Alejandro Alcondez
Encyclopedia
Alejandro Alcondez is a Mexican/American actor
, screenwriter
, film producer
and film director
. Born in Jalisco
, Mexico
, Alcondez moved to Hollywood, California in the early 1990s. His acting career began in theater production plays, he then moved on to produce and write his own Mexican films Impacto de Muerte, Furia Salvaje, El Bronko Negro, etc.) which were distributed by his company Producciones Alejandro Alcondez.
His most recent American film “Cielito Lindo” Beautiful Heaven (produced, written and directed by Alejandro Alcondez) was written especially for Alcondez where he plays the lead role of Pablo Pastor . This film was released by his own production and distribution company Alejandro Alcondez Pictures
he produced the film he also wrote the story and had a lead part along side Mario Almada. The film was directed by Alberto Mariscal.
Alcondez continued to film as a producer, writer, director and lead actor in a large number of films alongside Mexican actors Luis Aguilar, Sergio Goyri, Jorge Reynoso, Hugo Stiglitz
, Fernando Almada, Fernando Saenz, Manuel Ojeda
, Luis de Alba
, Cesar Bono, Jaime Fernández
, Miguel Angel Rodriguez, Bernabe Melendrez, Los Tucanes de Tijuana, Patricia Rivera, Roxana San Juan, Karla Barahona, Rebeca Silva, Lorena Velasquez, Lina Santos, and Rosenda Bernal, just to name a few. Alcondez has also starred in many film productions produced by Mr. Delfino Lopez of Baja Films.
, Mexico. The film premiered at Grauman's Chinese Theater on May 27, 2010 Alejandro Alcondez not only wrote the script, produced the film, he also directed and starred as a lead actor alongside Adam Rodríguez
, Nestor Serrano
, Nicole Paggi
, Ilia Volok
, and Pato Hoffmann
, among others.
and filmmaking
, Mexico
. In an interview in a Mexican newspaper, Alcondez explained the reason he chose to film at that location as well the plot of the film and when he wrote the Screenplay for "Cielito Lindo" (Beautiful Heaven). as well as the number of films he has participated.
Actor
An actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...
, screenwriter
Screenwriter
Screenwriters or scriptwriters or scenario writers are people who write/create the short or feature-length screenplays from which mass media such as films, television programs, Comics or video games are based.-Profession:...
, film producer
Film producer
A film producer oversees and delivers a film project to all relevant parties while preserving the integrity, voice and vision of the film. They will also often take on some financial risk by using their own money, especially during the pre-production period, before a film is fully financed.The...
and film director
Film director
A film director is a person who directs the actors and film crew in filmmaking. They control a film's artistic and dramatic nathan roach, while guiding the technical crew and actors.-Responsibilities:...
. Born in Jalisco
Jalisco
Jalisco officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Jalisco is one of the 31 states which, with the Federal District, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is located in Western Mexico and divided in 125 municipalities and its capital city is Guadalajara.It is one of the more important states...
, Mexico
Mexico
The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...
, Alcondez moved to Hollywood, California in the early 1990s. His acting career began in theater production plays, he then moved on to produce and write his own Mexican films Impacto de Muerte, Furia Salvaje, El Bronko Negro, etc.) which were distributed by his company Producciones Alejandro Alcondez.
His most recent American film “Cielito Lindo” Beautiful Heaven (produced, written and directed by Alejandro Alcondez) was written especially for Alcondez where he plays the lead role of Pablo Pastor . This film was released by his own production and distribution company Alejandro Alcondez Pictures
Career in Mexico
Alejandro Alcondez founded Producciones Alejandro Alcondez and decided to produce his first film. Alejandro called upon Mexican actor Mario Almada (actor)Mario Almada (actor)
Mario Almada Otero is a Mexican actor. His career has run for over seventy years. He is mostly known for his roles in Mexican urban westerns and action cinema, often portraying the 'good guy'. The IMDB lists him appearing in about three hundred films...
he produced the film he also wrote the story and had a lead part along side Mario Almada. The film was directed by Alberto Mariscal.
Alcondez continued to film as a producer, writer, director and lead actor in a large number of films alongside Mexican actors Luis Aguilar, Sergio Goyri, Jorge Reynoso, Hugo Stiglitz
Hugo Stiglitz
Hugo Stiglitz is a Mexican actor. He was mostly famous in the 1970s and 1980s in Mexico after filming such film horror classics as Tintorera and La Noche de los mil gatos. He also filmed several movies in Hollywood and Italy...
, Fernando Almada, Fernando Saenz, Manuel Ojeda
Manuel Ojeda
Manuel Salvador Ojeda Armenta is one of the most active actors of television and cinema in Mexico. He played the villain, Zolo, in the Hollywood film Romancing the Stone.-Career:...
, Luis de Alba
Luis de Alba
Luis de Alba is a Mexican comedian, famous for his character El Pirrurris . He also made other characters such as "El Raton Crispin" in which he dressed himself as a big fat rat from Veracruz. He had a saying that he always said...
