Jean-Marie Teno

In an interview when asked about his favor style of film to make he responded, "documentary because when you do fiction, people think it's not true. When it's the documentary, they are embarrassed, embarrassed".

• Name — Jean-Marie Teno • Born — 14 May 1954 • Birthplace — Famleng, Bandjoun. • Citizenship — Cameroonian • Education — University of Valenciennes • Occupation — Film director and filmmaker. • Notable Works — Yellow Fever taximan (short film)

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 after receiving encouragement from Souleymane Cissé, a famous African director. 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.

• 1983: Schubbah (short film) • 1985: Tribute (short film) • 1985: Yellow Fever taximan (short film) • 1987: The Slap and the Caress (short film) • 1988: The Misery Water (documentary) • 1990: The Last Voyage (short film) • 1991: Mister Foot (documentary) • 1992: Africa, I'll pluck you... (documentary) • 1996: The Head in the Clouds (short film) • 1996: Clando (feature film) • 1999: Chef! (documentary) • 2000: Holidays at home (documentary) • 2002: The Marriage of Alex (documentary) • 2004: The colonial misunderstanding (documentary) • 2009: Holy Places (documentary) • 2013: A Leaf in the Wind (documentary), about the life of Ernestine Ouandié