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Héctor Eduardo Babenco (born February 7, 1946 in Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires

Buenos Aires is the Capital and largest city of Argentina. It is located on the southern shore of the R?o de la Plata, on the southeastern coast of the South American continent....
 but raised in Mar del Plata
Mar del Plata

Mar del Plata is an Argentina city located on the coast of the Atlantic Ocean in the Buenos Aires Province, south of Buenos Aires. Mar del Plata is one of the major fishing ports and the biggest seaside beach resort in Argentina....
) is an Academy Award-nominated Argentine
Argentina

Argentina, officially the Argentine Republic , is a country in South America, constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city....
-born Brazil
Brazil

Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is a country in South America. It is the List of countries and outlying territories by total area country by geographical area, occupying nearly half of South America, the List of countries by population country, and the fourth most populous democracy in the world....
ian film director
Film director

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, screenwriter
Screenwriter

Screenwriters or scenarists are scriptwriters who write the screenplays from which films and television programs are made.Most screenwriters start their careers writing on speculation....
, producer
Film producer

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 and actor
Actor

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.

He has worked in several countries including Argentina
Argentina

Argentina, officially the Argentine Republic , is a country in South America, constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city....
, Brazil
Brazil

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 and the United States
United States

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.

father was an Argentine 'gaucho' of Ukrainian origin and his mother was a Polish Jewish immigrant. Babenco lived in Europe from 1964-1968. In 1969 he decided to stay in São Paulo
São Paulo

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, Brazil
Brazil

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 permanently.






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Héctor Eduardo Babenco (born February 7, 1946 in Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires

Buenos Aires is the Capital and largest city of Argentina. It is located on the southern shore of the R?o de la Plata, on the southeastern coast of the South American continent....
 but raised in Mar del Plata
Mar del Plata

Mar del Plata is an Argentina city located on the coast of the Atlantic Ocean in the Buenos Aires Province, south of Buenos Aires. Mar del Plata is one of the major fishing ports and the biggest seaside beach resort in Argentina....
) is an Academy Award-nominated Argentine
Argentina

Argentina, officially the Argentine Republic , is a country in South America, constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city....
-born Brazil
Brazil

Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is a country in South America. It is the List of countries and outlying territories by total area country by geographical area, occupying nearly half of South America, the List of countries by population country, and the fourth most populous democracy in the world....
ian film director
Film director

A film director, or filmmaker, is a person who directs the making of a film. A film director visualizes the Screenplay, controlling a film's artistic and dramatic aspects, while guiding the technical crew and actors in the fulfillment of his or her vision....
, screenwriter
Screenwriter

Screenwriters or scenarists are scriptwriters who write the screenplays from which films and television programs are made.Most screenwriters start their careers writing on speculation....
, producer
Film producer

A film producer is someone who creates the conditions for making film. The producer initiates, co-ordinates, supervises and controls matters such as fund-raising, hiring key personnel and arranging for distributors....
 and actor
Actor

An actor or actress is a person who acting in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio programming in that capacity....
.

He has worked in several countries including Argentina
Argentina

Argentina, officially the Argentine Republic , is a country in South America, constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city....
, Brazil
Brazil

Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is a country in South America. It is the List of countries and outlying territories by total area country by geographical area, occupying nearly half of South America, the List of countries by population country, and the fourth most populous democracy in the world....
 and the United States
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
.

Biography

His father was an Argentine 'gaucho' of Ukrainian origin and his mother was a Polish Jewish immigrant. Babenco lived in Europe from 1964-1968. In 1969 he decided to stay in São Paulo
São Paulo

S?o Paulo is the largest city in Brazil, and along with Tokyo, Seoul and Mexico City is among the four largest metropolitan regions of the world....
, Brazil
Brazil

Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is a country in South America. It is the List of countries and outlying territories by total area country by geographical area, occupying nearly half of South America, the List of countries by population country, and the fourth most populous democracy in the world....
 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.

In 1994 he fell ill and had to undergo a bone marrow transplant to cure a lymphatic cancer.

He has directed some of the best American actors in cinema, including: William Hurt
William Hurt

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, John Lithgow
John Lithgow

John Arthur Lithgow is an American actor perhaps best-known for his starring role as Dr. Dick Solomon in the NBC sitcom 3rd Rock from the Sun....
, Raul Julia
Raúl Juliá

Ra?l Rafael Juli? y Arcelay , better known as Ra?l Juli?, was a Puerto Rican people actor whose career included dramatic, comic, and musical roles in theater, film, and television....
, Jack Nicholson
Jack Nicholson

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, Meryl Streep
Meryl Streep

Mary Louise "Meryl" Streep is an American actress who has worked in theatre, television, and film. She is widely regarded as being one of the most talented and respected movie actors of the modern era....
, Tom Berenger
Tom Berenger

Tom Berenger is an Academy Award-nominated and Golden Globe-winning United States actor known mainly for his roles in action films....
, Daryl Hannah
Daryl Hannah

Daryl Christine Hannah is an American film actress. After making her screen debut in 1978, Hannah starred in a number of Hollywood films throughout the 1980s notably Blade Runner, Splash , Wall Street and Roxanne and in 2003-4 received acclaim for her role in the Kill Bill series....
, Aidan Quinn
Aidan Quinn

Aidan Quinn is an Emmy Award-nominated United States actor....
, Kathy Bates
Kathy Bates

Kathleen Doyle "Kathy" Bates is an Academy Awards-, two-time Golden Globe-, and two-time Screen Actors Guild Award-winning American theatrical, film and television actress, and a stage and television director....
, and others.

