropa de Elite - which earned him a Golden Bear award at the 2008 Berlin International Film Festival - and Tropa de Elite 2. The films form part of a trilogy, looking at the influence of media, police and, finally, polticians. His film Secrets of the Tribe premiered at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival to critical acclaim.  This documentary explores the allegations, first brought to light in the book Darkness in El Dorado, that anthropologists studying the Yanomami Indians in the 1960s and 70s engaged in bizarre and inappropriate interactions with the tribe, in...

Acting

2015

Production

2007

Elite Squad

as Screenplay

2007

Elite Squad

as Director

2007

Elite Squad

as Producer

2002

Bus 174

as Screenplay

2002

Bus 174

as Director

2002

Bus 174

as Producer

2014

RoboCop

as Director

2010

2009

Garapa

as Director

2000

2014

Rio, I Love You

as Director

2019

It's a Match

as Producer

2019

It's a Match

as Writer

2004

Estamira

as Producer

2009

Garapa

as Producer

2000

2009

Garapa

as Writer

2012

2018

-

Dead or Alive

as Director

2016

Curumim

as Producer

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