Acting credits
15
Active
Consistent number of acting credits.
Actor
Héctor Babenco
Directing
Career Snapshot
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Movies: 29Series: 1Crew credits: 16
TMDB ID: 40542
IMDb ID: nm0002199
Known for: Directing
Born: February 7, 1946
Died: July 14, 2016
Age: 70
Place of birth: Buenos Aires, Argentina
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1973 - 2025
Years active: 53
Average TMDB rating: 6.65
Wikidata: Q538608
Also known as
Héctor Eduardo Babenco • 헥토르 바벤코 • 헥터 바벤코
Other jobs
Director (7)Producer (3)Thanks (2)Executive Producer (1)Script (1)Story (1)Writer (1)
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.
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Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Héctor Babenco.
Viva Marília
as Self (archive footage)
2025 Movie
7.1
Babenco: Tell Me When I Die
as Self
2020 Movie
Talk to Him
as Hector Babenco
2018 Movie
7.3
Julian Schnabel: A Private Portrait
as Self
2017 Movie
4.0
My Hindu Friend
Director
2016 Movie
8.2
About Cinema
as Self
2015 Movie
8.5
Sabotage: Maestro do Canão
as Self
2015 Movie
5.7
Words with Gods
Writer
2014 Movie
6.8
Rita Cadillac: The Lady of the People
2010 Movie
4.1
Paulista
as Héctor Babenco
2009 Movie
8.5
Tangled Web: Making Kiss of the Spider Woman
as Self
2008 Movie
7.9
Critic
as Self
2008 Movie
7.0
Pixote In Memoriam
as Self
2007 Movie
6.2
The Past
as Proyeccionista
2007 Movie
Once Upon a Time There Was Iracema
2005 Movie
7.6
Carandiru
Director
2003 Movie
6.6
Before Night Falls
as Virgilio Pinera
2000 Movie
8.5
Amélia
Thanks
2000 Movie
5.0
The Venice Project
as Danilo Danuzzi
1999 Movie
4.3
Foolish Heart
Producer
1998 Movie
6.4
At Play in the Fields of the Lord
Director
1991 Movie
6.3
Ironweed
Director
1987 Movie
4.3
Besame Mucho
Producer
1987 Movie
7.4
The Mission
Thanks
1986 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Héctor Babenco.
