Héctor Babenco

★ Directing #1,391

1946 - 2016 (age 70) • Directing

Born: 2/7/1946 in Buenos Aires, Argentina

Died: 7/14/2016 (age 70)

Known for: Directing

Héctor Babenco

★ Directing #1,391

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

74%

Thanks

1986

Carandiru

76%

Director

2003

Kiss of the Spider Woman

70%

Director

1985

Before Night Falls

67%

Virgilio Pinera

2000

Pixote

79%

Producer

1980

Ironweed

63%

Director

1987

At Play in the Fields of the Lord

66%

Director

1991

Lucio Flavio

70%

Director

1977

Viva Marília

Self (archive footage)

2026

Babenco: Tell Me When I Die

71%

Self

2020

Talk to Him

Hector Babenco

2018

Julian Schnabel: A Private Portrait

73%

Self

2017

My Hindu Friend

41%

Director

2016

My Hindu Friend

41%

Writer

2016

About Cinema

82%

Self

2015

Sabotage: Maestro do Canão

85%

Self

2015

Words with Gods

57%

Writer

2014

Words with Gods

57%

Director

2014

Rita Cadillac: The Lady of the People

68%

2010

Paulista

41%

Héctor Babenco

2009

Tangled Web: Making Kiss of the Spider Woman

85%

Self

2008

Critic

79%

Self

2008

Pixote In Memoriam

73%

Self

2007

The Past

62%

Proyeccionista

2007

The Past

62%

Director

2007

The Past

62%

Writer

2007

Once Upon a Time There Was Iracema

2005

Carandiru: The Series

95%

Script

2005

Carandiru: The Series

95%

Producer

2005

Carandiru

76%

Director

2003

Carandiru

76%

Producer

2003

Carandiru

76%

Screenplay

2003

Before Night Falls

67%

Virgilio Pinera

2000

Amélia

86%

Thanks

2000

The Venice Project

70%

Danilo Danuzzi

1999

Foolish Heart

50%

Producer

1998