Elena Pardo
Directing · Director · Editor · Camera Operator
Active 2003–present
Elena Pardo is a visual artist and documentary, experimental and animation filmmaker living in Mexico City. She explores the possibilities offered by photochemical films for preserving and capturing images, working in a laboratory.
Filmography
Painting/Retoque — EditorOn the Inside We are Color (2026) — DirectorLila Downs - Lotería Cantada (2007) — Producer · Director · Camera OperatorLila Downs - Pecados y Milagros (2012) — DirectorThe Very Best Of/El Alma de Lila Downs (2009) — EditorFuego (2003) — DirectorThe Exile (2015) — Art DirectionLife on Mars (2016) — Art DirectionMáquinas de palabras (2023) — DirectorDesaparecer (2016) — DirectorOn the Nature of the Bone (2022) — DirectorDe la Naturaleza del Hueso (2018) — DirectorUnderground Pulses (2023) — DirectorNanacatepec (2024) — DirectorJuquilita (2004) — DirectorChildren’s Game #10: Papalote (2011) — EditorChildren’s Game #11: Wolf and Lamb (2011) — EditorChildren’s Game #12: Musical Chairs (2012) — Camera Operator · ProducerChildren’s Game #13: Piñata (2012) — Camera Operator · ProducerLives for Sale (2007) — CinematographyPor dentro somos color (2024) — DirectorLeave What Scares You (2023) — Screenplay · Producer · Cinematography · EditorInventario Churubusco (2018) — DirectorTierra (2005) — Director