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José Padilha (Brazil)

José Padilha is a Brazilian film director, producer and screenwriter. Padilha was born in Rio de Janeiro. Before making films, he studied business, politics, and economics in Rio de Janeiro. He attended Oxford University and studied literature and international politics. In 1997, Padilha co-founded the production company Zazen Produções with Marcos Prado, whom he met at Oxford. In the years to come, Zazen Produções would become hugely instrumental in his film making affairs.

He is best known for directing the Brazilian critical and financial successes Elite Squad and Elite Squad: The Enemy Within and the 2014 remake of RoboCop. He has won the Golden Bear at the Berlin International Film Festival for Elite Squad in 2008. He is also the producer of the Netflix original series Narcos, starring frequent collaborator Wagner Moura, and directed the first two episodes in the series.

Filmography

  • O Mecanismo
    2018
  • Narcos
    2015
  • Robocop
    2014
  • Secrets of the Tribe
    2010
  • Tropa de Elite 2: O Inimigo Agora é Outro
    2010
  • Garapa
    2009
  • Elite Squad
    2007
  • Brazil's Vanishing Cowboys
    2003
  • Ônibus 174
    2002

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