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Alfonso Cuarón

Film Director / Screenwriter / Film Producer / Television Director / Cinematographer / Television Producer | * 11/28/1961 (63) | Mexico City (Mexico)
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Alfonso Tiberio Cuarón Orozco (US: kwar-OHN; Spanish: [alˈfonso kwaˈɾon] ; born 28 November 1961) is a Mexican filmmaker. His accolades include five 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 ()
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Alfonso Cuarón Orozco (born 28 November 1961) is a Mexican filmmaker. Cuarón is the first Mexico-born filmmaker to win the Academy Award for Best Director. He has been nominated for Academy Awards in six different categories, a record he shares with Walt Disney and George Clooney.Cuarón has received 10 Academy Award nominations, winning four including Best Director for Gravity (2013) and Roma (2018), Best Film Editing for Gravity, and Best Cinematography for Roma. His other notable films from a variety of genres include the family drama A Little Princess (1995), the Romantic drama Great Expectations (1998), the coming of age road film Y Tu Mamá También (2001), the fantasy film Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004), and the science fiction dystopian thriller Children of Men (2006).

Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Thriller | Documentaries

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Awards & Nominations for Alfonso Cuarón

Directors Guild of America Awards Best Screenplay Award (venice Film Festival) British Academy Children's Awards BAFTA Award for Best Film Not in the English Language 2x Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award for Best Director Academy Award for Best Film Editing 2x Academy Award for Best Director Golden Globe Award for Best Director BAFTA Award for Outstanding British Film BAFTA Award for Best Direction Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form Telluride Film Festival Silver Medallion Academy Award for Best Director 2x Academy Award for Best Film Editing Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay Academy Award for Best Picture European Film Award for Best Non-European Film Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film
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Movies with Alfonso Cuarón as Actor(7)

TV Shows/Series with Alfonso Cuarón as Actor(1)

Movies with Alfonso Cuarón as Crew(59)

Production/Producer2024 An Almost Christmas Story
Writing/Story2024 An Almost Christmas Story
Production/Co-Producer2023 The Shepherd
Directing/Director2023 Jane
Production/Producer2023 Jane
Production/Executive Producer2023 Jane
Production/Producer2023 A Boy and His Shoe
Writing/Writer2023 A Boy and His Shoe
Production/Producer2022 Raymond & Ray
Production/Producer2022 Le Pupille
Production/Executive Producer2020 The Disciple
Production/Producer2020 Roald Dahl's The Witches
Production/Executive Producer2020 Hands of God
Camera/Director of Photography2018 Roma
Directing/Director2018 Roma
Editing/Editor2018 Roma
Production/Producer2018 Roma
Writing/Writer2018 Roma
Production/Producer2015 Desierto
Directing/Director2013 Gravity
Editing/Editor2013 Gravity
Production/Producer2013 Gravity
Writing/Writer2013 Gravity
Production/Producer2010 Biutiful
Production/Producer2008 Rudo & Cursi
Production/Executive Producer2007 Year of the Nail
Writing/Screenplay2007 The Shock Doctrine
Directing/Director2007 The Possibility of Hope
Crew/Thanks2006 The Hottest State
Production/Producer2006 Pan's Labyrinth
Directing/Director2006 Paris Je T'aime
Writing/Writer2006 Paris Je T'aime
Directing/Director2006 Children of Men
Editing/Editor2006 Children of Men
Writing/Screenplay2006 Children of Men
Production/Executive Producer2005 Black Sun
Production/Producer2004 The Assassination of Richard Nixon
Production/Producer2004 Crónicas
Directing/Director2001 Y Tu Mamá También
Editing/Editor2001 Y Tu Mamá También
Production/Producer2001 Y Tu Mamá También
Writing/Screenplay2001 Y Tu Mamá También
Crew/Thanks2000 Amores Perros
Directing/Director1998 Great Expectations
Writing/Screenplay1997 Sweet Release
Directing/Director1995 A Little Princess
Directing/Director1993 Murder, Obliquely
Crew/Thanks1993 Cronos
Directing/Director1991 Sólo con tu pareja
Editing/Editor1991 Sólo con tu pareja
Production/Producer1991 Sólo con tu pareja
Writing/Screenplay1991 Sólo con tu pareja
Directing/Assistant Director1989 Romero
Directing/Assistant Director1986 La gran fiesta
Directing/Director1983 Quartet for the End of Time
Editing/Editor1983 Quartet for the End of Time
Writing/Writer1983 Quartet for the End of Time
Directing/Director1983 Who's He Anyway

TV Shows/Series with Alfonso Cuarón as Crew(13)

Production/Executive Producer2024 Disclaimer
Directing/Director2024 Disclaimer
Writing/Writer2024 Disclaimer
Creator/Creator2024 Disclaimer
Writing/Screenplay2024 Disclaimer
Editing/Editor2024 Disclaimer
Directing/Director2014 Believe
Writing/Writer2014 Believe
Production/Executive Producer2014 Believe
Creator/Creator2014 Believe
Directing/Director1993 Fallen Angels
Directing/Director1988 The Marked Hour
Writing/Writer1988 The Marked Hour

Additional Information

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Full Name: Alfonso Cuarón
Citizenship: Mexico
Born: Tuesday, 11/28 1961 (November) in Mexico City (Mexico) (current age: 63 years + 9 days)
Zodiac sign: Sagittarius (Chinese zodiac sign: Ox)
Languages: English (EN), Spanish (ES)
Educated at: National Autonomous University of Mexico, Escuela Nacional de Artes Cinematográficas
Member of: Writers Guild of America, East
Other names for Alfonso Cuarón (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"알폰소 쿠아론"
"Αλφόνσο Κουαρόν"
"阿方索·卡隆"
"アルフォンソ・キュアロン"
"アルフォンソ・キュアロン・オロスコ"
"アルフォンソ・クアロン"
"Alfonso Cuarón Orozco"
Alfonso Cuarón frequently works together with these people:
Guillermo del Toro (20x, Crew)
Jonás Cuarón (14x, Crew)
Emmanuel Lubezki (13x, Crew)
Carlos Cuarón (13x, Crew)
Richard Beggs (7x, Crew)
Cate Blanchett (3x, Actress)
WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:3249, Added: 03/23/2018, Last updated: 12/05/2024