Director
Héctor Babenco
80 years · Buenos Aires, Argentina · 27 films
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.
Best known for
Filmography 27
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
On Kanopy
My Hindu Friend
2016 · Director, Writer
On Plex
About Cinema
2015 · Self
Sabotage: Maestro do Canão
2015 · Self
Words with Gods
2014 · Writer, Director
Rita Cadillac: The Lady of the People
2010 · Actor
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 · Proyeccionista, Director
On Criterion Channel
Once Upon a Time There Was Iracema
2005 · Actor
Carandiru
2003 · Director, Screenplay
Before Night Falls
2000 · Virgilio Pinera
The Venice Project
1999 · Danilo Danuzzi
Foolish Heart
1998 · Producer, Director
At Play in the Fields of the Lord
1991 · Director, Screenplay
Ironweed
1987 · Director
On Philo
Besame Mucho
1987 · Producer
Kiss of the Spider Woman
1985 · Director
On HBO Max
Pixote
1980 · Producer, Screenplay