Henner Hofmann, ASC, AMC (born July, 1950) is a Mexican cinematographer and screenwriter.
Hofmann was born in Mexico City, Mexico. Both of his parents were artists. His father Herbert Hofmann Isenbourg a sculptor who born in Frankfurt, Germany. He studied Plastic Arts at the Ballhaus and later in Paris in the workshop of the French sculptor A. Mallol. His mother, Kitzia Hofmann, created stained art for churches in México and the United States. He arrived in México in 1939.
At the age of 18 Henner attended the University Center of Cinematographic Studies, CUEC at The Mexican Autonomous University. The Circus, a documentary presented as his thesis, was distinguished with an honorable mention in Varsov, Poland.
In 1977 Henner Hofmann, Afonso Muñoz, Gonzalo Matinez Ortega, Ignacio Nacho Lopez, Oscar Menedez y Juan Rulfo founded the Archives of Ethnic Communities, with more than 45 documentaries about the indigenous communities in Mexico. After four years of traveling through all the corners of the country capturing beautiful images, he photographed his first film Bajo el Mismo Sol. From that day Henner has had a career as Director of Photography, being one of the finest Cinematographers in Mexico.
He was the first Mexican cinematographer to win a Coral Award for best Photography in the Havana film festival. He has won an Ariel, the most prestigious award in the Mexican film industry. He has worked as a teacher in Film Schools in Mexico City.
In 1992 he founded the AMC Mexican Society of Cinematographers.
Hofman is a member of the Technicians and Cinematographic Production Guild, the Mexican Academy of Arts and Cinematographic Science, and the Screen Writers' Guild in Mexico City. In the U.S. he is a member of The American Society of Cinematographers ASC and the International Cinematographers Guild, IATSE Local 600.
In 1998 he moved to Los Angeles, California.