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Alfonso Cuarón

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Alfonso Cuarón

Born Nov 28, 1961 · 64 years68 titles 59 movies · 9 TV
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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.

Also known as

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

Born

Nov 28, 1961

Mexico City, Mexico

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Roles across career

Titles counted once; a person can act and direct on the same film (roles merged).

15

Acting credits

21

Directing

15

Writing

42

Other crew

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