Happy Birthday, Héctor Babenco! Born today in 1946 as Héctor Eduardo Babenco, this Argentine-born Brazilian actor, screenwriter, producer and film director had worked in several countries including Argentina, Brazil and the United States.
His best known films are the 1980 Brazilian drama/crime film 'Pixote: a Lei do Mais Fraco' ('lit. "Pixote (small child): The Law of the Weakest"), the 1985 Brazilian-American drama film 'Kiss of the Spider Woman', the 1987 American adaption/drama film 'Ironweed', the 1991 Brazilian-American drama/adventure film 'At Play in the Fields of the Lord' and the 2003 Brazilian drama/crime film 'Carandiru'.
Babenco had been active from 1973–2015.
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