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José Bastos Padilha Neto (; born 1 August 1967) is a Brazilian
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,
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and
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. He is best known for directing the Brazilian critical and financial successes ''
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'' and '' Elite Squad: The Enemy Within'' and the 2014 remake of ''
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''. He has won the Golden Bear at the Berlin International Film Festival for ''Elite Squad'' in 2008. He is also the producer of the
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original series ''
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'', starring frequent collaborator Wagner Moura, and directed the first two episodes in the series.


Early life

Padilha was born in
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. Before making films, he studied business, politics, and economics in Rio de Janeiro. He attended
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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 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 home town. Employing his interest in politics, Padilha used the film to show how social engineered poverty in Rio de Janeiro had an effect on crime. 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
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. In 2007, Padilha directed ''
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'', his first fictional film. The film was a commercial and critical success, seen by more than 11 million people in Brazil, coming in at number 1 in 2007. In 2008, Padilha won the Golden Bear at the
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for ''Elite Squad'', bringing him international attention. The budget was just over 6 million dollars, and included funding from the
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, and several others. This film sparked discussions regarding police brutality in Brazil, as well as their alleged involvement with gang related activities. 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. This film was selected as Brazil's official
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' entry in 2012 for Best Foreign Film, but it did not make the final shortlist. The films form part of a planned trilogy, examining the influence of media, police and politicians on society. 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. The documentary film ''
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'' premièred at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival to critical acclaim. This film explores certain allegations first brought to light in Patrick Tierney's book ''
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'' (2000), that anthropologists studying the
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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. He declined them all before deciding to film a reboot of the 1987 sci-fi classic, ''
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''. 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…" 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. To date, the film has grossed over $240 million worldwide, but has received mixed reviews.


Filmography


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Music video


Awards and nominations


References

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


External links

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Padilha, Jose 1967 births Living people People from Rio de Janeiro (city) Brazilian film directors Brazilian film producers Brazilian screenwriters Alumni of the University of Oxford Directors of Golden Bear winners