---
name: "Antonio Sánchez"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/antonio-sanchez"
fi1m_id: "antonio-sanchez"
imdb_id: "nm1632232"
tmdb_id: 2588756
wikidata_id: "Q605011"
roles: ["Composer"]
born: "1 November 1971"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 83
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-17T17:16:52.112853+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Antonio Sánchez

## Identity

Antonio Sánchez

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/antonio-sanchez
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** antonio-sanchez
- **IMDb ID:** nm1632232
- **TMDB ID:** 2588756
- **Wikidata ID:** Q605011
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonio_S%C3%A1nchez_(drummer), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q605011, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1632232/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2588756

Composer. Born 1 November 1971 in Mexico City, Mexico.

## Details

- **Work:** Composer
- **Born:** 1 November 1971, Mexico City, Mexico
- **Active:** 2014–present
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 82 (1), 2020s 84 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonio_S%C3%A1nchez_(drummer), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q605011, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1632232/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2588756

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*The Studio*](https://film.one/tv/the-studio.md) (84)
- **HBO Max:** [*Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)*](https://film.one/film/birdman-or-the-unexpected-virtue-of-ignorance.md) (82)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Antonio Sánchez is a Mexican composer and jazz drummer. Born on 1 November 1971 in Mexico City, he studied at the National Conservatory there before graduating from Berklee College of Music in 1997. He is best known for his all-percussion score for Alejandro G. Iñárritu’s *Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)* (2014).

Sánchez has worked extensively with guitarist Pat Metheny and has scored films and series including *Get Shorty* (2017–2018) and *The Studio* (2025). His music for the latter Apple TV+ series earned him a Primetime Emmy nomination for Outstanding Music Composition for a Series (Original Dramatic Score). He has won multiple Grammy Awards.

*Sources: variety.com, imdb.com, sfcv.org.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *The Studio* (2025), Fi1m 84, Music, Original Music Composer — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-studio.md)
- *Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)* (2014), Fi1m 82, Music, Original Music Composer — [page](https://film.one/film/birdman-or-the-unexpected-virtue-of-ignorance.md)

## Complete filmography (10)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Studio* (2025), series, Original Music Composer — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-studio.md)
- *Afternoons of Solitude* (2025), Production Sound Mixer
- *Stags* (2024), series, Original Music Composer
- *Schoolhood, The Past References of an Unforeseeable Future* (2023), Original Music Composer
- *The Anarchists* (2022), series, Original Music Composer
- *Harami* (2021), Original Music Composer
- *The Hippopotamus* (2017), Main Title Theme Composer
- *Miles Ahead* (2016), as Live Concert Band · Musician
- *Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)* (2014), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/birdman-or-the-unexpected-virtue-of-ignorance.md)
- *Black Mirror* (2011), series, Boom Operator — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/tv/black-mirror.md)

## Gallery

- ![Drummer Antonio Sanchez (The Joshua Redman Trio) (2007)](https://film.one/media/person/46909/gallery-6b1234c11fc2.jpg) Drummer Antonio Sanchez (The Joshua Redman Trio) (2007) — Geneviève Ruocco The Hague, NL, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/39/Antonio_Sanchez.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Antonio Sánchez is een van de meest vooraanstaande drummers en componisten van zijn generatie. Alsof zijn soundtrack van de bejubelde film Birdman en een rol in (2019)](https://film.one/media/person/46909/gallery-49946f35a41f.jpg) Antonio Sánchez is een van de meest vooraanstaande drummers en componisten van zijn generatie. Alsof zijn soundtrack van de bejubelde film Birdman en een rol in (2019) — Dirk Neven, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/69/Antonio_S%C3%A1nchez_%26_Migration%2C_LantarenVenster_Rotterdam_11_januari_2019_-_Antonio_S%C3%A1nchez_%2851435708902%29.jpg/1280px-Antonio_S%C3%A1nchez_%26_Migration%2C_LantarenVenster_Rotterdam_11_januari_2019_-_Antonio_S%C3%A1nchez_%2851435708902%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Antonio Sánchez & Migration, LantarenVenster Rotterdam 11 januari 2019 - Antonio Sánchez](https://film.one/media/person/46909/gallery-a1f7e74fc5ad.jpg) Antonio Sánchez & Migration, LantarenVenster Rotterdam 11 januari 2019 - Antonio Sánchez — Dirk Neven, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/Antonio_S%C3%A1nchez_%26_Migration%2C_LantarenVenster_Rotterdam_11_januari_2019_-_Antonio_S%C3%A1nchez_%2851436704358%29.jpg/1280px-Antonio_S%C3%A1nchez_%26_Migration%2C_LantarenVenster_Rotterdam_11_januari_2019_-_Antonio_S%C3%A1nchez_%2851436704358%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Antonio Sánchez](https://film.one/media/person/46909/gallery-8ce2cc14d0a4.jpg) Antonio Sánchez — Dirk Neven, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Antonio_S%C3%A1nchez_%26_Migration%2C_LantarenVenster_Rotterdam_11_januari_2019_-_Antonio_S%C3%A1nchez_%2851437432070%29.jpg/1280px-Antonio_S%C3%A1nchez_%26_Migration%2C_LantarenVenster_Rotterdam_11_januari_2019_-_Antonio_S%C3%A1nchez_%2851437432070%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Antonio Sánchez & Migration, LantarenVenster Rotterdam 11 januari 2019 - Chase Baird](https://film.one/media/person/46909/gallery-e9191b6e7a9f.jpg) Antonio Sánchez & Migration, LantarenVenster Rotterdam 11 januari 2019 - Chase Baird — Dirk Neven, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Antonio_S%C3%A1nchez_%26_Migration%2C_LantarenVenster_Rotterdam_11_januari_2019_-_Chase_Baird_%2851437211464%29.jpg/1280px-Antonio_S%C3%A1nchez_%26_Migration%2C_LantarenVenster_Rotterdam_11_januari_2019_-_Chase_Baird_%2851437211464%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

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© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Canonical: https://film.one/person/antonio-sanchez