Jean-Marie Teno
Jean-Marie Teno is a Cameroonian film director and filmmaker, "one of Africa's most prolific filmmakers".Life
Teno was born in 1954 in Famleng in Bandjoun. He studied audiovisual communication at the University of Valenciennes and worked as a film critic for Bwana Magazine and as editor-in-chief at France 3. In 1983, he directed his first short documentary Schubbah. In 1992 he made his documentary Africa, I will pluck you on the effects of colonialism and neocolonialism in Cameroon. In 1996, he made Clando, which won the Audience Award at the 6th African Film Festival in Milan, Italy.
Jean-Marie Teno is also a producer of his own films with Les Films du Raphia. In 2007-2008, he was a Visiting Artist at Copeland Fellow at Amherst College, and in 2009-2010 he was Visiting Professor at Hampshire College, Massachusetts.
He lives between France, Cameroon and the United States.Filmography
- 1983 : Schubbah
- 1985 : Tribute
- 1985 : Yellow Fever taximan
- 1987 : The Slap and the Caress
- 1988 : The Misery Water
- 1990 : The Last Voyage
- 1991 : Mister Foot
- 1992 : Africa, I'll pluck you...
- 1996 : The Head in the Clouds
- 1996 : Clando
- 1999 : Chef!
- 2000 : Holidays at home
- 2002 : The Marriage of Alex
- 2004 : The colonial misunderstanding
- 2009 : Holy Places
- 2013 : A Leaf in the Wind
Rewards
Clando
Head in the clouds
- 1994: OAU Jury Prize at the Carthage Film Days
- 1995: IUCN Prize and African Insurers Award at FESPACO; Documentary Award at the Festival Vues d'Afrique de Montréal
Africa, I'll pluck you...
- 1992: Documentary Award at the Troia Festival; OCIC Jury Prize at the Carthage Film Days; Prize for Solidarity in the world at Carthage Film Days.
Water of misery
- 1989: TV5-Europe Prize at Écovision in Lille; Honorable Mention at the Troia Festival
Yellow fever taximan
- 1986: Special mention at the Clermont-Ferrand Festival
