Teo Hernández
Téo Hernández (23 December 1939 - 29 August 1992) was born 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
- Directing
- Born
- 1939-12-23 · Ciudad Hidalgo, Michoacán, Mexico
- Died
- 1992-08-29
Known for
- The Sun Also Rises (1957) — (uncredited)
- Our Lady of Paris (1982) — Director
- The Water of the Seine (1983) — Director
- Cinématon (1978) — N°16 / N°481
- Sur Graal de T.H. (1981)
- Salomé (1976) — Director
- Cristo (1977)
- 14, Bina Garden (1968)
- The Journey to Mexico (1989) — Director
- Le gant de l'autre (1977)
- Yesterday’s Stars (1969) — Director
- Graal (1980) — Director
- Corps aboli (1978) — Director
- Angle (1978)
- À quoi rêve l'araignée ? (1982)
- Lacrima Christi (1980) — Director