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José Padilha

Brazilian film director · Brazil · On the map · Directors · Born 1967 · age 59

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.

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A life in dates

2019It's a MatchFilm, Writer, Producer2018Narcos: MexicoSeries, ProducerThe MechanismSeries, 2018Director, Writer7 Days in EntebbeFilm, 2018Director2016CurumimFilm, Producer2015NarcosSeries, Director, ProducerAbout CinemaFilm, 20152014Rio, I Love YouFilm, Director2012Artificial ParadisesFilm, Producer2010Elite Squad: The Enemy WithinFilm, Director, Writer2009GarapaFilm, Director, Writer2007Elite SquadFilm, Director, WriterEstamira Para Todos E Para NinguémFilm, 2007Producer2006Cinemas de Rua de CuritibaFilm, Director2004EstamiraFilm, Producer2002Bus 174Film, Director, Writer2000The Charcoal PeopleFilm, Writer, Producer1967Born1 August 1967

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Close ties

  • Elite Squad 2007
  • Elite Squad: The Enemy Within 2010
  • Bus 174 2002
  • Artificial Paradises 2012
  • RoboCop 2014

Also in Deutsch

Filmography 17

35 credits on file

Television 3

Media & music

Photos 1

Awards

Brazilian Cinema Grand Prize for Best Director

About this person

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.

Country
Brazil
Category
Directors
Type
Movie Director
Status
Living
Dates
Born 1967 · age 59