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Alejandro González Iñárritu

Alejandro González Iñárritu

Directing1963Mexico City, Mexico

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."

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Acting History

Future
Porto Rico
Executive Producer
2026
Digger
Director
Digger
Producer
Digger
Writer
2025
The Simpsons
TVas Alejandro González Iñárritu (voice)1 eps
2024
Disclaimer
TVThanks7 eps
2021
Shake Your Cares Away
Executive Producer
2020
Perros, amores, accidentes
as Self (archive footage)
2019
Finding Your Roots
TVas Self1 eps
2018
The Gaze of the Sea
Executive Producer
2017
Plankton Salesmen
as Self (archive footage)
2013
Gold
as Self
Gravity
Thanks
2012
Bergman's Video
TVas Self - Filmmaker1 eps
The Last Elvis
Associate Producer
Naran Ja
Director
2010
Biutiful
Director
Biutiful
Producer
Biutiful
Writer
2009
Mother and Child
Executive Producer
2008
Rudo & Cursi
Producer
2006
Babel
Producer
Babel
Director
Toro Negro
Executive Producer
Babel
Idea
2005
Nine Lives
Executive Producer
2003
21 Grams
Producer
21 Grams
Director
2002
2001
Powder Keg
Director
The Hire
TVWriter1 eps
The Hire
TVDirector1 eps
2000
1996
The Ringer
Producer
The Ringer
Director
1995
1988
The Marked Hour
TVDirector14 eps
The Marked Hour
TVWriter14 eps
1987
Fiera solitaria
Original Music Composer

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Personal Info

Known For
Directing
Gender
Male
Birthday
8/15/1963(62 years old)
Place of Birth
Mexico City, Mexico
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