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Héctor Babenco
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Brazilian-Argentine film director (1946-2016)
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Héctor Babenco was a filmmaker whose professional career began in 1973 and concluded in 2015. He was born on February 7, 1946, and passed away on July 13, 2016.
During his lifetime, Babenco had two children.
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Film & TV
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.
Known for
- Viva Marília — Self (archive footage)2026
- Babenco: Tell Me When I Die — Self2020
- Talk to Him — Hector Babenco2018
- Julian Schnabel: A Private Portrait — Self2017
- Sabotage: Maestro do Canão — Self2015
- About Cinema — Self2015
- Rita Cadillac: The Lady of the People2010
- Paulista — Héctor Babenco2009
- Tangled Web: Making Kiss of the Spider Woman — Self2008
- Critic — Self2008
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Key facts
- Born
- Héctor Eduardo Babenco , ( 1946-02-07 ) February 7, 1946, Buenos Aires , Argentina
- Died
- July 13, 2016 (2016-07-13) (aged 70), São Paulo , Brazil
- Occupations
- Film director and producer, screenwriter
- Years active
- 1973–2015
- Notable work
- Pixote Kiss of the Spider Woman Ironweed At Play in the Fields of the Lord Carandiru
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Eduardo
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Brazil
- Place of birth
- Mar del Plata
- Place of death
- São Paulo
- Occupation
- director
- Languages spoken
- Portuguese
- Official website
- www2.uol.com.br/hectorbabenco
- Image
- Héctor Babenco.jpg
- Number of children
- 2
- Residence
- São Paulo
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- Commons category
- Héctor Babenco
- date of birth
- 1946-02-07
- nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Director
- ethnic group
- Jewish people
- date of death
- 2016-07-13
- cause of death
- sinusitis
- manner of death
- natural causes
- related category
- Category:Films directed by Héctor Babenco
- start of work period
- 1973-00-00
- end of work period
- 2015-00-00
- name in native language
- Héctor Babenco
- birth name
- Héctor Eduardo Babenco
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Encyclopedic overview
Héctor Eduardo Babenco (February 7, 1946 – July 13, 2016) was an Argentine-born Brazilian film director, screenwriter, producer and actor who worked in several countries including Brazil, Argentina, and the United States. He was one of the first Brazilian filmmakers to gain international critical acclaim, through his films which often dealt with social outcasts on the fringes of society. His best-known works include Pixote (1980), Kiss of the Spider Woman (1985), Ironweed (1987), At Play in the Fields of the Lord (1990) and Carandiru (2003).
Babenco's films brought him several accolades. He was nominated three times for the Palme d'Or of the Cannes Film Festival, and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Director for Kiss of the Spider Woman. He won the Grande Prêmio do Cinema Brasileiro twice, and the Prêmio ACIE de Cinema once.
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