Sebastián Hofmann

Producer, Redacteur, Schrijver, Regisseur, Acteur

1 januari 1980 (46 years)
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. Sebastian's 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 co-founded 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

Known For

  • Tiempo compartido
    Tiempo compartido2018
  • Annette
    Annette2021
  • Un couteau dans le cœur
    Un couteau dans le cœur2018
  • Halley
    Halley2012
  • Canícula
    Canícula2011

Cinematografie

2025
Our Land · as Associate Producer
2025
Follow · as Executive Producer
2024
Kill the Jockey · as Associate Producer
2021
Memoria · as Associate Producer
2021
Bergman Island · as Associate Producer
2018
The Accused · as Associate Producer
2018
2018
Knife + Heart · as Associate Producer
2017
Opus Zero · as Associate Producer
2017
Los Ojos del Mar · as Co-Producer
2016
We Are the Flesh · as Co-Producer