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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. His best-known works include Pixote (1980), Kiss of the Spider Woman (1985), Ironweed (1987), At Play in the Fields of the Lord (1990) and Carandiru (2003). Babenco's films brought him several accolades. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Héctor Babenco is the 360th most popular film director (up from 370th in 2019), the 110th most popular biography from Argentina (up from 118th in 2019) and the most popular Argentinean Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Héctor Babenco ranks 360 out of 2,041. Before him are George Albert Smith, Emilio Fernández, Fernando Meirelles, Makoto Shinkai, Edward Yang, and Alexander Sokurov. After him are Eldar Ryazanov, Veljko Bulajić, Chris Sanders, Lotte Reiniger, Alexandre Astruc, and Veit Harlan.

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Among people born in 1946, Héctor Babenco ranks 190. Before him are Tina Aumont, Bernd Hölzenbein, Rebiya Kadeer, Grigory Margulis, Ralf Hütter, and Birgitte, Duchess of Gloucester. After him are Mario Zenari, Ahmed Faras, Mel Martínez, Krister Henriksson, Robert Metcalfe, and Jean-Pierre Jarier. Among people deceased in 2016, Héctor Babenco ranks 127. Before him are Madeleine Lebeau, Jorge Batlle, William H. McNeill, Neville Marriner, Peter Shaffer, and Meir Dagan. After him are Ernst Nolte, António Mascarenhas Monteiro, Alexandre Astruc, André Courrèges, Rudolf E. Kálmán, and Einojuhani Rautavaara.

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In Argentina

Among people born in Argentina, Héctor Babenco ranks 110 out of 1,154. Before him are Silvina Ocampo (1903), Héctor Rial (1928), Héctor Germán Oesterheld (1919), Alejandro Sabella (1954), Diego Milito (1979), and Libertad Lamarque (1908). After him are Atahualpa Yupanqui (1908), Luis Bacalov (1933), Ricardo Darín (1957), Julio Argentino Roca (1843), Justo José de Urquiza (1801), and Sergio Agüero (1988).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Argentina

Among film directors born in Argentina, Héctor Babenco ranks 1. After him are Gaspar Noé (1963), Fernando Solanas (1936), Luis Puenzo (1946), Andy Muschietti (1973), Leopoldo Torre Nilsson (1924), María Luisa Bemberg (1922), Fernando Birri (1925), Nelly Kaplan (1931), Juan José Campanella (1959), Lucrecia Martel (1966), and Sebastián Lelio (1974).

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