In 2005 he won an award for Best Cinematography in the California State
Festival, for being Director of Photography in the western film "Hell's
End" that he shot in 16mm. In the last two hours of the last day,
shooting under the sun in the middle of the desert, the production ran
out of water bottles. The director and Hernan decided to continue, and
shot one of the best fight sequences, fueled by sweat.
