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José Padilha(I)

  • Producer
  • Director
  • Writer
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José Padilha
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. He is also the producer and director of the Netflix original series Narcos, starring frequent collaborator Wagner Moura.
BornAugust 1, 1967
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BornAugust 1, 1967
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    • Awards
      • 53 wins & 17 nominations total

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    Known for

    Elite Squad (2007)
    Elite Squad
    8.0
    • Producer
    • 2007
    Elite Squad 2: The Enemy Within (2010)
    Elite Squad 2: The Enemy Within
    8.0
    • Producer
    • 2010
    Joel Kinnaman in RoboCop (2014)
    RoboCop
    6.1
    • Director
    • 2014
    Bus 174 (2002)
    Bus 174
    7.8
    • Producer
    • 2002

    Credits

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    Producer

    • Delphi
      • executive producer
      • Filming
      • TV Series
      • 2026
    • Untitled PC Farias Project
      • producer
      • Pre-production
    • Untitled Marielle Franco Project
      • executive producer
      • Pre-production
      • TV Series
    • Narcos: Mexico (2018)
      Narcos: Mexico
      8.3
      TV Series
      • executive producer
      • 2018–2021
    • The Mechanism (2018)
      The Mechanism
      8.0
      TV Series
      • executive producer
      • 2018–2019
    • Wagner Moura in Narcos (2015)
      Narcos
      8.7
      TV Series
      • executive producer
      • producer
      • 2015–2016
    • Curumim: Diary of a Brazilian on Death Row (2016)
      Curumim: Diary of a Brazilian on Death Row
      6.9
      • producer
      • 2016
    • Artificial Paradises (2012)
      Artificial Paradises
      6.3
      • producer
      • 2012
    • Elite Squad 2: The Enemy Within (2010)
      Elite Squad 2: The Enemy Within
      8.0
      • producer
      • 2010
    • Garapa (2009)
      Garapa
      7.4
      • producer
      • 2009
    • Estamira para Todos e para Ninguém
      7.8
      • producer
      • 2007
    • Elite Squad (2007)
      Elite Squad
      8.0
      • producer
      • 2007
    • Estamira (2004)
      Estamira
      8.1
      • producer
      • 2004
    • Brazil's Vanishing Cowboys
      4.9
      TV Movie
      • producer
      • 2003
    • Bus 174 (2002)
      Bus 174
      7.8
      • producer
      • 2002
    • The Charcoal People (2000)
      The Charcoal People
      6.9
      • producer
      • 2000

    Director

    • Delphi
      • Director
      • Filming
      • TV Series
      • 2026
    • Untitled Marielle Franco Project
      • Director
      • Pre-production
      • TV Series
    • Last Tango in Paris
      • Director
      • In Development
      • TV Series
    • Brando
      • Director
      • Pre-production
    • American Cancer Story (2024)
      American Cancer Story
      7.5
      Short
      • Director
      • 2024
    • The Mechanism (2018)
      The Mechanism
      8.0
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2018–2019
    • Zayn: Let Me (2018)
      Zayn: Let Me
      7.3
      Music Video
      • Director
      • 2018
    • 7 Days in Entebbe (2018)
      7 Days in Entebbe
      5.9
      • Director
      • 2018
    • Wagner Moura in Narcos (2015)
      Narcos
      8.7
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2015
    • Rio, I Love You (2014)
      Rio, I Love You
      5.2
      • Director (segment "Inútil Paisagem")
      • 2014
    • Joel Kinnaman in RoboCop (2014)
      RoboCop
      6.1
      • Director
      • 2014
    • Elite Squad 2: The Enemy Within (2010)
      Elite Squad 2: The Enemy Within
      8.0
      • Director
      • 2010
    • Napoleon A. Chagnon in Secrets of the Tribe (2010)
      Secrets of the Tribe
      7.3
      • Director
      • 2010
    • Garapa (2009)
      Garapa
      7.4
      • Director
      • 2009
    • Elite Squad (2007)
      Elite Squad
      8.0
      • Director
      • 2007
    • Brazil's Vanishing Cowboys
      4.9
      TV Movie
      • Director
      • 2003
    • Bus 174 (2002)
      Bus 174
      7.8
      • Director
      • 2002

    Writer

    • Untitled Marielle Franco Project
      • creator
      • Pre-production
      • TV Series
    • American Cancer Story (2024)
      American Cancer Story
      7.5
      Short
      • Writer
      • 2024
    • The Mechanism (2018)
      The Mechanism
      8.0
      TV Series
      • creator
      • 2018–2019
    • Wagner Moura in Narcos (2015)
      Narcos
      8.7
      TV Series
      • created by
      • 2015–2017
    • Elite Squad 2: The Enemy Within (2010)
      Elite Squad 2: The Enemy Within
      8.0
      • story
      • screenplay
      • 2010
    • Garapa (2009)
      Garapa
      7.4
      • Writer
      • 2009
    • Elite Squad (2007)
      Elite Squad
      8.0
      • original screenplay
      • 2007
    • Bus 174 (2002)
      Bus 174
      7.8
      • Writer
      • 2002
    • The Charcoal People (2000)
      The Charcoal People
      6.9
      • Writer
      • 2000
    • In-development projects at IMDbPro

    Personal details

    • Alternative name
      • Jose Padilha
    • Born
      • August 1, 1967
      • Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

    Did you know

    • Trivia
      He studied business studies, politics and economics in Rio de Janeiro, followed by English literature and international politics in Oxford.
    • Trademarks
        Frequently works with actor Wagner Moura

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