Alfonso Cuaron Wiki Biography
Alfonso Cuaron Orozco was born on 28 November 1961, in Mexico City, Mexico, and is a screenwriter, producer, editor and film director, best known for directing hit films including “Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban”, “Children of Men”, and “Gravity”. All of his efforts have helped put his net worth to where it is today.
How rich is Alfonso Cuaron? As of mid-2017, sources inform us of a net worth that is at $40 million, mostly earned through success in the film industry; he is the first Latin American director to win an Oscar for Best Director. He’s received numerous awards over the course of his career, and as he continues, it is expected that his wealth will also continue to increase.
Alfonso Cuaron Net Worth $40 million
Alfonso attended the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) and studied philosophy there. He then attended Centro Universitario de Estudios Cinematograficos (CUEC) which is part of UNAM, to study filmmaking. There he met cinematographer Emmanuel Lubezki, and they would create his first short film entitled “Vengeance Is Mine”.
Cuaron started his career working as a technician for television in Mexico. He then transitioned to directing, and would become an assistant director for various Latin American film productions including “Romero”. In 1991, he got his first big-screen directorial work, Hishfirst full feature film entitled “Solo con tu pareja” about a womanizing businessman who believed he contracted AIDS after having sex with an attractive nurse, starring Astrid Hadad and model Claudia Ramirez. It was very successful, and led Cuaron to direct an episode of “Fallen Angels”. In 1995, he released his first feature film produced in the United States, called “A Little Princess” based on the novel of the same name. He then worked on a modernized version of “Great Expectations” starring Ethan Hawke and Gwyneth Paltrow, before returning to Mexico to film “Y Tu Mama Tambian’, which became an international hit and was critically acclaimed, drawing an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Screenplay for his work.
In 2004, Alfonso directed the third film of the “Harry Potter” series entitled “Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban”. He received flak from some of the fans of the series but author J.K. Rowling loved his work. He then worked on another novel adaptation – “Children of Men” – which starred Clive Owen and Michael Caine, once again gaining critical acclaim, and three Academy Award nominations.
Alfonso then founded the production company “Esperanto Filmoj”, which would be responsible for creating his later films. In 2010, he developed the space drama “Gravity” which starred George Clooney and Sandra Bullock; the film would receive 10 Academy Award nominations, and he would win the Best Director award, becoming the first Latin American to ever do so.
Cuaron’s next project would be 2013’s “Believe”, a series that was part of NBC. Latterly it was reported that he is focused on directing a project about a Mexican family in the 1970s.
For his personal life, it is known that Alfonso married actress Annalisa Bugliani in 2001 and their marriage lasted until 2008. They have two children, and he also has a son prior to that marriage. He is known to now be in a relationship with writer Sheherazade Goldsmith.
| Full Name | Alfonso Cuarón |
| Net Worth | $40 Million |
| Date Of Birth | November 28, 1961 |
| Place Of Birth | Mexico City, Mexico |
| Height | 1.82 m |
| Profession | Film director |
| Education | Centro Universitario de Estudios Cinematográficos, National Autonomous University of Mexico |
| Nationality | Mexican |
| Spouse | Annalisa Bugliani (m. 2001–2008), Mariana Elizondo (m. 1980–1993) |
| Parents | Alfredo Cuarón, Cristina Orozco |
| Siblings | Carlos Cuarón, Alfredo Cuarón |
| Partner | Sheherazade Goldsmith |
| IMDB | http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0190859/ |
| Awards | Academy Award for Best Director, Academy Award for Best Film Editing, Golden Globe Award for Best Director – Motion Picture, BAFTA Award for Best British Film, BAFTA Award for Best Foreign Language Film, Critics’ Choice Movie Award for Best Director, Critics’ Choice Movie Award for Best Editing, BAF… |
| Nominations | Academy Award for Best Picture, Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay, Academy Award for Best Writing Adapted Screenplay, Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Drama, Golden Lion, BAFTA Award for Best Film, Grand Jury Prize, BAFTA Award for Best Original Screenplay, César Award for Be… |
