Teo Hernández

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 làbas 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