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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 495,257 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). José Padilha is the 1,094th most popular film director (down from 1,070th in 2019), the 561st most popular biography from Brazil (up from 589th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Brazilian Film Director.

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  • 500k

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  • 45.53

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.12

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.17

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, José Padilha ranks 1,094 out of 1,581Before him are Jean Dréville, Louis Leterrier, Dennis Muren, Nelly Kaplan, Tim Miller, and David Koepp. After him are Juan José Campanella, Alan Crosland, Fridrikh Ermler, Christopher McQuarrie, Ted Wilde, and Jia Zhangke.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1967, José Padilha ranks 202Before him are Sherry Stringfield, Frankie Fredericks, Ted Chiang, Magdalena Forsberg, Riddick Bowe, and Igor Dobrovolski. After him are Mohamed Nasheed, Edu Manga, Tom Kristensen, Tommy Gunn, John Romero, and Sam Harris.

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In Brazil

Among people born in Brazil, José Padilha ranks 561 out of 2,067Before him are Giovanni Silva de Oliveira (1972), Jaú (1909), Celso Amorim (1942), Edílson (1971), César Lattes (1924), and Geraldo Alckmin (1952). After him are Ramires (1987), Teóphilo Bettencourt Pereira (1900), Marco Maciel (1940), Orani João Tempesta (1949), Nenê (1981), and Royce Gracie (1966).

Among FILM DIRECTORS In Brazil

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

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