| Movies | Gravity, Children of Men, Y Tu Mamá También, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, A Little Princess, Great Expectations, Love in the Time of Hysteria, Desierto, Pan’s Labyrinth, Paris, I Love You, Rudo y Cursi, The Assassination of Richard Nixon, Crónicas, Sístole Diástole, You Owe Me One,… |
| TV Shows | Believe |
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| 1 | Often uses hand-held cameras |
| 2 | When directing, he flashes the title of the movie both at the beginning and at the end of all of his films. |
| 3 | Often uses wide camera angles |
| 4 | Use of long continuous and digitally blended shots |
| 5 | Often uses restlessly moving camera work |
| 6 | Frequently works with Emmanuel Lubezki as his director of photography |
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| 1 | Tim [Webber] came to me with the idea ‘let’s do it mainly CG’, and I went ‘no way..that’s going to suck. We’re going to do it as much practical as we can’. So we tried the conventional rigs and stuff. We tried cables and twisted arms and stuff, and I think it was three hours into the first day that it was so obvious that it wouldn’t work.. And there’s another thing. Wires give you this axis when you’re rolling, and we needed several axises, so the wires weren’t going to do it.. We wanted to give it a photo-real look from the first minute. I remember saying that when we finished the film I wanted NASA to call us and say they were suing us for putting cameras in their ships. |
| 2 | [on the physicality of Sandra Bullock’s performance] It was more like a dancer really with choreography, because it just wasn’t marks, it was about timing. So it was very complex and I’m amazed at what she did. |
| 3 | The most important thing for us is that all of this stuff, and all of this technology, are only tools to achieve the cinematic experience and cinematic moment. For us, the conceptual aspect behind it and the theoretical aspect of what we were trying to convey was more important. All of the technology was in service of that. |
| 4 | They ask if I’m happy and elated by ‘Gravity’s success. For me, it’s like the fox who has been chased by hounds for four and a half years, and then the fox gets away. Is the fox happy? The fox is happy when he’s frolicking with another fox, playing with the cubs in the meadow, mating, but when he escapes it’s just relief. That’s not happiness. |
| 5 | [on directing ‘Gravity’] There were times when it felt as though everything and everyone was conspiring against the process. But the thing about adversities is that they force you out of your comfort zone. The bad outcome is that you might drift into the void, but the other outcome is that you might gain amazing tools for growth and knowledge. |
| 6 | [on ‘Gravity’] The camera is a third astronaut, and that astronaut is the audience. The audience is floating in space, following these characters who are bonded by the loss of physics in zero gravity, floating and rolling and spinning. The idea is to immerse the audience so that your emotional experience is projected onto the screen in a primal way. |
| 7 | If I would rescue one of my movies, it would be A Little Princess. |
| 8 | There are fewer established rules in the way you tell a story for commercials than in features,it’s a great little short story you get to play with. |
| 9 | (Thoughts on the one film (or films) that made him want to become a filmmaker and why): There was no epiphany from one film. There were a few that stood out over the years. I was 8 when I saw Bicycle Thieves (1948), and it was the first black-and-white film I had ever seen. It triggered my curiosity to start seeing European cinema. When I was 7, I saw The Making of ‘Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid’ (1970). Hearing George Roy Hill talk about all the choices he made, I knew that directing movies was what I wanted to do. I remember seeing Death and Venice 40 times one year, and then switching my allegiance to Godard after seeing Masculine/Feminine! I knew early on that I was a nerd and that films were my refuge. Those first few minutes before the lights went off, and you’re alone in the theater waiting, were really pleasurable. Whether it was Steve McQueen, the coolest guy in cinema, to Robert Altman’s strange and wonderful 3 Women (1977), I saw hundreds of films before I ever picked up a camera. I believe I took something away from each one. |
