---
title: 'Héctor Babenco'
type: 'person'
roles:
  - 'director'
  - 'film producer'
  - 'film director'
  - 'screenwriter'
born: '1946-02-07'
died: '2016-07-13'
birthplace: 'Mar del Plata'
deathplace: 'São Paulo'
films_in_library: 15
reviews_of_their_work: 0
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/people/hector-babenco'
updated: '2026-08-07'
wikipedia: 'https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H%C3%A9ctor_Babenco'
wikidata: 'Q538608'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Héctor Babenco

director, film producer, film director, screenwriter.

## Filmography on CinePixo

- 2019 · [Babenco: Tell Me When I Die](https://cinepixo.com/movies/babenco-tell-me-when-i-die-2019) — actor · unreviewed here
- 2016 · [My Hindu Friend](https://cinepixo.com/movies/my-hindu-friend-2016) — Director, Screenplay, Producer · unreviewed here
- 2014 · [Words with Gods](https://cinepixo.com/movies/words-with-gods-2014) — Director · unreviewed here
- 2007 · [The Past](https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-past-2007) — actor, Director, Screenplay, Producer · unreviewed here
- 2003 · [Carandiru](https://cinepixo.com/movies/carandiru-2003) — Director, Screenplay, Producer · unreviewed here
- 2000 · [Before Night Falls](https://cinepixo.com/movies/before-night-falls-2000) — actor · unreviewed here
- 1999 · [The Venice Project](https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-venice-project-1999) — actor · unreviewed here
- 1996 · [Foolish Heart](https://cinepixo.com/movies/foolish-heart-1996) — Director, Screenplay · unreviewed here
- 1991 · [At Play in the Fields of the Lord](https://cinepixo.com/movies/at-play-in-the-fields-of-the-lord-1991) — Director, Screenplay · unreviewed here
- 1987 · [Ironweed](https://cinepixo.com/movies/ironweed-1987) — Director · unreviewed here
- 1985 · [Kiss of the Spider Woman](https://cinepixo.com/movies/kiss-of-the-spider-woman-1985) — Director · unreviewed here
- 1980 · [Pixote](https://cinepixo.com/movies/pixote-1980) — Director, Screenplay, Producer · unreviewed here
- 1977 · [Lucio Flavio](https://cinepixo.com/movies/lucio-flavio-1977) — Director, Screenplay · unreviewed here
- 1975 · [King of the Night](https://cinepixo.com/movies/king-of-the-night-1975) — Director, Screenplay, Producer · unreviewed here
- 1973 · [O Fabuloso Fittipaldi](https://cinepixo.com/movies/o-fabuloso-fittipaldi-1973) — Director, Screenplay · unreviewed here

## Criticism on CinePixo

Nothing written about their work here yet.

Source: https://cinepixo.com/people/hector-babenco
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