FILM DIRECTOR

Héctor Babenco

1946 - 2016

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Héctor Eduardo Babenco (February 7, 1946 – July 13, 2016) was an Argentine-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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Héctor Babenco has received more than 245,997 page views. His biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 29 in 2019). Héctor Babenco is the 370th most popular film director (up from 418th in 2019), the 118th most popular biography from Argentina (up from 123rd in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Argentinean Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Héctor Babenco ranks 370 out of 2,041. Before him are Ladislas Starevich, Jacques Doillon, Emilio Fernández, Jerzy Hoffman, Veljko Bulajić, and Alexander Sokurov. After him are Leos Carax, Alexandre Astruc, Alain Tanner, Neil Jordan, Veit Harlan, and Giuseppe De Santis.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1946, Héctor Babenco ranks 178. Before him are Dan McCafferty, Jim Hines, Alejandro Toledo, Alison Steadman, Ti Lung, and Salif Keïta. After him are Ralf Hütter, Joanna Lumley, Piet Schrijvers, Yann Arthus-Bertrand, Bernd Hölzenbein, and Joe Dante. Among people deceased in 2016, Héctor Babenco ranks 121. Before him are Dragan Nikolić, Einojuhani Rautavaara, Guy Hamilton, António Mascarenhas Monteiro, Thorbjörn Fälldin, and Erich Rudorffer. After him are Alexandre Astruc, Nimr al-Nimr, Jayalalithaa, Péter Esterházy, Andrew Grove, and Goran Hadžić.

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In Argentina

Among people born in Argentina, Héctor Babenco ranks 118 out of 1,154. Before him are Mario Bunge (1919), José Pékerman (1949), Sergio Agüero (1988), Luis Carniglia (1917), Libertad Lamarque (1908), and Victoria Ocampo (1890). After him are Sergio Goycochea (1963), Amadeo Carrizo (1926), Ángel Di María (1988), Gabriela Sabatini (1970), Javier Saviola (1981), and Joseph Kessel (1898).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Argentina

Among film directors born in Argentina, Héctor Babenco ranks 2. Before him are Gaspar Noé (1963). After him are Fernando Solanas (1936), Luis Puenzo (1946), Fernando Birri (1925), Juan José Campanella (1959), María Luisa Bemberg (1922), Nelly Kaplan (1931), Leopoldo Torre Nilsson (1924), Lucrecia Martel (1966), Andy Muschietti (1973), and Damián Szifron (1975).

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Filmography

Carandiru
Director
When a doctor decides to carry out an AIDS prevention program inside Latin America’s largest prison: the Casa de Detenção de São Paulo - Carandiru, he meets the future victims of one of the darkest days in Brazilian History when the State of São Paulo’s Military Police, with the excuse for law enforcement, shot to death 111 people. Based on real facts and on the book written by Dráuzio Varella.
Mar 21st 20037.582 / 10
Kiss of the Spider Woman
Director
The story of two radically different men thrown together in a Latin American prison cell. One is Valentin, a journalist being tortured for his political beliefs. The other is Molina, a gay window-dresser who fills their lonely nights by spinning romantic fantasies drawn from memories of old movies.
Jul 26th 19857 / 10
Pixote
Director
10-year-old Pixote endures torture, degradation, and corruption at a local youth detention center where two of its members are murdered by policemen who frame Lilica, a 17-year-old trans hustler. Pixote helps Lilica and three other boys escape and they start to make their living by a life of crime which only escalates to more violence and death.
Sep 26th 19808 / 10