Héctor Babenco
Directing · Producer · Story · Director
Born Feb 7, 1946 · Buenos Aires, Argentina
Active 1973–2016 · Awards: Order of Cultural Merit (Brazil), Brazilian Cinema Grand Prize for Best Director, Annual award ACFK
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
Carandiru (2003) — Director · Producer · ScreenplayPixote (1980) — Producer · Director · ScreenplayKiss of the Spider Woman (1985) — DirectorBefore Night Falls (2000) — Virgilio PineraIronweed (1987) — DirectorLucio Flavio (1977) — Director · WriterAt Play in the Fields of the Lord (1991) — Director · ScreenplayThe Earth is Round like An Orange (1984) — DirectorO Fabuloso Fittipaldi (1973) — Director · Writer · Executive ProducerCarandiru: The Series (2005) — Script · ProducerThe Past (2007) — Proyeccionista · Director · WriterRita Cadillac: The Lady of the People (2010)King of the Night (1975) — Story · Director · ProducerThe Venice Project (1999) — Danilo DanuzziWords with Gods (2014) — Director · WriterMy Hindu Friend (2016) — Director · WriterFoolish Heart (1998) — Producer · Director · WriterBesame Mucho (1987) — ProducerPaulista (2009) — Héctor BabencoTalk to Him (2018) — Hector BabencoOnce Upon a Time There Was Iracema (2005)Museu de Arte de São Paulo Assis Chateaubriand — Director · Producer · Story