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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 228,417 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 28 in 2019). Héctor Babenco is the 419th most popular film director (up from 452nd in 2019), the 123rd most popular biography from Argentina (up from 140th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Argentinean Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Héctor Babenco ranks 419 out of 1,581. Before him are Bertrand Blier, Claire Denis, Albert Lamorisse, Delmer Daves, Douglas Trumbull, and Larisa Shepitko. After him are Richard Thorpe, Hiroshi Inagaki, Wolfgang Reitherman, Georges Lautner, Alberto Lattuada, and Mike Leigh.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1946, Héctor Babenco ranks 186. Before him are Penelope Wilton, Abdul Ali Mazari, Bernd Hölzenbein, Claire Denis, Matthieu Ricard, and Stephen Rea. After him are Sven Nordqvist, Fernando Filoni, Joanna Lumley, Héctor Lavoe, Riccardo Cocciante, and Cheech Marin. Among people deceased in 2016, Héctor Babenco ranks 136. Before him are Hassan Al-Turabi, Richard Adams, Dragan Nikolić, Franco Citti, Ferdinand Kübler, and Loris Francesco Capovilla. After him are Juan Gabriel, Jorge Batlle, Mark Taimanov, Curtis Hanson, Javier Echevarría Rodríguez, and Peter Vaughan.

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In Argentina

Among people born in Argentina, Héctor Babenco ranks 123 out of 1,019. Before him are Jorge Burruchaga (1962), Gabriela Sabatini (1970), Linda Cristal (1934), Arturo Frondizi (1908), Justo José de Urquiza (1801), and Gerardo Martino (1962). After him are Mario Bunge (1919), Hugo Gatti (1944), Javier Mascherano (1984), Amadeo Carrizo (1926), Ricardo Darín (1957), and Pedro Eugenio Aramburu (1903).

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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), Leopoldo Torre Nilsson (1924), Nelly Kaplan (1931), Juan José Campanella (1959), Lucrecia Martel (1966), Andy Muschietti (1973), Damián Szifron (1975), and Sebastián Lelio (1974).

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Filmography

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