

Héctor Babenco
Director · Actor · WriterHéctor 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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KNOWN FOR
FILMOGRAPHY
ACTOR15

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

Sabotage: Maestro do Canão
2015
Self

About Cinema
2015
Self

Rita Cadillac: The Lady of the People
2010

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

Once Upon a Time There Was Iracema
2005

Before Night Falls
2000
Virgilio Pinera

The Venice Project
1999
Danilo Danuzzi
DIRECTOR14

My Hindu Friend
2016
Director

Words with Gods
2014
Director

The Past
2007
Director

Carandiru
2003
Director

Foolish Heart
1998
Director

At Play in the Fields of the Lord
1991
Director

Ironweed
1987
Director

Kiss of the Spider Woman
1985
Director
- The Earth is Round like An Orange
The Earth is Round like An Orange
1984
Director

Pixote
1980
Director

Lucio Flavio
1977
Director

King of the Night
1975
Director

O Fabuloso Fittipaldi
1973
Director
- Museu de Arte de São Paulo Assis Chateaubriand
Museu de Arte de São Paulo Assis Chateaubriand
Director
WRITER11

My Hindu Friend
2016
Writer

Words with Gods
2014
Writer

The Past
2007
Writer

Carandiru
2003
Screenplay

Foolish Heart
1998
Writer

At Play in the Fields of the Lord
1991
Screenplay

Pixote
1980
Screenplay

Lucio Flavio
1977
Writer

King of the Night
1975
Story

O Fabuloso Fittipaldi
1973
Writer
- Museu de Arte de São Paulo Assis Chateaubriand
Museu de Arte de São Paulo Assis Chateaubriand
Story








