Nacho Méndez

Personal Info

Known For Sound

Gender Male

Birthday 1939-01-02 (85 years old)

Place of Birth Mexico City, Mexico

Also Known As Ignacio Méndez Parra, Ignacio Méndez, Ignacio Enrique Diego Méndez y Parra

Nacho Méndez

Biography

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.

Known For

Sound

1992
Soy libre

as Music

1989
Los machos estan fatigados

as Original Music Composer

1987
1987
1986
1986
1985
1984
Charrito

as Original Music Composer

1984
1984
1984
Ya nunca más

as Music

1983
Lobo Salvaje

as Music

1983
1982
Lagunilla 2

as Music

1981
1980
1980
Frontera

as Music

1979
1979
1979
En la trampa

as Music

1979
The Illegal

as Music

1978
1978
Hot Snake

as Music

1978
Free Love

as Music

1978
Paper Flowers

as Music

1977
Fantoche

as Music

1977
El mexicano

as Music

1973
The Mansion of Madness

as Original Music Composer

1972
1970
1970
El Topo

as Orchestrator

1970
El Topo

as Music Arranger

1969
Paula

as Music

1967

Actor

2015
Noche, Boleros y Son

as Self - Host

1963
Dile que la quiero

as uncredited

1962
Heaven and Earth

as uncredited

Writer

2004
Monica y el profesor

as Screenplay