Biography

Sebastian Hofmann is an award winning filmmaker whose films have been selected at the Rotterdam Tiger Awards, San Sebastian, Locarno, Fantastic Fest and Sundance, among other prestigious festivals. His latest feature film 'Tiempo Compartido' awarded him the jury prize for best screenwriting at Sundance and was named by Hollywood Reporter 'Talent to watch'. Tiempo Compartido was nominated to five Mexican Academy awards including Best Picture and Best Script winning two Ariel awards for acting. After a successful cinema run in Mexico it was later released as a Netflix Original Film worldwide.

Halley, his first feature film, has been selected to over 60 festivals and has won 15 international awards, including the Cinevision Award (Munich Film Festival), Noves Visions Award (Sitges Fantastic Film Festival), and Best Film at the London East End Film Festival. In 2013 Halley had a successful cinema run in Mexico and was sold to over 60 countries via the AMC/Sundance channel. Halley was co- produced by the well-established production company Mantarraya, responsible for the films of Carlos Reygadas and Amat Escalante. Sebastian has received twice the Hubert Bals Fund and once the prestigious Netherlands Film Fund.

In 2011 he established PIANO with producer Julio Chavezmontes as a platform for cutting edge cinematic work. In 2018 Piano had a feature film in the official competition section at Sundance, Berlin, Cannes, Toronto and Venice. In 2021 Piano will release 'Annette' by Leos Carax starring Adam Driver. 'Siberia' by Abel Ferrara starring Willem Dafoe and 'Memoria' by Apichatpong Weerasethakul starring Tilda Swinton.

Sebastian has a B.F.A. from the prestigious Pasadena Art Center College of Design. He studied a master class in screenwriting with Todd Solondz in 2006. He is represented by WME agency and managed by Grandview LA.

- IMDb mini biography by: Piano