José Padilha
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Born and raised in Rio de Janeiro, Padilha studied business, politics and economics before attending Oxford to read literature and international politics. In 1997 he and Marcos Prado founded the production house Zazen Produções, which would later back most of his projects. His debut feature, the documentary Bus 174 (2002), examined a notorious bus hijacking and earned festival attention in Vanc…
Biography written by WatchMoods, based on public sources
