Director

Rodrigo Pimentel

Writing

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Directed movies: 0Directed series: 0All crew credits: 4

TMDB ID: 52579

IMDb ID: nm1284081

Known for: Writing

Born: March 2, 1971

Age: 55

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

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1999 - 2025

Years active: 27

Average TMDB rating: 7.53

Also known as

Rodrigo Rodrigues Pimentel • Capitão Pimentel • Capitão Rodrigo Pimentel

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Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Rodrigo Pimentel (born 1972) is a former member of BOPE, the elite group of the Brazilian Military Police. He co-wrote both films of director José Padilha, The Elite Squad (Tropa de Elite) (based on a book he co-wrote with sociologist Luiz Eduardo Soares) and Bus 174 (Onibus 174). Rodrigo Pimentel is also noted to have participated in the Brazilian documentary by João Moreira Salles, News From a Personal War (Noticias de uma Guerra Particular). In an interview regarding Tropa de Elite, he stated that the main character, Capitão Nascimento was a person with problems and claimed to be surprised at the public's strong positive reaction towards the character. Description above from the Wikipedia article Rodrigo Pimentel, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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