José Padilha

Info

Role

Director | Writer

Date of birth

08/01/1967

Place of birth

Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

José Padilha

Biography

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.

Known For

Bus 174
Bus 174
7.8
7.8
Elite Squad
Elite Squad
7.6
7.6
RoboCop
RoboCop
6.2
6.2