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Teo Hernández

Dec 23, 1939 - Aug 29, 1992 (52 years old) in Ciudad Hidalgo, Michoacán, Mexico

Téo Hernández was born on December 23, 1939 in Ciudad Hidalgo, Mexico. After studying architecture, he founded with a friend the CEC (Centro Experimental de Cinematografia), in Mexico City. In 1960, the French Institute of Latin America financed the first project of the group, a documentary that will remain unfinished.

He moved to Paris in 1966. From 1968 to 1975, he made films in super 8 in London, Paris, Morocco and Denmark. Then accompanied by Michel Nedjar with whom he turned "Michel là-bas" in Morocco, he traveled for six years in India, Nepal, Greece ... Back in Paris, he realized Salomé (1976) in the spirit of Oscar Wilde. He meets Gaël Badaud, with whom he begins a long series of collaborations where elements of his own experience are incorporated in the films. In 1977, he realized Cristo, which will be part of a trilogy on passion with Cristaux and Lacrima Cristi. In 1980, with his friends (Nedjar, Jakobois and Badaud) he founded the group MétroBarbèsRochechou Art.

Known For

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Cinématon
N°16 / N°481
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Nuits transparentes
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Un cinéaste qui ne tient pas la caméra est comme un peintre qui ne tient pas le pinceau (Conversation avec Teo Hernandez II)
Himself (voice)
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Les Jours et les Nuits
Self
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Angle
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Mes films commencent au moment où les autres se terminent (Conversation avec Teo Hernandez I)
Himself (voice)
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Cristo
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Sur Graal de T.H.
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Fragments
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Téo
Himself

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