FILM DIRECTOR

José Padilha

1967 - Today

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José Bastos Padilha Neto (Brazilian Portuguese: [ʒuˈzɛ paˈdʒiʎɐ]; born 1 August 1967) 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. He has won the Golden Bear at the Berlin International Film Festival for Elite Squad in 2008. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of José Padilha has received more than 514,013 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia. José Padilha is the 1,215th most popular film director (down from 1,091st in 2019), the 672nd most popular biography from Brazil (down from 559th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Brazilian Film Director.

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  • 21

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  • 5.30

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  • 2.14

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, José Padilha ranks 1,215 out of 2,041. Before him are Duncan Jones, Edmond Keosayan, George Abbott, Stan Brakhage, Walter Murch, and Feng Xiaogang. After him are Adam McKay, Arne Sucksdorff, Tom McCarthy, Lee Unkrich, Leopoldo Torre Nilsson, and Laura Poitras.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1967, José Padilha ranks 236. Before him are Albert Rösti, Scott Weiland, Kenji Goto, Junkie XL, Nicola Berti, and Juhi Chawla. After him are Lee Unkrich, Kajsa Ollongren, Faith Hill, Sergei Grinkov, Skin, and Quentin Meillassoux.

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In Brazil

Among people born in Brazil, José Padilha ranks 672 out of 2,236. Before him are Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira (1976), Paulo Emilio (1936), Beatriz Segall (1926), André Cruz (1968), Nilmar (1984), and Lucas Paquetá (1997). After him are Josimar (1961), Luiz Bombonato Goulart (1975), Cabeção (1930), Amaral (1954), Toninho (1965), and Gil (1950).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Brazil

Among film directors born in Brazil, José Padilha ranks 6. Before him are Glauber Rocha (1939), Fernando Meirelles (1955), Alberto Cavalcanti (1897), Walter Salles (1956), and Nelson Pereira dos Santos (1928). After him are Bruno Barreto (1955), and Carlos Saldanha (1965).

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Filmography

RoboCop
Director
In RoboCop, the year is 2028 and multinational conglomerate OmniCorp is at the center of robot technology. Overseas, their drones have been used by the military for years, but have been forbidden for law enforcement in America. Now OmniCorp wants to bring their controversial technology to the home front, and they see a golden opportunity to do it. When Alex Murphy – a loving husband, father and good cop doing his best to stem the tide of crime and corruption in Detroit – is critically injured, OmniCorp sees their chance to build a part-man, part-robot police officer. OmniCorp envisions a RoboCop in every city and even more billions for their shareholders, but they never counted on one thing: there is still a man inside the machine.
Jan 30o 20145.874 / 10
Narcos
Director
A gritty chronicle of the war against Colombia's infamously violent and powerful drug cartels.
8.03 / 10
Elite Squad
Director
In 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 dangerous slum nearby where the pope intends to be lodged.
Oct 12o 20078.052 / 10