Héctor Babenco

Director

Born: February 7, 1946
Died: July 14, 2016 (age 70)
From: Buenos Aires, Argentina

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.

Filmography (28)

Viva Marília (2026)
Self (archive footage)
Babenco: Tell Me When I Die (2020)
Self
Talk to Him (2018)
Hector Babenco
Julian Schnabel: A Private Portrait (2017)
Self
My Hindu Friend (2016)
Director
About Cinema (2015)
Self
Sabotage: Maestro do Canão (2015)
Self
Words with Gods (2014)
Director
Rita Cadillac: The Lady of the People (2010)
Paulista (2009)
Héctor Babenco
Tangled Web: Making Kiss of the Spider Woman (2008)
Self
Critic (2008)
Self
Pixote In Memoriam (2007)
Self
The Past (2007)
Director
Once Upon a Time There Was Iracema (2005)
Carandiru (2003)
Director
Before Night Falls (2000)
Virgilio Pinera
The Venice Project (1999)
Danilo Danuzzi
Foolish Heart (1998)
Director
At Play in the Fields of the Lord (1991)
Director
Ironweed (1987)
Director
Kiss of the Spider Woman (1985)
Director
The Earth is Round like An Orange
The Earth is Round like An Orange (1984)
Director
Pixote (1980)
Director
Lucio Flavio (1977)
Director
King of the Night (1975)
Director
O Fabuloso Fittipaldi (1973)
Director
Museu de Arte de São Paulo Assis Chateaubriand
Museu de Arte de São Paulo Assis Chateaubriand
Director