José Padilha
Known for: Directing
Born: August 1, 1967
Place of birth: Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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.
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Filmography
17 movies · 3 TV shows, newest first
6.0
It's a Match
2019
7.9
Narcos: Mexico
2018
7.0
The Mechanism
2018
5.8
7 Days in Entebbe
2018
7.0
Curumim
2016
8.2
About Cinema
2015
8.1
Narcos
2015
4.8
Rio, I Love You
2014
5.9
RoboCop
2014
6.2
Artificial Paradises
2012
7.9
Elite Squad: The Enemy Within
2010
6.9
Secrets of the Tribe
2010
8.2
Garapa
2009
8.1
Elite Squad
2007
9.0
Estamira Para Todos E Para Ninguém
2007
NR
Cinemas de Rua de Curitiba
2006
7.5
Estamira
2004
7.4
Bus 174
2002
8.0
The Charcoal People
2000NR
Dead or Alive
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