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José Padilha

  • Producer
  • Director
  • Writer
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José Padilha at an event for Bus 174 (2002)
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 and director of the Netflix original series Narcos, starring frequent collaborator Wagner Moura.
BornAugust 1, 1967
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BornAugust 1, 1967
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  • Awards
    • 53 wins & 18 nominations

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Wagner Moura and José Padilha in Narcos (2015)
Jackie Earle Haley, José Padilha, and Joel Kinnaman in RoboCop (2014)
José Padilha in RoboCop (2014)
José Padilha in RoboCop (2014)
Wagner Moura, José Padilha, and Maria Ribeiro at an event for Elite Squad 2: The Enemy Within (2010)
Pedro Pascal, Wagner Moura, Eric Newman, and José Padilha at an event for Narcos (2015)
José Padilha at an event for Bus 174 (2002)
José Padilha at an event for Bus 174 (2002)
José Padilha and Marcos Prado at an event for Bus 174 (2002)
José Padilha and Marcos Prado at an event for Bus 174 (2002)
Jose Padilha and Beto Brant in "Levels".
Beto Brant and Jose Padilha in "Levels".

Known for

Tropa De Elite (2007)
Tropa De Elite
8.0
  • Producer
  • 2007
Elite Squad 2: The Enemy Within (2010)
Elite Squad 2: The Enemy Within
8.0
  • Producer
  • 2010
Joel Kinnaman in RoboCop (2014)
RoboCop
6.1
  • Director
  • 2014
Bus 174 (2002)
Bus 174
7.8
  • Producer
  • 2002

Credits

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Producer

  • Untitled Marielle Franco Project
    • executive producer
    • TV Series
    • 2021
  • Narcos: Mexico (2018)
    Narcos: Mexico
    • executive producer
    • TV Series
    • 2018–2021
  • O Mecanismo (2018)
    O Mecanismo
    • executive producer
    • TV Series
    • 2018
  • Narcos (2015)
    Narcos
    • executive producer
    • producer
    • TV Series
    • 2015–2016
  • Curumim (2016)
    Curumim
    • producer
    • 2016
  • Paraísos Artificiais (2012)
    Paraísos Artificiais
    • producer
    • 2012
  • Elite Squad 2: The Enemy Within (2010)
    Elite Squad 2: The Enemy Within
    • producer
    • 2010
  • Garapa (2009)
    Garapa
    • producer
    • 2009
  • Estamira para Todos e para Ninguém
    • producer
    • 2007
  • Tropa De Elite (2007)
    Tropa De Elite
    • producer
    • 2007
  • Estamira (2004)
    Estamira
    • producer
    • 2004
  • Brazil's Vanishing Cowboys
    • producer
    • TV Movie
    • 2003
  • Bus 174 (2002)
    Bus 174
    • producer
    • 2002
  • Os Carvoeiros (2000)
    Os Carvoeiros
    • producer
    • 2000

Director

  • Blood's a Rover
    • Director
    • Pre-production
  • Brando
    • Director
    • Pre-production
  • Untitled Marielle Franco Project
    • Director
    • TV Series
    • 2021
  • O Mecanismo (2018)
    O Mecanismo
    • Director
    • TV Series
    • 2018–2019
  • ZAYN: Let Me (2018)
    ZAYN: Let Me
    • Director
    • Music Video
    • 2018
  • 7 Days in Entebbe (2018)
    7 Days in Entebbe
    • Director
    • 2018
  • Narcos (2015)
    Narcos
    • Director
    • TV Series
    • 2015
  • Rio, Eu Te Amo (2014)
    Rio, Eu Te Amo
    • Director (segment Inútil Paisagem)
    • 2014
  • Joel Kinnaman in RoboCop (2014)
    RoboCop
    • Director
    • 2014
  • Elite Squad 2: The Enemy Within (2010)
    Elite Squad 2: The Enemy Within
    • Director
    • 2010
  • Napoleon A. Chagnon in Secrets of the Tribe (2010)
    Secrets of the Tribe
    • Director
    • 2010
  • Garapa (2009)
    Garapa
    • Director
    • 2009
  • Tropa De Elite (2007)
    Tropa De Elite
    • Director
    • 2007
  • Brazil's Vanishing Cowboys
    • Director
    • TV Movie
    • 2003
  • Bus 174 (2002)
    Bus 174
    • Director
    • 2002

Writer

  • Untitled Marielle Franco Project
    • creator
    • TV Series
    • 2021
  • O Mecanismo (2018)
    O Mecanismo
    • creator
    • TV Series
    • 2018
  • Elite Squad 2: The Enemy Within (2010)
    Elite Squad 2: The Enemy Within
    • screenplay
    • story
    • 2010
  • Garapa (2009)
    Garapa
    • Writer
    • 2009
  • Tropa De Elite (2007)
    Tropa De Elite
    • original screenplay
    • 2007
  • Bus 174 (2002)
    Bus 174
    • Writer
    • 2002
  • Os Carvoeiros (2000)
    Os Carvoeiros
    • Writer
    • 2000
  • In-development projects at IMDbPro

Personal details

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  • Alternative name
    • Jose Padilha
  • Born
    • August 1, 1967
    • Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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    He studied business studies, politics and economics in Rio de Janeiro, followed by English literature and international politics in Oxford.
  • Trademarks
      Frequently works with actor Wagner Moura

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