Actor
Paco Ignacio Taibo II
November 1, 1949 · Gijón, Asturias, Spain
Francisco Ignacio Taibo Mahojo (b. January 11, 1949), better known as Paco Taibo II or informally as PIT, is a Spanish-Mexican writer, novelist and political activist based in Mexico City.
He is most widely known as the founder of the neopolicial genre of novel in Latin America and is also a prominent member of the international crime writing community. His Spanish language work has won numerous awards including two Latin American Dashiell Hammett Prizes. In 2018, Taibo was appointed as head of the Fondo de Cultura Económica by President Andrés Manuel López Obrador.
Often works with
Eduardo López Rojas
3 titles together
Días de combate, Loving Ghosts, Los maravillosos olores de la vida
Sergio Goyri
2 titles together
Días de combate, Loving Ghosts
Rebecca Jones
2 titles together
Días de combate, Loving Ghosts
Bruno Bichir
2 titles together
Días de combate, Tu vida y mi vida
Guillermo Gil
2 titles together
Días de combate, Los maravillosos olores de la vida
Paloma Sáiz Tejero
2 titles together
Fuimos revolución. 10 de junio de 1971, Fuimos Revolución. 10 de junio de 1971
Full filmography · 11
Fuimos revolución. 10 de junio de 1971
as Paco Ignacio Taibo II
2022
Patria
cast
2019Between Cuba and Mexico, Everything is Bonito & Sabroso
cast
2016
Before We Are Forgotten
cast
2013
¿Adiós a la Izquierda?
cast
2008
Los maravillosos olores de la vida
Writer
2000
Días de combate
Writer
1994
Loving Ghosts
Writer
1994
Tu vida y mi vida
Writer
1994
Días de Combate
Writer
1982