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Alfonso Cuarón

Alfonso Cuarón

Director · Born November 28, 1961 · Mexico City, Mexico

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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.

Directed 20

1980s

  1. 1989
  2. Appointment with Death

    Director

  3. 1988
  4. 1986

    La gran fiesta

    Assistant Director

  5. 1983

    Quartet for the End of Time

    Director

No release date

  1. Jane

    Director

Produced 31

2010s

  1. 2018
  2. 2015

    This Changes Everything

    Executive Producer

  3. 2014
  4. 2013
  5. 2012

    Heroes & Demons

    Executive Producer

  6. 2010

2000s

  1. 2008
  2. 2007

    The Possibility of Hope

    Producer

  3. Year of the Nail

    Executive Producer

  4. 2006
  5. 2004

    The Assassination of Richard Nixon

    Producer

  6. Crónicas

    Producer

  7. 2002

    You Owe Me One

    Executive Producer

  8. 2001

No release date

  1. Jane

    Producer

Wrote 14

1990s

  1. 1997

    Sweet Release

    Screenplay

  2. 1992

1980s

  1. 1989

    Appointment with Death

    Writer

  2. 1988
  3. 1983

    Quartet for the End of Time

    Writer

Edited 7

2010s

  1. 2018
  2. 2013

1980s

  1. 1989

    Appointment with Death

    Editor

  2. 1983

    Quartet for the End of Time

    Editor

Created 2

2010s

  1. 2014

Acted in 1

Other crew 1

2000s

  1. 2004

    Duck Season

    Presenter

Sound 1

1980s

  1. 1982

    The Eve

    Sound Assistant

Camera 1

Appearances14

2020s

  1. 2026

    Maverick: The Epic Adventures of David Lean

    Self

  2. Joie de vivre

    Self

  3. 2023
  4. 2022
  5. 2020

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

    Self

2000s

  1. 2006
  2. 2004

    The Magic Touch of Harry Potter

    Self - Director

  3. 2001

    Behind the Scenes of 'Y Tu Mamá También'

    Self

Thanked in the credits8