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.

Filmography

• 2018Talk to Him — Hector Babenco
• 2016My Hindu Friend — Director, Writer
• 2014Words with Gods — Director, Writer
• 2010Rita Cadillac: The Lady of the People
• 2009Paulista — Héctor Babenco
• 2007The Past — Proyeccionista, Writer, Director
• Carandiru: The Series — Script, Producer
• 2005Once Upon a Time There Was Iracema
• 2003Carandiru — Director, Screenplay, Producer
• 2000Amélia — Thanks
• 2000Before Night Falls — Virgilio Pinera
• 1999The Venice Project — Danilo Danuzzi
• 1998Foolish Heart — Producer, Director, Writer
• 1991At Play in the Fields of the Lord — Director, Screenplay
• 1987Besame Mucho — Producer
• 1987Ironweed — Director
• 1986The Mission — Thanks
• 1985Kiss of the Spider Woman — Director
• 1984The Earth is Round like An Orange — Director
• 1980Pixote — Producer, Screenplay, Director
• 1977Lucio Flavio — Director, Writer
• 1975King of the Night — Story, Director, Producer
• 1973O Fabuloso Fittipaldi — Director, Executive Producer, Writer
• Museu de Arte de São Paulo Assis Chateaubriand — Director, Producer, Story

Appearances as themselves (8)

• 2026Viva Marília — Self (archive footage)
• 2020Babenco: Tell Me When I Die — Self
• 2017Julian Schnabel: A Private Portrait — Self
• 2015About Cinema — Self
• 2015Sabotage: Maestro do Canão — Self
• 2008Critic — Self
• 2008Tangled Web: Making Kiss of the Spider Woman — Self
• 2007Pixote In Memoriam — Self