Sebastián Hofmann

Sebastián Hofmann b 1980 Mexico City is a Mexican director screenwriter photographer and editor Sebastián graduated from the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena California He took a master class in screenwriting in 2006 with director Todd Solondz In 2010 he filmed the short film Jaime Tapones whose central theme inspired his debut feature His work as a visual artist has been presented internationally in galleries and museums in New York Sydney Rio de Janeiro Athens Berlin Santiago de Chile Pasadena Mexico City and Prague His projects have been presented at the Sundance Cannes Rotterdam Locarno San Sebastian and other festivals and have won prestigious awards such as Best New Director at the Munich Film Festival the Noves Visions Award at the Sitges Fantastic Film Festival Best Film at the London East End Film Festival and Best Screenplay at Sundance Sebastians projects have received multiple funding and support such as support for short films from IMCINE FOPROCINE EFICINE for production the Hubert Bals Fund on two occasions and recently the prestigious Netherlands Film Fund Hofmann is the creator and star of Los Micro Burgueses an independent web series of social criticism and absurd and irreverent humor In 2011 he cofounded with producer Julio Chavezmontes the PIANO studio an alternative film production house and auteur film distributor based in Mexico City He is the son of Henner Hofmann AMC ASC born July 1950 a Mexican cinematographer producer and screenwriter