José Padilha

Director | Writer

Date of birth : 08/01/1967

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

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.