Name
Alfonso Cuarón
Known For
Directing
Birthday
1961-11-28 (65 years old)
Place of Birth
Mexico City, Mexico
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.
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- 2004 The Magic Touch of Harry Potter as Self
- 2020 I'm No Longer Here: A Discussion with Guillermo del Toro and Alfonso Cuarón as Self
- 2022 Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts as Self
- 2006 Wanderlust as Himself
- 2001 Behind the Scenes of 'Y Tu Mamá También' as Self
- 2020 Road to Roma as Self
- 2019 Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound as Self
- 2008 Quantum of Solace as Additional Voices (voice)
- 2025 Conversation avec Alfonso Cuarón as Self - subject, filmmaker
- 2026 Maverick: The Epic Adventures of David Lean as Self
- Soon Joie de Vivre. Notes, thoughts, words, reflections, faces, and visions concerning Bernardo Bertolucci and the cinephilia of the 20th century that no longer exists as Self
- 2023 100 Years of Warner Bros. ( 2 episodes ) as Self
- 2015 Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1953 The Oscars ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2015 The Late Show with Stephen Colbert ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2023 Faut Voir - L'Hebdo cinéma ( 1 episode ) as Self - Guest
