Years active 1966–2010 | Name Sergio Michel | |
Full Name Sergio Arturo Garcia Michel Born July 28, 1945 ( 1945-07-28 ) Mexico City, Mexico Died 19 September 2010(2010-09-19) (aged 65)Mexico City, Mexico Occupation Film director, cameraman, editor Notable work El Fin 1970Un toke de roc 1988 | ||
Entrevista a Sergio García Michel (Filmoteca de la UNAM, 2005)
Sergio García Michel (July 28, 1945 in Mexico City, Mexico – September 19, 2010 in Mexico City) was an influential Mexican film director and professor, considered one of the key figures of Super 8 cinema and part of the counterculture movements of La Onda and Rupestre.
Contents
- Entrevista a Sergio Garca Michel Filmoteca de la UNAM 2005
- El Fin Sergio Garca Michel 1970
- Early life studies and influences
- Works and awards
- Death
- Filmography
- Collections
- Notable collaborations
- Literary works
- References
El Fin (Sergio García Michel, 1970)
Early life, studies and influences
Born as Sergio Arturo García Michel in July 28, 1945, he began his enthusiasm for cinema as a teenager spending entire afternoons watching films at the Tlalpan theatre. In 1966 he bought his first Super 8 camera and shot his first short film named Un dia.
By 1968 and already working as a publicist he enrolled at the prestigious Centro Universitario de Estudios Cinematográficos of the UNAM, quitting a year later only to reenter in 1971 but quitting again in 1972 as he already had a professional career in film making. His influences were Richard Lester, Michael Lindsay-Hogg, Kenneth Anger, Michael Wadleigh, Pino Solanas, and counterculture intellectuals like Abbie Hoffman, Timothy Leary and Ken Kesey.
Works and awards
His most famous works are: El Fin (Short film, Luis Buñuel Prize, Mexico City 1970), Ah, verdá? (Short film, awarded Best foreign film at Segundo Festival Super 8 in Canary Islands, Spain 1973), Hacia el hombre nuevo (Short film, 1st prize winner at Primer Festival Internacional de Cine Súper 8 m.m. in Cali, Colombia 1976), La Venida del Papa (Documentary about Juan Pablo II in México, 1979), Una Larga experiencia (Documentary about the band Three Souls in my Mind, 1983), ¿Por qué no me las prestas? (Documentary about Rockdrigo Gonzalez, 1995) and Un Toke de Roc :Fable in three acts(Movie, 1988).
He was the founder of the Tlalpan Forum in 1980, a major artistic hub in Mexico City and professor/coordinator of film creation workshop at the Carrillo Gil Museum (1984–1999); in the School of writers from the General society of Mexican writers (1999–2002) and at the Union of Cinematographers (2002).
Death
On September 19, 2010, Garcia Michel was found dead in his house as a result of a heart attack.
Filmography
Collections
Un Toke de Roc DVD (co-produced by the UNAM and Contraluz Cine en video, 2006) includes the aforementioned movie, La venida del papa, El fin, Ah verdá? and an in-depth interview.
Superocheros. Antología del Súper 8 en México includes the Agustin's short-film Luz Externa. Garcia Michel made the restoration.