Hector Acebes was born in New York City in 1921. He was raised in Madrid, Spain, and attended the
Colegio del Pilar. His family moved to Bogotá, Colombia, where he attended the
Gimnasio Moderno. Acebes returned to the United States for high school at the New
York Military Academy. He gained much of his technical photographic skill by
participating in the school’s camera club and through study and practice on his
own.
After
graduating from the Chauncey Hall School in Boston, he entered Massachusetts
Institute of Technology to study engineering. While in college, he maintained
his own photo studio. During World War II, he enlisted in the U.S. Army and
served in Germany. On his return, he completed his degree at MIT and then moved
with his wife to Bogotá. He has a son and two daughters.
Throughout
the late 1940s and the 1950s, Acebes took expeditions through Africa and South
America and started his work as a professional filmmaker and lecturer. By the
late 1950s, Acebes Productions had established a reputation for creating
excellent documentary and industrial films. Acebes wrote, filmed, directed, and
edited each of the forty-three films Acebes Productions released.
All images © Hector Acebes
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