José Padilha
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José Padilha at the San Diego Comic-Con in July 2013.
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| Born |
August 1, 1967 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
| Nationality | Brazilian |
| Occupation | Film director, producer and screenwriter |
| Years active | 2000–present |
| Known for |
Elite Squad Elite Squad: The Enemy Within RoboCop |
José Bastos Padilha Neto (Brazilian Portuguese: [ʒuˈzɛ paˈdʒiʎɐ]; born August 1, 1967) is a Brazilian film director, producer and screenwriter. 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.
Padilha was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Before making films, Padilha 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.
Padilha emerged onto the Brazilian movie scene with his first feature film Bus 174 (2002). The film was a documentary feature produced by his production company; it detailed the story of a bus hijacking in his home town. Employing his interest in politics, Padilha used the film to show how social engineered poverty in Rio de Janeiro had an effect on crime. The movie was a success, earning $217,201 at the box office, but caused controversy for some who believed that Padilha was sympathizing with a criminal, and portraying the police as incompetent and corrupt. The film received a lot of attention in several film festivals, including Vancouver, Sundance, and San Francisco.
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