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José Padilha

Brazilian film director

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  • Age
    59
    Born 1967
  • Known for
    RoboCop
    2014
Summary
Updated 2026-06-16

José Bastos Padilha Neto 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.

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  • Brazilian Cinema Grand Prize for Best Director
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Source confidence65.0
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