About Teo Hernandez
Lived 1939 – 1992 (aged 52–53). Teo Hernandez was a filmmaker.
Teo Hernández (1939–1992) was a Mexican experimental filmmaker.
Early life Hernández was born in 1939 in Ciudad Hidalgo, Michoacán. He studied architecture at the National Autonomous University of Mexico. He became involved with the cine-club culture in Mexico City.
Career Hernández began to experiment with Super 8 filmmaking in the late 1960s.
Death
Hernández died from AIDS-related complications in 1992. His archive was inherited by Nedjar, who donated it to the Centre Pompidou. The Pompidou presented a retrospective of Hernández's films in 1997, and the in Mexico held a retrospective in 2018.
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Who was Teo Hernandez?
Mexican filmmaker
When was Teo Hernandez born?
Teo Hernandez was born in 1939.
When did Teo Hernandez die?
Teo Hernandez died on 22 August 1992.
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Teo Hernandez was a filmmaker.
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APA: Biography.guide. (2026). Teo Hernandez. https://biography.guide/teo-hernandez/
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