Jean-Marie Teno

Jean-Marie Teno

Biography

Jean-Marie Teno, Africa`s preeminent documentary filmmaker, has been producing and directing films on the colonial and post-colonial history of Africa for over twenty years. Films by Jean-Marie Teno have been honored at festivals worldwide: Berlin, Toronto, Yamagata, Cinema du Reel, Visions du Reel, Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Liepzig, San Francisco, London. In the U.S., many of his films including Africa, je te plumerai; A Trip to the Country; Clando; Chief!; Alex`s Wedding; and The Colonial Misunderstanding, have been broadcast and featured at festivals across the country. Teno has been a guest of the Flaherty Seminar, an artist in residence at the Pacific Film Archive of the University of California, Berkeley, and has lectured at numerous universities. Most recently, he was a visiting artist at Amherst College as a 2007-08 Copeland Fellow. (IMDb Mini Biography)http://www.imdb.com/search/name?bio_author=JMTeno.us&view=simple&sort=alpha

Teno’s films have been honored at festivals worldwide: Berlin, Toronto, Yamagata, Cinéma du Réel, Visions du Réel, Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Liepzig, San Francisco, and London. Many have been broadcast in Europe and featured in festivals across the United States. Teno has been a guest of the Flaherty Seminar, an artist in residence at the Pacific Film Archive of the University of California,Berkeley, a Copeland Fellow in Amherst College, and has lectured at numerous universities. (http://vimeo.com/user5688138)

Filmography

Bikutsi Water Blues (1988): Producer, Screenplay, Direction

Afrique, je te plumerai (1991): Producer, Screenplay, Direction

La Tête dans les nuages (1995): Producer, Screenplay, Direction

Vacances aux Pays (2000): Producer, Camera, Direction

Chef! (1999): Screenplay, Direction

Si-Gueriki, la reine-mère (2002): Producer

Le Marriage d'Alex (2002): Producer, Camera, Screenplay, Direction

Lieux Saints (2009): Editing, Sound, Camera, Producer, Screenplay, Direction

Clando (1996): Screenplay, Direction