Director
José Padilha
59 years · Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil · 16 films
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.
Best known for
Filmography 16
It's a Match
2019 · Writer, Producer
On Vimeo
7 Days in Entebbe
2018 · Director
Curumim
2016 · Producer
About Cinema
2015 · Self
Rio, I Love You
2014 · Director
On Plex
RoboCop
2014 · Director
On Philo
Artificial Paradises
2012 · Producer
On Fawesome
Elite Squad: The Enemy Within
2010 · Screenplay, Producer
On Cinefest Amazon Channel
Secrets of the Tribe
2010 · Director, Editor
On Kanopy
Garapa
2009 · Director, Writer
Elite Squad
2007 · Screenplay, Producer
On Plex
Estamira Para Todos E Para Ninguém
2007 · Producer
Cinemas de Rua de Curitiba
2006 · Director
Estamira
2004 · Producer
Bus 174
2002 · Director, Screenplay
The Charcoal People
2000 · Writer, Producer