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Director
Héctor Babenco
Directing
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Directed movies: 8Directed series: 0All crew 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 - 2026
Years active: 54
Average TMDB rating: 6.66
Wikidata: Q538608
Also known as
Héctor Eduardo Babenco • 헥토르 바벤코 • 헥터 바벤코
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Director (8)Producer (3)Thanks (2)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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Director
My Hindu Friend
2016 • Movie
Director
Words with Gods
2014 • Movie
Director
Carandiru
2003 • Movie
Director
At Play in the Fields of the Lord
1991 • Movie
Director
Ironweed
1987 • Movie
Director
Kiss of the Spider Woman
1985 • Movie
Director
Lucio Flavio
1977 • Movie
Director
O Fabuloso Fittipaldi
1973 • Movie
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as Self
Pixote In Memoriam
2007 • Movie
Director
Kiss of the Spider Woman
1985 • Movie
Thanks
The Mission
1986 • Movie
Aug 27
as Self (archive footage)
Viva Marília
2026 • Movie
Producer
Pixote
1980 • Movie
Writer
The Past
2007 • Movie
Director
Carandiru
2003 • Movie
Director
Ironweed
1987 • Movie
Director
O Fabuloso Fittipaldi
1973 • Movie
as Virgilio Pinera
Before Night Falls
2000 • Movie
as Hector Babenco
Talk to Him
2018 • Movie
as Danilo Danuzzi
The Venice Project
1999 • Movie
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Other Crew Work in Movies
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Acting Appearances in Movies
Movie cast credits for Héctor Babenco.
Aug 27
as Self (archive footage)
Viva Marília
2026 • Movie
as Self
Babenco: Tell Me When I Die
2020 • Movie
as Hector Babenco
Talk to Him
2018 • Movie
as Self
Julian Schnabel: A Private Portrait
2017 • Movie
as Self
About Cinema
2015 • Movie
as Self
Sabotage: Maestro do Canão
2015 • Movie
Rita Cadillac: The Lady of the People
2010 • Movie
as Héctor Babenco
Paulista
2009 • Movie
as Self
Tangled Web: Making Kiss of the Spider Woman
2008 • Movie
as Self
Critic
2008 • Movie
as Self
Pixote In Memoriam
2007 • Movie
as Proyeccionista
The Past
2007 • Movie