Director
Héctor Babenco
Born 1946 · Buenos Aires, Argentina
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.
Directed
Carandiru
Director · 2003
Pixote
Director · 1980
Kiss of the Spider Woman
Director · 1985
Ironweed
Director · 1987
Lucio Flavio
Director · 1977
At Play in the Fields of the Lord
Director · 1991
The Earth is Round like An Orange
Director · 1984
O Fabuloso Fittipaldi
Director · 1973
The Past
Director · 2007
King of the Night
Director · 1975
Words with Gods
Director · 2014
My Hindu Friend
Director · 2016
Foolish Heart
Director · 1998
Museu de Arte de São Paulo Assis Chateaubriand
Director
Acting
Before Night Falls
Virgilio Pinera · 2000
Critic
Self · 2008
Babenco: Tell Me When I Die
Self · 2020
Julian Schnabel: A Private Portrait
Self · 2017
The Past
Proyeccionista · 2007
Sabotage: Maestro do Canão
Self · 2015
About Cinema
Self · 2015
Tangled Web: Making Kiss of the Spider Woman
Self · 2008
Pixote In Memoriam
Self · 2007
The Venice Project
Danilo Danuzzi · 1999
Paulista
Héctor Babenco · 2009
Talk to Him
Hector Babenco · 2018
Viva Marília
Self (archive footage) · 2025
Writing
Carandiru
Screenplay · 2003
Pixote
Screenplay · 1980
Lucio Flavio
Writer · 1977
At Play in the Fields of the Lord
Screenplay · 1991
O Fabuloso Fittipaldi
Writer · 1973
The Past
Writer · 2007
King of the Night
Story · 1975
Words with Gods
Writer · 2014
My Hindu Friend
Writer · 2016
Foolish Heart
Writer · 1998
Museu de Arte de São Paulo Assis Chateaubriand
Story