Alejandro González Iñárritu

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Alejandro González Iñárritu

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Birthday
Aug 15, 1963 (61 years old)

Alejandro González Iñárritu

Known For

Perros, amores, accidentes
0h 44m
Movie 2020

Perros, amores, accidentes

A three-part documentary featuring behind-the-scenes footage from the production of...

Plankton Salesmen
1h 26m
Movie 2017

Plankton Salesmen

A nostalgic look at the birth and death of arthouse...

Before the Flood
1h 33m
Movie 2016

Before the Flood

A look at how climate change affects our environment and...

A World Unseen: 'The Revenant'
0h 44m
Movie 2016

A World Unseen: 'The Revenant'

A new documentary directed by Eliot Rausch exploring the production...

Gold
0h 46m
Movie 2013

Gold

Documentary about the triumph of the Mexican National Team at...

Behind Biutiful: Director's Flip Notes
0h 22m
Movie 2011

Behind Biutiful: Director's Flip Notes

A behind-the-scenes documentary that combines recorded rehearsals and intimate moments...

Cannes: All Access
1h 19m
Movie 2007

Cannes: All Access

From its simple beginnings in 1939 in a sleepy beach...

Common Ground: Under Construction Notes
1h 36m
Movie 2007

Common Ground: Under Construction Notes

The making of Alejandro González Iñárritu’s Babel is chronicled through...

Sexo en el plató
0h 28m
Movie 2007

Sexo en el plató

How are the sex scenes filmed? What tricks are used...

21 Grams: In Fragments
0h 20m
Movie 2004

21 Grams: In Fragments

A documentary on the making of 21 Grams (2003).

Biography

Alejandro González Iñárritu is a Mexican filmmaker. He is primarily known for making modern psychological drama films about the human condition. His projects have garnered critical acclaim and numerous accolades, including five Academy Awards,  Special Achievement Awards, Golden Globe Awards,  BAFTA Awards, and  Directors Guild of America Awards. His most notable films include Amores Perros (2000), 21 Grams (2003), Babel (2006), Biutiful (2010), Birdman (2014), The Revenant (2015), and Bardo (2022). Amores Perros (2000), and Biutiful (2010) each received nominations for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film. He earned critical and commercial success for his films 21 Grams(2003) and Babel (2006). For Birdman (2014), he won three Academy Awards for Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Original Screenplay. The following year, he was awarded Best Director for The Revenant (2015), making him the third director to win back-to-back after John Ford and Joseph L. Mankiewicz. Iñárritu was later awarded a Special Achievement Academy Award for his virtual reality installation Carne y Arena (2017). Iñárritu became the first Mexican filmmaker to be nominated as director or producer in the Academy Awards' history and the first to win for Best Original Screenplay and Best Picture. He was the first Mexican filmmaker to receive the Best Director Award at Cannes, and the first to win a DGA Award for Outstanding Directing. In 2019, Iñárritu became the first Latin American to serve as jury president for the 72nd Cannes Film Festival. Iñárritu and Mexican filmmakers Alfonso Cuarón and Guillermo del Toro are known in the film industry as "The Three Amigos." Description above from the Wikipedia article Alejandro González Iñárritu, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.