José Padilha

José Padilha, Brazilian director, producer and screenwriter

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Born: August 1, 1967
Age in 2026: 59
Zodiac sign: Leo
Birth year: 1967

About José Padilha

José Bastos Padilha Neto is a Brazilian film director, producer and screenwriter. 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 of the Netflix original series Narcos, starring frequent collaborator Wagner Moura, and directed the first two episodes in the series. In 1997, Padilha co-founded the production company Zazen Produções with Marcos Prado, whom he met at Oxford. Padilha emerged onto the Brazilian movie scene with his first feature film Bus 174 (2002).

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José Padilha timeline

1997In 1997, Padilha co-founded the production company Zazen Produções with Marcos Prado, whom he met at Oxford.
2002Padilha emerged onto the Brazilian movie scene with his first feature film Bus 174 (2002).
2008He has won the Golden Bear at the Berlin International Film Festival for Elite Squad in 2008.

The world when José Padilha was born

José Padilha was born in 1967. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1967

#1 song"To Sir with Love" – Lulu
Top movieIn the Heat of the Night
Top TV showBonanza
Best-selling bookOne Hundred Years of Solitude – Gabriel García Márquez

Headlines and milestones

Major sports momentFirst Super Bowl — Green Bay Packers defeat Kansas City Chiefs
Top headlineSummer of Love transforms counterculture
Technology milestoneFirst heart transplant performed by Dr. Christiaan Barnard
Defining fadHippie culture and psychedelia
Notable inventionFirst handheld calculator
World population3.49 billion

United States snapshot

U.S. leaderLyndon B. Johnson
Sports championSt. Louis Cardinals (World Series)
Also wonPhiladelphia 76ers (NBA)
U.S. population198.7M

1967 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in José Padilha's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure	1967	2026
Gas	$0.33	$3.45/gal
Average home	$14,800	$435,000
Average income	$9,800	$67,500
Minimum wage	$1.40	$7.25/hr (federal)
Movie ticket	$1.22	$11.95
Postage stamp	$0.05	$0.73
Population	198.7M	341 million

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