, Cesar Bono, Jaime Fernández
Jaime Fernández
Jaime Fernández was a Mexican actor. Over his career, he won 3 Silver Ariel awards - the Mexican equivalent of the Oscar - including one for what is arguably his best-known role, playing Friday in Luis Buñuel's Robinson Crusoe. He appeared in over 200 films and served as the General Secretary of...
, Miguel Angel Rodriguez, Bernabe Melendrez, Los Tucanes de Tijuana, Patricia Rivera, Roxana San Juan, Karla Barahona, Rebeca Silva, Lorena Velasquez, Lina Santos, and Rosenda Bernal, just to name a few. Alcondez has also starred in many film productions produced by Mr. Delfino Lopez of Baja Films.
Career in Hollywood
Alejandro Alcondez decided that he was ready for Hollywood and founded his American production company, Alejandro Alcondez Pictures, which produces English and Spanish movies for worldwide distribution. He produced his first English-speaking film entitled Cielito Lindo (Beautiful Heaven) in 2007. Alcondez visited many locations and decided to begin film production in Chihuahua, ChihuahuaChihuahua, Chihuahua
The city of Chihuahua is the state capital of the Mexican state of Chihuahua. It has a population of about 825,327. The predominant activity is industry, including domestic heavy, light industries, consumer goods production, and to a smaller extent maquiladoras.-History:It has been said that the...
, Mexico. The film premiered at Grauman's Chinese Theater on May 27, 2010 Alejandro Alcondez not only wrote the script, produced the film, he also directed and starred as a lead actor alongside Adam Rodríguez
Adam Rodriguez
Adam Michael Rodríguez is an American actor and director. He is best known for his long running role as Eric Delko on CSI: Miami.-Life and career:...
, Nestor Serrano
Nestor Serrano
Nestor Serrano is an American film and television actor. He often portrays authority figures on both sides of the law.Serrano began his acting career in off-Broadway plays in the late 1970s. His first film was the 1986 Tom Hanks comedy The Money Pit...
, Nicole Paggi
Nicole Paggi
Nicole Paggi is an American actress best known for playing as the character Sydney on the television sitcom Hope & Faith during its first season, as well as Sara on the television sitcom One on One.- Early life :...
, Ilia Volok
Ilia Volok
Ilia Volok or Ilia Volokh is a notable Russian-born television and movie actor. Volok appeared in more than ninety films and TV shows.-Life and career:Volok was born in Kiev where he graduated from a high school and became a professional athlete...
, and Pato Hoffmann
Pato Hoffmann
Pato Hoffmann is a Bolivian actor and theater director who has performed in such films as Geronimo: An American Legend, Lakota Woman: Siege at Wounded Knee, and Cheyenne Warrior. The nickname "Pato" was given to him as a child. Hoffmann was named the 1999 Indian Celebrity of the Year...
, among others.
Future Projects
Alejandro Alcondez future production includes a suspense, drama, thriller entitled "Believe In Yourself" scheduled for production in late 2011. Original story and screenplay by Alejandro Alcondez. ,Acting career
| Year | Film | Notes | Production Company |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | "Cielito Lindo Cielito Lindo (film) Cielito Lindo also known by its English title Beautiful Heaven is a 2007 American film produced, written and directed by Alejandro Alcondez. He wrote it especially for himself where he himself plays the starring role of Pablo Pastor in the film... " Beautiful Heaven |
Lead Actor | Alejandro Alcondez Pictures |
| 2004 | "Los Mas Buscados I" | Lead Actor | Baja Films |
| 2004 | "Los Mas Buscados II" | Lead Actor | Baja Films |
| 2004 | "Los Mas Buscados III" | Lead Actor | Baja Films |
| 2002 | "Sueños Amargos" | Lead Actor | Provizion Films |
| 2000 | "La Camioneta Gris II" | Lead Actor | Baja Films |
| 1999 | "Por ser Mexicano" | Lead Actor | Baja Films |
| 1998 | "El Bronco Negro" | Lead Actor | Producciones Alejandro Alcondez |
| 1997 | "El Señor de los Cielos I" | Lead Actor | Baja Films |
| 1997 | "El Señor de los Cielos II" | Lead Actor | Baja Films |
| 1997 | "El Señor de los Cielos III" | Lead Actor | Baja Films |
| 1997 | "AK-47 - Cuerno de Chivo" | Lead Actor | Condor Pictures |
| 1996 | "Clave Privada" | Lead Actor | Baja Films |
| 1996 | "Clave Nueva" | Lead Actor | Baja Films |
| 1996 | "Una Pagina Mas" | Lead Actor | Baja Films |
| 1996 | "La Fichera mas Rapida del Oeste II" | Lead Actor | Baja Films - PM Films |
| 1995 | "Furia Salvaje" | Lead Actor | Producciones Alejandro Alcondez |
| 1995 | "Arturo El Rey de Copas" | Lead Actor | Baja Films |
| 1995 | "Crimen en Chihuahua" | Lead Actor | Baja Films |
| 1995 | "La Trampa" | Lead Actor | Baja Films |
| 1993 | "Impacto de Muerte" | Lead Actor | Producciones Alejandro Alcondez |
| 1991 | "El Corrido de los Perez" | Lead Actor | Million Dollar |
| 1990 | "Asesino de Media Noche" | Lead Actor | |
| 1990 | "La Quebradita Caliente I" | Lead Actor | |
