Alejandro González Iñárritu | |
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Iñárritu at the 87th Academy Awards | |
9 Nominations / 4 Wins | |
Role | Director |
Born | August 15, 1963 |
Mexico City, Mexico | |
Alejandro González Iñárritu is a Mexican film director. González Iñárritu is the first Mexican director to be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Director and by the Directors Guild of America for Best Director. He is also the first Mexican born director to have won the Prix de la mise en scene or best director award at Cannes (2006), the second one being Carlos Reygadas in 2012. His four feature films Amores Perros (2000), 21 Grams (2003), Babel (2006) and Biutiful (2010) have gained critical acclaim worldwide including 12 Academy Award nominations.
Wins[]
- 87th Academy Awards, 2014
- Best Director — Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
- Best Original Screenplay — Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) (shared with Nicolás Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris, Jr. and Armando Bo)
- Best Picture — Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) (shared with John Lesher and James W. Skotchdopole)
Nominations[]
- 74th Academy Awards, 2001
- Best Foreign Language Film — Amores Perros (representing Mexico)
- 79th Academy Awards, 2006
- Best Director — Babel (shared with Jon Kilik and Steve Golin)
- Best Picture — Babel
- 83rd Academy Awards, 2010
- Best Foreign Language Film — Biutiful (representing Mexico)
- 87th Academy Awards, 2014
- Best Director — Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
- Best Original Screenplay — Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) (shared with Nicolás Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris, Jr. and Armando Bo)
- Best Picture — Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) (shared with John Lesher and James W. Skotchdopole)
- 88th Academy Awards, 2015
- Best Director — The Revenant
- Best Picture — The Revenant (shared with Arnon Milchan, Steve Golin, Mary Parent and Keith Redmon)
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