| 10 | When you work with kids, people tell you to be very delicate, but that’s the last thing you should do with kids. They feel patronized if you’re like that. They just want you to be normal. |
| 11 | When people see some depth you never intended that’s really cool, you just put on a face and say “Oh, yeah, that was deep”. What are you going to say? I’m just a moron with luck? |
| 12 | Most of cinema nowadays is about shooting a lot and then figuring it out in the cutting room, rather than seeing your film it the head and see what’s in your head and not shoot what you have already envisioned in your head. |
| 13 | The only reason you make a movie is not to make or set out to do a good or a bad movie, it’s just to see what you learn for the next one. |
| 14 | I believe that human beings are born first and given passports later. I’m really thankful for my journey. And it’s a journey I didn’t design. |
| 15 | What’s the point of being an Australian guy traveling through India if you are going to go to India to meet other Australians? |
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| 1 | He is one of 9 directors to win the Golden Globe, Director’s Guild, BAFTA, and Oscar for the same film, achieving this feat for Gravity (2013). The others to achieve this are Mike Nichols for The Graduate (1967), Milos Forman for One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (1975), Richard Attenborough for Gandhi (1982), Oliver Stone for Platoon (1986), Steven Spielberg for Schindler’s List (1993), Ang Lee for Brokeback Mountain (2005), Danny Boyle for Slumdog Millionaire (2008), and Alejandro G. Iñárritu for The Revenant (2015). |
| 2 | Was considered to direct Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales (2017). |
| 3 | Was considered to direct The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (2013). |
| 4 | One of Time Magazine’s 100 Most Influential People in the World. [April 2014]. |
| 5 | He is the first Mexican-born director to win the Oscar for Best Director, achieving the feat for Gravity (2013). |
| 6 | Directed Sandra Bullock to an Oscar nomination for Gravity (2013). |
| 7 | When he accepted the Golden Globe award for Best Director in 2014 for Gravity (2013), Cuaron apologized for his poor English, especially to his star Sandra Bullock, for scaring her on location during production when he said what sounded like, ” I’m going to give you herpes” when he actually had said, in his thick Spanish accent, “I’m going to give you [an] ear piece.”. |
| 8 | Member of the jury at the Cannes Film Festival in 2008. |
| 9 | Was attached to direct Speed Racer (2008) with Johnny Depp in lead, but the job went to Wachowski brothers. |
| 10 | In 2007, he was one of 10 Mexican Oscar-nominees. The others were Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Guillermo Arriaga, Guillermo del Toro, Adriana Barraza, Guillermo Navarro, Emmanuel Lubezki, Eugenio Caballero, Pilar Revuelta and Fernando Cámara. |
| 11 | He’s a fan of Tim Burton. |
| 12 | He became attached to direct the film Runaway Jury (2003) but after a few months he left the project. |
| 13 | He has never read the novel ‘The Children of Men’ by P.D. James in which is film Children of Men (2006) is based on. |
| 14 | He was attached to direct Life of Pi (2012), but due to the production of Children of Men (2006), he had to step aside the director’s chair. Jean-Pierre Jeunet and then finally Ang Lee replaced him. |
| 15 | He was the original director of the film The Perez Family (1995), but pulled out before production started. |
| 16 | After divorcing from his ex-wife, Annalisa Bugliani, he moved from New York where they lived with their children, and now lives in London. |
| 17 | He is friends with singer Ian Brown and offered to direct one of his future videos. |
| 18 | He was set to write/direct the film Hart’s War (2002) but when production was about to begin he decided to do Y Tu Mamá También (2001) instead. |
| 19 | He was the mentor of actor/director Dean Paraskevopoulos. |
| 20 | He turned down the chance to direct Addicted to Love (1997) to work instead on A Little Princess (1995). |
| 21 | He is friends with directors Guillermo del Toro, Mira Nair, Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Terry George and Terry Gilliam. |
| 22 | Father of Tess Bu Cuarón, Jonás Cuarón and Olmo Teodoro Cuarón. |
| 23 | He had never read any of the Harry Potter books when he was offered to direct the third film. |
