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Director
Héctor Babenco
Directing
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Directed movies: 7Directed 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 - 2025
Years active: 53
Average TMDB rating: 6.65
Wikidata: Q538608
Also known as
Héctor Eduardo Babenco • 헥토르 바벤코 • 헥터 바벤코
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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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7.6
Carandiru
Director
2003 Movie
7.4
The Mission
Thanks
1986 Movie
7.0
Kiss of the Spider Woman
Director
1985 Movie
Viva Marília
as Self (archive footage)
2025 Movie
6.3
Ironweed
Director
1987 Movie
7.9
Pixote
Producer
1980 Movie
6.6
Before Night Falls
as Virgilio Pinera
2000 Movie
6.2
The Past
Director
2007 Movie
6.4
At Play in the Fields of the Lord
Director
1991 Movie
7.1
Babenco: Tell Me When I Die
as Self
2020 Movie
5.7
Words with Gods
Writer
2014 Movie
8.5
Sabotage: Maestro do Canão
as Self
2015 Movie
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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
8.2
About Cinema
as Self
2015 Movie
8.5
Sabotage: Maestro do Canão
as Self
2015 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