José Padilha
Director
Director, screenwriter, and producer from Brazil. He directed the acclaimed films Elite Squad and Elite Squad 2: The Enemy Within, winning a Golden Bear award for the former.
He studied politics and literature at Oxford University.
He directed Joel Kinnaman, Samuel L. Jackson, Gary Oldman, and Michael Keaton in the 2014 version of Robocop.
He was raised in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
He and Walter Salles both became popular Brazilian film directors.