# Antonio Mendez **Entity class:** Person **Domain:** CIA technical services / cover operations ## Definition **Antonio J. Mendez** (1940–2019) was a CIA technical-operations officer associated with disguise, identity transformation, and the creation of [[wiki/Studio Six Productions|Studio Six Productions]] for the 1980 exfiltration operation later dramatized as _Argo_. ## Relationships - **served in:** [[wiki/Central Intelligence Agency|Central Intelligence Agency]]. - **worked with:** [[wiki/John Chambers|John Chambers]] and [[wiki/Robert Sidell|Robert Sidell]]. - **authored:** _The Master of Disguise: My Secret Life in the CIA_. - **tradecraft:** [[wiki/Producer Function|Producer Function]], [[wiki/Commercial Cover|Commercial Cover]], and [[wiki/Backstopping|Backstopping]]. - **source:** [[research/The Producer Function in Intelligence Tradecraft and Dramaturgy|The Producer Function in Intelligence Tradecraft and Dramaturgy]].