Hector Babenco
Hector Babenco · Arts & Literature
Argentine-Brazilian director whose 'Kiss of the Spider Woman' and 'Carandiru' earned international acclaim and Oscar recognition.
1946, Mar del Plata, Argentina — 2016, São Paulo, Brazil
Argentina · Brazil
Hector Babenco is recognized among Jewish contributors to Arts & Literature — Argentine-Brazilian director whose 'Kiss of the Spider Woman' and 'Carandiru' earned international acclaim and Oscar recognition.
Babenco was an Argentine-Brazilian film director whose 'Pixote,' 'Kiss of the Spider Woman' and 'Carandiru' brought Latin American cinema international acclaim; 'Kiss of the Spider Woman' earned him an Academy Award nomination for Best Director. He was born in Mar del Plata to a Jewish family of Eastern European immigrants — his father from Poland, his mother of Ukrainian Jewish descent — and built his career in Brazil. His films are known for their unflinching social realism.
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Argentine-Brazilian director whose 'Kiss of the Spider Woman' and 'Carandiru' earned international acclaim and Oscar recognition.
Source: IMDb (Jewish Actors list)
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