Person
Héctor Babenco
Directing · 1946–2016 · Buenos Aires, Argentina
Biography
Héctor Eduardo Babenco (born in Buenos Aires but raised in Mar del Plata) was an Argentine-born Brazilian film director, screenwriter, producer and actor. He has worked in several countries including Argentina, Brazil and the United States.
Known for
The Mission
Thanks
Pixote In Memoriam
Self
Kiss of the Spider Woman
Director
Before Night Falls
Virgilio Pinera
The Past
Proyeccionista
Viva Marília
Self (archive footage)
Carandiru
Director
Pixote
Producer
Ironweed
Director
Sabotage: Maestro do Canão
Self
Filmography
- 2026Viva MaríliaSelf (archive footage)
- 2020Babenco: Tell Me When I DieSelf
- 2018Talk to HimHector Babenco
- 2017Julian Schnabel: A Private PortraitSelf
- 2016My Hindu FriendDirector
- 2015About CinemaSelf
- 2015Sabotage: Maestro do CanãoSelf
- 2014Words with GodsDirector
- 2010Rita Cadillac: The Lady of the People
- 2009PaulistaHéctor Babenco
- 2008Tangled Web: Making Kiss of the Spider WomanSelf
- 2008CriticSelf
- 2007Pixote In MemoriamSelf
- 2007The PastProyeccionista
- 2005Once Upon a Time There Was Iracema
- 2005Carandiru: The SeriesScript
- 2003CarandiruDirector
- 2000Before Night FallsVirgilio Pinera
- 2000AméliaThanks
- 1999The Venice ProjectDanilo Danuzzi
- 1998Foolish HeartProducer
- 1991At Play in the Fields of the LordDirector
- 1987IronweedDirector
- 1987Besame MuchoProducer
- 1986The MissionThanks
- 1985Kiss of the Spider WomanDirector
- 1984The Earth is Round like An OrangeDirector
- 1980PixoteProducer
- 1977Lucio FlavioDirector
- 1975King of the NightStory
- 1973O Fabuloso FittipaldiDirector
- —Museu de Arte de São Paulo Assis ChateaubriandDirector
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