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Alfonso Cuarón

Directing

Born November 28, 1961 · Mexico City, Mexico

Also known as 알폰소 쿠아론 · Αλφόνσο Κουαρόν · 阿方索·卡隆

Biography

Alfonso Cuarón Orozco (US: /kwɑːˈroʊn/kwar-OHN; Spanish: [alˈfonso kwaˈɾon]; born 28 November 1961) is a Mexican filmmaker. His accolades include four Academy Awards, seven BAFTA Awards, and three Golden Globe Awards. Cuarón made his feature film debut with the romantic comedy Sólo con tu pareja (1991) and directed the film adaptations A Little Princess (1995) and Great Expectations (1998). His breakthrough came with the coming-of-age film Y tu mamá también (2001), which earned him a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay. He gained greater prominence for directing the fantasy film Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004), the dystopian drama Children of Men (2006), the science fiction drama Gravity (2013), and the semi-autobiographical drama Roma (2018). The latter two won him Academy Awards for Best Director. He also won Best Film Editing for Gravity and Best Cinematography for Roma. Description above from the Wikipedia article Alfonso Cuarón, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Awards & recognition

  • Academy AwardBest Director · 2019
  • Academy AwardBest Cinematography · 2019
  • BAFTA AwardBest Cinematography · 2019
  • BAFTA AwardBest Direction · 2019
  • Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association AwardBest Director · 2018
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  • Telluride Film Festival Silver Medallion · 2018
  • Academy AwardBest Film Editing · 2014
  • Academy AwardBest Director · 2014
  • BAFTA AwardBest Direction · 2014
  • BAFTA AwardBest British Film · 2014
  • Golden Globe AwardBest Director · 2014
  • Hugo AwardBest Dramatic Presentation, Long Form · 2014
  • Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association AwardBest Director · 2013
  • BAFTA AwardBest Film Not in the English Language · 2007
  • British Academy Children's Awards · 2004
  • Best Screenplay Award (Venice Film Festival) · 2001
  • Bradbury Award
  • Directors Guild of America Award
  • Academy AwardBest Live Action Short Film · 2023 · nominated
  • Academy AwardBest Picture · 2019 · nominated
  • Academy AwardBest Writing, Original Screenplay · 2019 · nominated
  • Academy AwardBest Film Editing · 2014 · nominated
  • Academy AwardBest Director · 2014 · nominated
  • Academy AwardBest Picture · 2014 · nominated
  • Academy AwardBest Writing, Adapted Screenplay · 2007 · nominated
  • Academy AwardBest Film Editing · 2007 · nominated
  • Academy AwardBest Writing, Original Screenplay · 2003 · nominated
  • European Film AwardBest Non-European Film · 2001 · nominated

Filmography39 titles

The Voice of Hind Rajab

2025Executive Producer

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

2004Director

Pan's Labyrinth

2006Producer

Road to Roma

2020as Self

Frankenstein

2025Thanks

Roma

2018Director, Director of Photography, Editor, Producer, Writer

Children of Men

2006Director, Editor, Screenplay

Amores Perros

2000Thanks

A Little Princess

1995Director

Disclaimer

2024Director, Executive Producer, Writer

Y tu mamá también

2001Director, Editor, Producer, Writer

Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts

2022as Self

The Shape of Water

2017Thanks

Gravity

2013Director, Editor, Producer, Writer

Biutiful

2010Associate Producer

The Pupils

2022Producer

Rudo y Cursi

2008Producer

An Almost Christmas Story

2024Producer, Story

Black Sun

2006Executive Producer

Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound

2019as Self

Romero

1989Assistant Director

The Shepherd

2023Producer

Believe

2014Creator, Director, Executive Producer, Writer

Paris, Je T'aime

2006Director, Writer

The Disciple

2020Executive Producer

Cronos

1992Thanks

Great Expectations

1998Director

Love in the Time of Hysteria

1991Director, Editor, Producer, Screenplay

Revelations

2025Executive Producer

Cronicas

2004Producer

The Witches

2020Producer

Quantum of Solace

2008as Additional Voices (voice)

Raymond & Ray

2022Producer

Desierto

2015Producer

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

2015as Self

Blood Ties

2013Thanks

I'm No Longer Here: A Discussion with Guillermo del Toro and Alfonso Cuarón

2020as Self

The Hottest State

2006Thanks

Hands of God

2020Executive Producer