José Padilha

59, from Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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Biography

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.

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.

Timeline

2019Aged 52

  • Poster for It's a Match

    Writer

2018Aged 51

  • Poster for 7 Days in Entebbe

    Director

2016Aged 49

  • Poster for Curumim

    Producer

2015Aged 48

  • Poster for About Cinema

    Self

2014Aged 47

  • Poster for RoboCop

    Director

  • Poster for Rio, I Love You

    Director

2012Aged 45

  • Poster for Artificial Paradises

    Producer

2010Aged 43

  • Poster for Secrets of the Tribe

    Editor

  • Poster for Elite Squad: The Enemy Within

    Producer

2009Aged 42

  • Poster for Garapa

    Writer

2007Aged 40

  • Poster for Estamira Para Todos E Para Ninguém

    Producer

  • Poster for Elite Squad

    Producer

2006Aged 39

  • Poster for Cinemas de Rua de Curitiba

    Director

2004Aged 37

  • Poster for Estamira

    Producer

2002Aged 35

  • Poster for Bus 174

    Screenplay

2000Aged 33

  • Poster for The Charcoal People

    Producer

Year unknown