Director

José Padilha

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Directed movies: 6Directed series: 1All crew credits: 18

TMDB ID: 52576

IMDb ID: nm0655683

Known for: Directing

Born: August 1, 1967

Age: 58

Place of birth: Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 2000 - 2019

Years active: 20

Average TMDB rating: 6.95

Wikidata: Q1332810

Also known as

José Bastos Padilha Neto

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Director (7)Producer (6)Screenplay (3)Executive Producer (1)Writer (1)

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Biography

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.

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