José Padilha
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José Padilha is an award-winning Brazilian film director and producer.
Padilha emerged onto the Brazilian movie scene with his first feature film Bus 174
(2002). In 2007, Padilha directed The Elite Squad , his first fictional film. The film was a commercial and critical success, seen by more than 11 million people in Brazil, coming in at Number 1 in 2007. In 2008, Padilha won the Golden Bear at the Berlin Film Festival for Elite Squad, bringing him international attention. Due to the success of Elite Squad, a 2010 sequel was released: The Elite Squad 2
- The Enemy Within. This movie was selected as Brazil's official Oscars entry in 2012 for Best Foreign Film.
The films form part of a planned trilogy, examining the influence of media, police and politicians on society.
The documentary film Secrets of the Tribe
premièred at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival to critical acclaim. This film explores certain 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. On March 02, 2011, it was announced that José Padilha will direct the new RoboCop
film.
Padilha emerged onto the Brazilian movie scene with his first feature film Bus 174
Bus 174
Bus 174 is a Brazilian documentary film released on October 22, 2002. It is the debut film of director José Padilha and co-director Felipe Lacerda. Sandro do Nascimento, a young man from a poor background, bungled a robbery and ended up holding the passengers on a bus hostage for four hours. The...
(2002). In 2007, Padilha directed The Elite Squad , his first fictional film. The film was a commercial and critical success, seen by more than 11 million people in Brazil, coming in at Number 1 in 2007. In 2008, Padilha won the Golden Bear at the Berlin Film Festival for Elite Squad, bringing him international attention. Due to the success of Elite Squad, a 2010 sequel was released: The Elite Squad 2
The Elite Squad 2
Elite Squad 2 is a 2010 Brazilian film directed and produced by José Padilha, starring Wagner Moura. It is a sequel of the 2007 film The Elite Squad...
- The Enemy Within. This movie was selected as Brazil's official Oscars entry in 2012 for Best Foreign Film.
The films form part of a planned trilogy, examining the influence of media, police and politicians on society.
The documentary film Secrets of the Tribe
Secrets of the Tribe
Secrets of the Tribe is a film by director José Padilha 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...
premièred at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival to critical acclaim. This film explores certain allegations first brought to light in the book Darkness in El Dorado
Darkness in El Dorado
Darkness in El Dorado is a book written by investigative journalist Patrick Tierney in 2000 that accuses geneticist James Neel and anthropologist Napoleon Chagnon of exacerbating a measles epidemic among the Yanomamo people and conducting human research without regard for their subjects' wellbeing...
, 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. On March 02, 2011, it was announced that José Padilha will direct the new RoboCop
RoboCop
RoboCop is a 1987 American science fiction-action film directed by Paul Verhoeven. Set in a crime-ridden Detroit, Michigan in the near future, RoboCop centers on a police officer who is brutally murdered and subsequently re-created as a super-human cyborg known as "RoboCop"...
film.