Filmography

Director and producer

  • El Pasado (2007)
  • Carandiru
    Carandiru (film)

    Carandiru is a Brazilian and Argentina film directed by Hector Babenco. It is based on the book Esta??o Carandiru by Dr. Drauzio Varella, a physician and AIDS specialist, who is portrayed in the film by Luiz Carlos Vasconcelos....
     (2003)
  • Corazón iluminado (1996) aka Foolish Heart
  • At Play in the Fields of the Lord
    At Play in the Fields of the Lord

    At Play in the Fields of the Lord is a drama film directed by Hector Babenco adapted from the 1965 in literature novel of the same name by American author Peter Matthiessen....
     (Pt.
    Portuguese language

    Portuguese is a Romance language that originated in what is now Galicia and Portugal. It is derived from the Latin language spoken by the Romanization Pre-Roman peoples of the Iberian Peninsula around 2000 years ago....
    : Brincando nos campos do Senhor)     (director only)
  • Ironweed
    Ironweed (film)

    Ironweed is a 1987 in film film directed by Argentine-born Brazilian Hector Babenco.The picture is based on the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction-winning Ironweed of the same title by William J....
     (1987) (director only)
  • Kiss of the Spider Woman (1985) (director only)
  • A Terra é Redonda Como uma Laranja (1984)
  • Pixote - A lei do mais fraco
    Pixote

    Pixote: a Lei do Mais Fraco , is a Brazilian drama film film directed by Hector Babenco. The screenplay was written by Babenco and Jorge Dur?n, based on the book A inf?ncia dos mortos by Jos? Louzeiro....
     (1981) aka Pixote - The Survival of the Weakest
  • Lúcio Flávio, o passageiro da agonia (1977) aka Lucio Flacio, Passenger of Agony
  • O rei da noite (1975) aka King of the Night
  • O Fabuloso Fittipaldi (1973)


Acting
  • The Venice Project
    The Venice Project

    The Venice Project is a 1999 in film drama film directed by Robert Dornhelm. It stars Lauren Bacall and Dennis Hopper, and included a cameo appearance from Steve Martin....
     (1999)
  • Before Night Falls
    Before Night Falls (film)

    Before Night Falls is a 2000 in film film directed by Julian Schnabel. The screenplay is based on the Before Night Falls of Reinaldo Arenas, which was published in English in 1993 ....
     (2000)


Television

  • "Carandiru, Outras Histórias" (2005) TV Series (producer)


Awards

Wins
  • São Paulo International Film Festival
    São Paulo International Film Festival

    The S?o Paulo International Film Festival is a film festival held annually in S?o Paulo, Brazil since 1976. In 2004 Cinema of Iran director Abbas Kiarostami was a member of the jury....
    : Audience Award; Best Feature for: Lúcio Flávio, o Passageiro da Agonia; 1977.
  • Donostia-San Sebastián International Film Festival: OCIC Award - Honorable Mention, for: Pixote: A Lei do Mais Fraco; 1981.
  • Locarno International Film Festival: Silver Leopard; for: Pixote: A Lei do Mais Fraco; 1981.
  • Tokyo International Film Festival
    Tokyo International Film Festival

    Tokyo International Film Festival is a film festival established in 1985. The event was held bi-annually from 1985 to 1991 and annually thereafter....
    : Special Jury Distinguished Award for: Kiss of the Spider Woman; 1985.
  • Havana Film Festival
    Havana Film Festival

    The Havana Film Festival is a Cuban festival that focuses on the promotion of Latin-American filmmakers and films of Latin-American themes. It also known in Spanish language as Festival Internacional del Nuevo Cine Latinoamericano de La Habana, and in English language as Festival of New Latinamerican Cinema of La Havana....
    : Audience Award; Glauber Rocha Award; House of the Americas Award; OCIC Award; Radio Havana Award; Saúl Yelín Award; Special Jury Prize; for: Carandiru; 2003.
  • Cartagena Film Festival, Colombia: Golden India Catalina; Best Film, for: Carandiru; 2004.
  • Cinema Brazil: Cinema Brazil Grand Prize; Best Adapted Screenplay, for: Carandiru. Shared with: Fernando Bonassi and Victor Navas; Best Director for: Carandiru; 2004.
  • Gramado Film Festival: Eduardo Abelin Trophy; 2005.


Nominations
  • Academy Awards
    Academy Awards

    The Academy Awards, popularly known as the Oscars, are presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to recognize excellence of professionals in the film industry, including directors, actors, and writers....
    : Oscar; Best Director, for: Kiss of the Spider Woman; 1986.
  • Cannes Film Festival
    Cannes Film Festival

    The Cannes Film Festival , founded in 1946, is one of the world's oldest, most influential and prestigious film festivals alongside Venice Film Festival and Berlin Film Festival....
    : 1985 Golden Palm, for: Kiss of the Spider Woman; 1998 Golden Palm, for: Corazón iluminado; 2003 Golden Palm; for: Carandiru.


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