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José Padilha

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José Padilha

Born August 1, 1967 in Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil10 films

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.

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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, including sexual and medical violations.

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Elite Squad posterFirst watchElite Squad20078.1In 1997, before the visit of the pope to Rio de Janeiro, Captain Nascimento from BOPE (Special Police Operations Battalion) is assigned to eliminate the risks of the drug dealers in a…View film

Essential films

Ranked by acclaim and reach
Elite Squad: The Enemy Within poster7.8Elite Squad: The Enemy Within2010RoboCop poster5.9RoboCop2014Bus 174 poster7.3Bus 17420027 Days in Entebbe poster5.87 Days in Entebbe2018Rio, I Love You poster4.8Rio, I Love You2014

Filmography

10 films as director
  1. TBADead or AliveDirector
  2. 20187 Days in EntebbeDirector
  3. 2014Rio, I Love YouDirector
  4. 2014RoboCopDirector
  5. 2010Elite Squad: The Enemy WithinDirector
  6. 2010Secrets of the TribeDirector
  7. 2009GarapaDirector
  8. 2007Elite SquadDirector
  9. 2006Cinemas de Rua de CuritibaDirector
  10. 2002Bus 174Director