José Padilha
b. 1967 (age 59)
Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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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.
Known For
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Delphi
2026 Director
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★ 7.5
American Cancer Story
2024 Director
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★ 8.0
The Mechanism
2018 Director
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★ 5.9
7 Days in Entebbe
2018 Director
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★ 8.7
Narcos
2015 Director
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★ 7.7
Um Filme de Cinema
2015 Self
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★ 6.1
RoboCop
2014 Director
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★ 5.2
Rio, I Love You
2014 Director
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★ 8.0
Elite Squad 2: The Enemy Within
2010 Director
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★ 7.2
Secrets of the Tribe
2010 Director
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★ 7.4
Garapa
2009 Director
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★ 8.5
Levels
2008 Self
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★ 8.0
Elite Squad
2007 Director
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★ 4.9
Brazil's Vanishing Cowboys
2003 Director
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★ 7.8
Bus 174
2002 Director
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★ 6.9
The Charcoal People
2000 Writer
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Untitled Marielle Franco Project
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Sharp
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Vale Tudo
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Arc of Justice
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Dead or Alive
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Last Tango in Paris
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Brando
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Española
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Tri-Border
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