Nacho Méndez

Born: January 2, 1939 (87 years)

Mexico City, Mexico

Mexican musician, composer, actor and playwright. He lived in Mexico from 1939 to 1964; in Brazil from January to May 1964; in Spain from May to December of the same year; in Mexico from 1965 to 1968; in California, USA, from 1968 to 1970; in Sweden in 1970; in Spain in 1971; in Mexico from 1971 to 1989; in Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA, from 1982 to 1994 and, from then on, in Mexico City. He studied at the Escuela Nacional de Música of the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México and at the Escuela Libre de Música. He also studied with maestro Moacir Santos in Brazil. He began his artistic career in 1959, in Mexico, in the group "Los Vocalistas". His first composition was the "Jingle" Burbujita de la Sal de Uvas Picot. The work with which he has obtained greater satisfaction is the music of the film "Angeles y Querubines". He has composed some songs in co-authorship with Raúl Astor, Paco Ignacio Taibo and Germán Dehesa. He was awarded the Diosa de Plata for best film music for the movie "Ángeles y Querubines". Diosa de Plata for best film music, for the film "Víbora Caliente". Ariel for best film music, for the film "Las Noches de Paloma". Within his professional activity, he has scored forty-seven feature films. He has written original music for six theatrical plays; four themes for television programs, and more than one hundred "jingles" or commercials.

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Movies as Actor (3)

TV Shows as Actor (1)

Noche, Boleros y Son

as Self - Host

May 10, 2015

Movies as Crew (51)

Nacho Méndez

Mónica y el Profesor

Dile que la quiero

Heaven and Earth

Noche, Boleros y Son

Mónica y el Profesor

Hasta que los cuernos nos separen

Soy libre

Caceria de un fugitivo

Mi compadre Capulina

Los machos estan fatigados

Katy Meets the Aliens

El rey de los taxistas

La Casa Que Arde de Noche

Escápate conmigo

Herencia maldita

The Highway Killer

Chido Guan, el tacos de oro

Mauro el mojado

Chiquita pero picosa

Fiebre de Amor

Massacre in Rio Grande

Katy Caterpillar

Siete En La Mira

The Death of the Jackal

Charrito

Ya nunca más

God's Crooked Lines

Don Ratón y Don Ratero

Lobo Salvaje

Lagunilla 2

El sexo de los ricos

Noche de juerga

Novia, esposa y amante

Taste of Blood

Frontera

Nora la Rebelde

En la trampa

The Illegal

Matar por matar

En Defensa Propia

The Nights of Paloma

Soy el hijo del gallero

Free Love

Hot Snake

Paper Flowers

The Mexican

Fantoche

The Mansion of Madness

Angels and Cherubs

El Topo

Matrimonio y Sexo

Paula

Dangerous Game

H.O.

There Are No Thieves in This Village