Elena Pardo

Biography

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. Since 2005, she has been a member of the extended film collective Trinchera Ensamble. She is also co-founder and current director of Laboratorio Experimental de Cine [Experimental Film Laboratory] (LEC), an artistic project that came into being in 2013. LEC engages in the dissemination, production, educational activities and programming of content in different cinematic formats.

Directed

1. Lila Downs - Pecados y Milagros (2012) — Director
2. Lila Downs - Lotería Cantada (2007) — Director
3. Máquinas de palabras (2023) — Director
4. Fuego (2003) — Director
5. Desaparecer (2016) — Director
6. On the Nature of the Bone (2022) — Director
7. Underground Pulses (2023) — Director
8. De la Naturaleza del Hueso (2018) — Director
9. Nanacatepec (2024) — Director
10. Juquilita (2004) — Director
11. Por dentro somos color (2024) — Director
12. Inventario Churubusco (2018) — Director
13. Tierra (2005) — Director
14. Mi Barrio (2009) — Director
15. On the Inside We are Color (2026) — Director