Héctor Babenco
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February 7, 1946 Buenos Aires, Argentina |
| Occupation | Film director and producer, screenwriter |
| Years active | 1973 – present |
Héctor Eduardo Babenco (born February 7, 1946) is an Argentine-born Brazilian film director, screenwriter, producer and actor.[1] He has worked in several countries including Argentina, Brazil and the United States. His most famous works are Kiss of the Spider Woman (1985), Ironweed (1987) and Carandiru (2003).
Life and career
Babenco was born in Buenos Aires but raised in Mar del Plata. His mother, Janka Haberberg, was a Polish Jewish immigrant, and his father, Jaime Babenco, was an Argentine gaucho of Ukrainian Jewish origin.[2][3] Babenco lived in Europe from 1964 to 1968. In 1969, he decided to stay in São Paulo, Brazil permanently. In 1975, he directed his first feature film, King of the Night.
His break-out film was Pixote - A lei do mais fraco (1981) about Brazil's abandoned children. Due to the impressive work of young actor Fernando Ramos da Silva (10 years old at the time), who was discovered in the suburbs of São Paulo, the film was a worldwide success and received numerous international prizes.
For his 1985 film Kiss of the Spider Woman, Babenco was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Director, the first Latin American to be nominated in this category.
In 1994, Babenco fell ill and had to undergo a bone marrow transplant to cure a lymphatic cancer.[4]
He has directed some of the most respected American actors in cinema, including: William Hurt, John Lithgow, Raul Julia, Jack Nicholson, Meryl Streep, Tom Berenger, Daryl Hannah, Aidan Quinn, Kathy Bates, and others.
Filmography
Director and producer
- O Fabuloso Fittipaldi (1973)
- King of the Night (1975)
- Lucio Flavio (1977)
- Pixote (1980)
- Kiss of the Spider Woman (1985) (director only)
- Ironweed (1987) (director only)
- At Play in the Fields of the Lord (1991) (director only)
- Foolish Heart (1998)
- Carandiru (2003)
- El pasado (2007) (also writer)
- Words With Gods (2014)
- My Hindu Friend (2015)
Acting
- The Venice Project (1999)
- Before Night Falls (2000)
Television
- "Carandiru, Outras Histórias" (2005) TV Series (producer)
Awards and Nominations
References
- ↑ Héctor Babenco at the Internet Movie Database.
- ↑ Livraria Saraiva. "Contemporâneo de Mim". Saraiva.com.br. Retrieved 2014-05-31.
- ↑
- ↑ Héctor Babenco official web site.
- ↑ http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0002199/awards?ref_=nm_awd
- ↑ http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0002199/awards?ref_=nm_awd
- ↑ http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0002199/awards?ref_=nm_awd
- ↑ http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0002199/awards?ref_=nm_awd
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Héctor Babenco. |
- Héctor Babenco at Cinenacional.com (Spanish).
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