Known for

Writing

Born

Mar 2, 1971 (55 years old)

Place of birth

Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Rodrigo Pimentel

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Rodrigo Pimentel (born 1972) is a former member of BOPE, the elite group of the Brazilian Military Police. He co-wrote both films of director José Padilha, The Elite Squad (Tropa de Elite) (based on a book he co-wrote with sociologist Luiz Eduardo Soares) and Bus 174 (Onibus 174). Rodrigo Pimentel is also noted to have participated in the Brazilian documentary by João Moreira Salles, News From a Personal War (Noticias de uma Guerra Particular). In an interview regarding Tropa de Elite, he stated that the main character, Capitão Nascimento was a person with problems and claimed to be surprised at the public's strong positive reaction towards the character. Description above from the Wikipedia article Rodrigo Pimentel, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Titles

Street's Virgin

Series • 2014

Elite Squad

Movie • 2007

Elite Squad: The Enemy Within

Movie • 2010

Bus 174

Movie • 2002

Rio de Janeiro: Paraíso em Chamas

Movie • 2025

Intervenção

Movie • 2021

News from a Personal War

Movie • 1999