Maria, is a composer, producer and songwriter from Mexico, based between Los Angeles and Mexico City.
Honors graduate of Berklee’s film scoring program, followed by a mentorship under eight-time Academy Award nominee and Emmy winner, James Newton Howard (Hunger Games, King Kong, Fantastic Beasts). In 2024, she collaborated with the legendary Gustavo Santaolalla, contributing music and arrangements to a special commission of Spanish Dracula. That year, Maria was also nominated for three Latin Grammys as a producer and songwriter and co-scored the horror film Shaman for director, Antonio Negret. She has scored multiple Spanish features over the past few years including Fragmentos, Un Funeral De Locos and La Familia Beneton 1&2. In 2025 Maria also completed the score and songs for Julia Pastrana, a Spanish period drama series to be released early this year on Disney + . Her newest project that she just started work on is an English language action thriller feature Above+Below starring Antonio Banderas.
Vertiz is fluent in Spanish and English, she holds dual citizenship in Mexico and Italy.
As a producer and writer, she has recently been in the studio with artists such as Anyma, Cuco, Sofia Reyes, PNAU, Aurora, Niko Rubio (Atlantic), Nicole Zignago (Warner Mexico), Las Villa (Warner Latin), Estevie (Nice Life) and Natalia Lacunza (Universal Spain).