José Padilha
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José Bastos Padilha Neto (born August 1, 1967) is a Brazilian film director, producer and screenwriter.
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 of the Netflix original series Narcos, starring frequent collaborator Wagner Moura, and directed the first two episodes in the series.
Early life
Padilha was born in Rio de Janeiro. Before making films, he studied business, politics, and economics in Rio de Janeiro. He attended Oxford University and studied literature and international politics.
In 1997, Padilha co-founded the production company Zazen Produções with Marcos Prado, whom he met at Oxford. In the years to come, Zazen Produções would become hugely instrumental in his film making affairs.
Career
Padilha's first feature film, Bus 174 (2002), made him enter the Brazilian film scene. The film was a documentary film made by his production firm; it told the tale of a bus hijacking in his home town. Padilha, a politician, starred in the film to show how social engineered poverty in Rio de Janeiro had an effect on crime. The film was a success, grossing $217,201 at the box office, but it caused outrage among those who believed Padilha was sympathizing with a criminal and portrayed the police as incompetent and corrupt. Several film festivals, including Vancouver, Sundance, and San Francisco, all paid attention to the film.
Padilha produced Elite Squad, his first fictional film in 2007. The film was a commercial and critical success, seen by more than 11 million viewers in Brazil, with the country's highest number 1 in 2007. Padilha took home the Golden Bear at the Berlin Film Festival for Elite Squad in 2008, bringing him worldwide notice. The Weinstein Company and several others contributed to the project, which was just over 6 million dollars. This film sparked controversy about police brutality in Brazil, as well as allegations of affiliation with gang-related organisations. Elite Squad: The Enemy Within, a 2010 sequel was announced due to the success of Elite Squad: The Enemy Within. The film also has the nation's highest domestic grossing film and all-time record for largest box office ticket sales. In 2012, this film was chosen as Brazil's official Academy Awards' entry for Best Foreign Film, but it did not make the final shortlist. The films are part of a proposed trilogy, investigating media, police, and politicians' influence on society.
Padilha produced two more documentaries after Elite Squad. Garapa was the first documentary to tell a family of three in Brazil that is struggling to avoid hunger. Secrets of the Tribe, a documentary film about the Tribe, premiered at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival, receiving critical acclaim. This film explores certain claims that first came to light in Patrick Tierney's book Darkness in El Dorado (2000) that ethnologists researching the Yanomami Indians in the 1960s and 1970s engaged in bizarre and inappropriate interactions with the tribe, including sexual and medical misconduct.
Padilha was given several Sony films after the huge success of both Elite Squad films. Before deciding to film a remake of the 1987 sci-fi masterpiece RoboCop, he denied them all. "I went to Sony and they were giving me a lot of movies, but none of them were Robocops," Padilha said. I didn't want to make any of those movies they were talking about. In addition, there was a Robocop poster in the room. Do you own Robocop? I asked them a few times. They go to say, "You know, I want to do it." Padilha's redesigned RoboCop film was released on March 2, 2011. On February 12, 2014, the film was released. Padilha's political narrative continued with the film's ability to depict the dangers and moral risks of machine violence. The film has grossed over $240 million worldwide, but has received mixed reviews.