| 1990 | "La Quebradita Caliente II" | Lead Actor | |
As producer
| Year | Film | Notes | Production Company |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | "Cielito Lindo Cielito Lindo (film) Cielito Lindo also known by its English title Beautiful Heaven is a 2007 American film produced, written and directed by Alejandro Alcondez. He wrote it especially for himself where he himself plays the starring role of Pablo Pastor in the film... " Beautiful Heaven |
Executive Producer | Alejandro Alcondez Pictures |
| 1998 | "El Bronco Negro" | Executive Producer | Producciones Alejandro Alcondez |
| 1995 | "Furia Salvaje" | Executive Producer | Producciones Alejandro Alcondez |
| 1993 | "Impacto de Muerte" | Executive Producer | Producciones Alejandro Alcondez |
As writer
| Year | Film | Notes | Production Company |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | "Cielito Lindo Cielito Lindo (film) Cielito Lindo also known by its English title Beautiful Heaven is a 2007 American film produced, written and directed by Alejandro Alcondez. He wrote it especially for himself where he himself plays the starring role of Pablo Pastor in the film... " Beautiful Heaven |
Story and screenplay | Alejandro Alcondez Pictures |
| 2002 | "Sueños Amargos" | Story and screenplay | Provizion Films |
| 1998 | "El Bronco Negro" | Story and screenplay | Producciones Alejandro Alcondez |
| 1995 | "Furia Salvaje" | Story and screenplay | Producciones Alejandro Alcondez |
| 1993 | "Impacto de Muerte" | Story and screenplay | Producciones Alejandro Alcondez |
As director
| Year | Film | Notes | Production Company |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | "Cielito Lindo Cielito Lindo (film) Cielito Lindo also known by its English title Beautiful Heaven is a 2007 American film produced, written and directed by Alejandro Alcondez. He wrote it especially for himself where he himself plays the starring role of Pablo Pastor in the film... " Beautiful Heaven |
35 mm. Film | Alejandro Alcondez Pictures |
| 2002 | "Sueños Amargos" | Filmed In Los Angeles California | Provizion Films |
| 1998 | "El bronko negro" | Filmed In Mexico | Producciones Alejandro Alcondez |
| 1995 | "Furia salvaje; El corrido de Juan Pastor" | Filmed In Mexico | Producciones Alejandro Alcondez |
| 1993 | "Impacto de muerte" | Filmed In Mexico | Producciones Alejandro Alcondez |
Theater
During his early carrier, Alcondez participated in various theater productions as an actor, director, writer and producer, gaining valuable experience in screenwritingScreenwriting
Screenwriting is the art and craft of writing scripts for mass media such as feature films, television productions or video games. It is a freelance profession....
and filmmaking
Filmmaking
Filmmaking is the process of making a film, from an initial story, idea, or commission, through scriptwriting, casting, shooting, directing, editing, and screening the finished product before an audience that may result in a theatrical release or television program...
| Title | Role | Director |
|---|---|---|
| Don Juan Tenorio | Juan Tenorio - Lead Actor | Guillermo Lepe |
| La Virginidad | Arturo - Lead Actor | Alejandro Alcondez |
| Martin el Zapatero | Martin - Lead Actor | Alejandro Alcondez |
| Por la Vida de Jesucristo | Director | Alejandro Alcondez |
Other works
Alcondez has been part of many other projects including screen writing, producing and directing many music videos and various feature films like. Cielito Lindo (Beautiful Heaven) filmed at ChihuahuaChihuahua, Chihuahua
The city of Chihuahua is the state capital of the Mexican state of Chihuahua. It has a population of about 825,327. The predominant activity is industry, including domestic heavy, light industries, consumer goods production, and to a smaller extent maquiladoras.-History:It has been said that the...
, Mexico
Mexico
The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...
. In an interview in a Mexican newspaper, Alcondez explained the reason he chose to film at that location as well the plot of the film and when he wrote the Screenplay for "Cielito Lindo" (Beautiful Heaven). as well as the number of films he has participated.
External links
- Alejandro Alcondez Website
- Alejandro Alcondez Film Production Company (English)
- Alejandro Alcondez at the Internet Movie DatabaseInternet Movie DatabaseInternet Movie Database is an online database of information related to movies, television shows, actors, production crew personnel, video games and fictional characters featured in visual entertainment media. It is one of the most popular online entertainment destinations, with over 100 million...
- Alejandro Alcondez Feature Films at YouTubeYouTubeYouTube is a video-sharing website, created by three former PayPal employees in February 2005, on which users can upload, view and share videos....
- Alejandro Alcondez Google Profile
- Alejandro Alcondez Film Premiere at Grauman's Chinese Theater