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Date of Birth
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1950-07
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Place of Birth
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Mexico City
(Mexico, Greater Mexico City)
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Nationality
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Mexico
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Also know as
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Henner Hofmann, ASC, AMC, Henner Hofman, Henner Hoffman, Henner Hoffmann, Henner Hoffman, Henner Hoffmann, Henner Hofman, Henner Hofmann, ASC, AMC, Henner Hoffman, Henner Hoffmann, Henner Hofman, Henner Hoffman
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Profession
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Cinematographer, Screenwriter, Film Producer
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Henner Hofmann, ASC, AMC is a Mexican cinematographer and screenwriter.
Hofmann was born in Mexico City, Mexico. Both of his parents were artists. His father Herbert Hofmann Isenbourg a sculptor who born in Frankfurt, Germany. He studied Plastic Arts at the Ballhaus and later in Paris in the workshop of the French sculptor Aristide Maillol. His mother, Kitzia Hofmann, created stained art for churches in México and the United States. He arrived in México in 1939.
At the age of 18 Henner attended the University Center of Cinematographic Studies, CUEC at The Mexican Autonomous University. The Circus, a documentary presented as his thesis, was distinguished with an honorable mention in Varsov, Poland.
In 1977 Henner Hofmann, Afonso Muñoz, Gonzalo Matinez Ortega, Ignacio Nacho Lopez, Oscar Menedez y Juan Rulfo founded the Archives of Ethnic Communities, with more than 45 documentaries about the indigenous communities in Mexico. After four years of traveling through all the corners of the country capturing beautiful images, he photographed his first film Bajo el Mismo Sol. From that day Henner has had a career as Director of Photography, being one of the finest Cinematographers in Mexico.
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