Hernán Correa

Personal Info

Known For Camera

Birthday 1920-12-16

Deathday 1986-01-14 (65 years old)

Place of Birth Santiago de Chile, Chile

Hernán Correa

Biography

Hernán Correa is known for Un viaje a Santiago (1960), Cabo de Hornos (1956) and Tres miradas a la calle (1957). Director, Documentalist, Photographer. He stands out not only as a filmmaker but as an activist in the defense and improvement of the legal conditions of Chilean cinema, and as a tireless globetrotter in his work of learning and incessant search for images. He has been cultivating photography since he was eighteen. He studied Civil Engineering at the Catholic University and between 1941 and 1942 he filmed the newsreel of the film industry.

Known For

Camera

1960
Un viaje a Santiago

as Director of Photography

1957
Tres miradas a la calle

as Director of Photography

Director

1967
1960

Writer

1960
Un viaje a Santiago

as Screenplay