José Padilha

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José Padilha
Oxford University
Occupation(s)Film director, producer and screenwriter
Years active2000–present
Known forElite Squad
Elite Squad: The Enemy Within
RoboCop

José Bastos Padilha Neto

original series Narcos, starring frequent collaborator Wagner Moura
, and directed the first two episodes in the series.

Early life

Padilha was born in

Oxford University and studied literature and international politics.[2]

In 1997, Padilha co-founded the production company Zazen Produções with Marcos Prado,[3] whom he met at Oxford. In the years to come, Zazen Produções would become hugely instrumental in his film making affairs.

Career

Padilha emerged onto the Brazilian movie scene with his first feature film Bus 174 (2002). The film was a documentary feature produced by his production company; it detailed the story of a bus hijacking in his hometown. Employing his interest in politics, Padilha used the film to show how social engineered poverty in Rio de Janeiro had an effect on crime.[4] The movie was a success, earning $217,201 at the box office, but caused controversy for some who believed that Padilha was sympathizing with a criminal, and portraying the police as incompetent and corrupt. The film received a lot of attention in several film festivals, including Vancouver, Sundance, and San Francisco.[5]

In 2007, Padilha directed

Weinstein Company, and several others.[6] This film sparked discussions regarding police brutality in Brazil, as well as their alleged involvement with gang related activities.[7] Due to the success of Elite Squad, a 2010 sequel was released: Elite Squad: The Enemy Within. It still holds the record highest domestic grossing film and all-time largest box office ticket sales in Brazil.[8] This film was selected as Brazil's official Academy Awards' entry in 2012 for Best Foreign Film, but it did not make the final shortlist.[9] The films form part of a planned trilogy, examining the influence of media, police and politicians on society.[10]

After Elite Squad, Padilha made two more documentary films. The first documentary was Garapa, which follows a family of three fighting to stave off hunger in Brazil.[11] The documentary film Secrets of the Tribe premièred at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival to critical acclaim.[12] This film explores certain allegations first brought to light in Patrick Tierney's book Darkness in El Dorado (2000), that anthropologists studying the Yanomami Indians in the 1960s and 1970s engaged in bizarre and inappropriate interactions with the tribe, including sexual and medical violations.

After the huge success of both Elite Squad films, Padilha was offered several films by

Sony Pictures Entertainment. He declined them all before deciding to film a reboot of the 1987 sci-fi classic, RoboCop. Padilha said, "I went to into Sony and they were offering me a lot of movies, but none of them were Robocop. I didn't want to make any of those movies they were talking about. And there was a Robocop poster in the room. Eventually I said to them, do you own Robocop? And they go like, 'Yeah'…and I said, you know, I want to do it…"[13] On March 2, 2011, it was announced that Padilha would direct the rebooted RoboCop film. The film was released on February 12, 2014. Padilha continued with his political narrative by using the film to illustrate the dangers and moral hazards of automated violence.[13]The film grossed over $240 million worldwide and was met with a mixed reception by critics.[14]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Language Awards
2002 Bus 174 Portuguese
2007 Elite Squad Portuguese Golden Bear
2009 Garapa Portuguese
2010 Elite Squad: The Enemy Within Portuguese
Secrets of the Tribe Yanomaman/Spanish/Italian/English
2014 RoboCop English
Rio, I Love You English
2018 Entebbe English

Television

Year Title Language Notes Role
2015 Narcos English/Spanish Netflix series Director (2 episodes), executive producer
2018
O Mecanismo
 Portuguese Director (8 episodes), executive producer
2018 Narcos: Mexico English/Spanish Executive producer

Music video

Year Title Artist Language Notes
2018 "Let Me" Zayn English [15]

Awards and nominations

Main article: List of awards and nominations received by José Padilha

References

  1. ^ "Padilha, cenas da vida real no sertão". Archived from the original on 2016-06-14. Retrieved 2016-06-14.
  2. ^ "José Padilha".
  3. ^ Marcelo Cajueiro (2008-01-16). "Jose Padilha – Variety". Variety.com. Retrieved 2017-12-01.
  4. ^ Tauris, I.B. ‘Revisiting the "realism" of the cosmetics of hunger: Cidade de Deus and Ônibus 174’.
  5. ^ "Bus 174 (Ônibus 174) (2003)".
  6. ^ "Elite Squad (2007)".
  7. ^ Indiewire (2008-02-26). "DISPATCH FROM BRAZIL | Golden Bear Upset: A Look at the Controversy Behind "Tropa de Elite"". IndieWire. Retrieved 2017-12-01.
  8. ^ "'Elite Squad 2' Is Brazil's Highest-Grossing Domestic Film". Hollywood Reporter. 2010-12-08. Retrieved 2017-12-01.
  9. ^ "9 Foreign Language Films Vie for Oscar". oscars.org. January 18, 2012. Archived from the original on January 21, 2012. Retrieved 2012-01-19.
  10. ^ Wilkinson, Amber (2008-08-07). Jose Padhila on Elite Squad. EyeForFilm.co.uk.
  11. ^ "Garapa".
  12. ^ Secrets of the Tribe. sundance.bside.com (2010).
  13. ^ a b "Interview: 'RoboCop' Director José Padilha Fights for Smarter Stories in Hollywood – /Film". Slashfilm.com. 2014-02-14. Retrieved 2017-12-01.
  14. ^ "RoboCop (2014)".
  15. ^ Carr, Mary (12 April 2018). "Zayn cracks skulls and gets the girl in new 'Let Me' music video". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 13 April 2018.

Tauris, I.B. ‘Revisiting the "realism" of the cosmetics of hunger: Cidade de Deus and Ônibus 174’.

External links

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