Alejandro González Iñárritu

Born: 1963-08-15

Alejandro González Iñárritu (American Spanish: [aleˈxandɾo gonˈsales iˈɲaritu]; credited since 2014 as Alejandro G. Iñárritu; born August 15, 1963) is a Mexican film director, producer and screenwriter. He is the first Mexican director to be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Director and the Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing, for Babel (2007). Iñárritu's six feature films—Amores perros (2000), 21 Grams (2003), Babel (2006) (comprising the "Death Trilogy"), Biutiful (2010), Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) (2014), and The Revenant (2015)—have garnered critical acclaim and numerous accolades, including Academy Award nominations and wins. In 2015, Iñárritu won the Academy Award for Best Director, Best Original Screenplay, and Best Picture for Birdman. The following year, he won the Academy Award for Best Director for The Revenant, making him the third director to win back to back Academy Awards, and the first since 1950. He is friends with fellow Mexican directors Guillermo del Toro and Alfonso Cuarón, collectively known as "The Three Amigos of Cinema."


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Before the Flood

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Released: 2016-10-21

A look at how climate change affects our environment and what society can do to prevent the...

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Trespassing Bergman

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Released: 2013-08-28

In the sixties, Swedish filmmaker Ingmar Bergman (1918-2007) built a house on the remote island...

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Sexo en el plató

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Released: 2007-04-09

How are the sex scenes filmed? What tricks are used to fake the desire? How do the interpreters...

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Kurosawa's Way

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Released: 2011-05-13

Eleven major film makers from Europe, America and Asia talk about Akira Kurosawa and discover...

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Plankton Salesmen

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Released: 2017-10-29

A nostalgic look at the birth and death of arthouse film distribution in the early 2000s in...

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Birdman: All-Access (A View From the Wings)

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Released: 2015-05-18

A making-of documentary for the 2014 film "Birdman".

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Common Ground: Under Construction Notes

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Released: 2007-09-30

The making of Alejandro González Iñárritu’s Babel is chronicled through an observational...

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A World Unseen: 'The Revenant'

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Released: 2016-01-21

A new documentary directed by Eliot Rausch exploring the production of Alejandro G. Iñárritu's...

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Cannes: All Access

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Released: 2007-10-27

From its simple beginnings in 1939 in a sleepy beach town in the south of France, the...

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Behind Biutiful: Director's Flip Notes

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Released: 2011-05-31

A behind-the-scenes documentary that combines recorded rehearsals and intimate moments with...

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Perros, amores, accidentes

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Released: 2020-12-15

A three-part documentary featuring behind-the-scenes footage from the production of Amores perros.

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21 Grams: In Fragments

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Released: 2004-03-16

A documentary on the making of 21 Grams (2003).

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Gold

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Released: 2013-01-09

Documentary about the triumph of the Mexican National Team at the Olympic Games in London....

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Finding Your Roots

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First aired: 2012-03-24

Noted Harvard scholar Henry Louis Gates, Jr. has been helping people discover long-lost...

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Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter

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First aired: 2015-08-02

Some of this year's most talked about talent open up about the challenges and triumphs of...

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Bosé renacido

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First aired: 2023-09-05

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Bergman's Video

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First aired: 2012-08-22

In the sixties, Swedish filmmaker Ingmar Bergman (1918-2007) built a house on the remote island...

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