Director
José Padilha
Born 1967 · Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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.
Directed
Narcos
Director · 2015
Elite Squad
Director · 2007
Elite Squad: The Enemy Within
Director · 2010
RoboCop
Director · 2014
Bus 174
Director · 2002
7 Days in Entebbe
Director · 2018
The Mechanism
Director · 2018
Garapa
Director · 2009
Secrets of the Tribe
Director · 2010
Rio, I Love You
Director · 2014
Cinemas de Rua de Curitiba
Director · 2006
Dead or Alive
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