| 24 | Brother of Carlos Cuarón. |
Writer
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| A Boy and His Shoe | screenplay announced | ||
| Roma | filming | ||
| Believe | TV Series created by – 7 episodes, 2014 creator – 6 episodes, 2014 written by – 1 episode, 2014 | ||
| Gravity | 2013 | written by | |
| The Shock Doctrine | 2007 | Documentary short written by | |
| The Possibility of Hope | 2007 | Video documentary short concept | |
| Children of Men | 2006 | screenplay | |
| Paris, je t’aime | 2006 | segment “Parc Monceau”, as Alfonso Cuaron | |
| Y Tu Mamá También | 2001 | ||
| Sistole Diastole | 1997 | Short screenplay | |
| Sólo con tu pareja | 1991 | screenplay | |
| Hora Marcada | TV Series screenplay – 4 episodes, 1989 – 1990 writer – 2 episodes, 1990 | ||
| Cuarteto para el fin del tiempo | 1983 | Short screenplay | |
| Who’s He Anyway | 1983 | Short screenplay | |
| Vengeance Is Mine | 1983 | Short screenplay |
Producer
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| A Boy and His Shoe | producer announced | ||
| Roma | producer filming | ||
| Throwing Bombs in Baghdad | Documentary executive producer filming | ||
| Desierto | 2015 | producer | |
| This Changes Everything | 2015 | Documentary executive producer | |
| Believe | 2014 | TV Series executive producer – 6 episodes | |
| Aningaaq | 2013 | Short executive producer | |
| Gravity | 2013 | producer | |
| The Second Bakery Attack | 2010 | Short executive producer | |
| Biutiful | 2010 | associate producer | |
| Rudo y Cursi | 2008 | producer | |
| The Shock Doctrine | 2007 | Documentary short producer | |
| The Possibility of Hope | 2007 | Video documentary short producer | |
| Año uña | 2007 | executive producer | |
| Pan’s Labyrinth | 2006 | producer | |
| Black Sun | 2005 | Documentary executive producer | |
| The Assassination of Richard Nixon | 2004 | producer | |
| Cronicas | 2004 | producer | |
| You Owe Me One | 2002 | Short executive producer | |
| Y Tu Mamá También | 2001 | producer | |
| Sólo con tu pareja | 1991 | producer | |
| Camino largo a Tijuana | 1991 | co-producer |
Director
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Roma | filming | ||
| Believe | 2014 | TV Series 1 episode | |
| Gravity | 2013 | ||
| The Possibility of Hope | 2007 | Video documentary short | |
| Children of Men | 2006 | ||
| Paris, je t’aime | 2006 | segment “Parc Monceau”, as Alfonso Cuaron | |
| Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban | 2004 | ||
| Y Tu Mamá También | 2001 | ||
| Great Expectations | 1998 | ||
| A Little Princess | 1995 | ||
| Fallen Angels | 1993 | TV Series 1 episode | |
| Sólo con tu pareja | 1991 | ||
| Hora Marcada | 1989-1990 | TV Series 6 episodes | |
| Cuarteto para el fin del tiempo | 1983 | Short as Alfonso Cuarón Orozco | |
| Who’s He Anyway | 1983 | Short | |
| Vengeance Is Mine | 1983 | Short |
Cinematographer
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| El motel de la muerte | 1990 | TV Movie | |
| Hora Marcada | 1988-1990 | TV Series 5 episodes | |
| Fuga en por menor | 1983 | Short | |
| Las palabras | 1983 | Short | |
| San ciudadano martir | 1983 | Short | |
| Una temporada en el infierno | 1983 | Short | |
| Final de los juegos | 1983 | Short | |
| Vengeance Is Mine | 1983 | Short | |
| Andante spianato | 1982 | Short | |
| Recuerdo de Xochimilco | 1981 | Short |
Assistant Director
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Diplomatic Immunity | 1991/II | first assistant director / second unit director | |
| Romero | 1989 | assistant director | |
| Les pyramides bleues | 1988 | first assistant director | |
| Gaby: A True Story | 1987 | first assistant director / second unit director | |
| Noche de Calífas | 1987 | assistant director | |
| La gran fiesta | 1986 | assistant director | |
| Nocaut | 1984 | assistant director | |
| La víspera | 1982 | assistant director |
Editor
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Roma | filming | ||
| Gravity | 2013 | ||
| Children of Men | 2006 | ||
| Y Tu Mamá También | 2001 | ||
| Sólo con tu pareja | 1991 | ||
| Hora Marcada | 1989 | TV Series 1 episode | |
| La divina Lola | 1984 | Short | |
| Cuarteto para el fin del tiempo | 1983 | Short | |
| Who’s He Anyway | 1983 | Short | |
| Vengeance Is Mine | 1983 | Short |
Actor
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Quantum of Solace | 2008 | Additional Voices (voice) | |
| Hairshirt | 1998 | B.J. Copp Director | |
| Las palabras | 1983 | Short | |
| San ciudadano martir | 1983 | Short |
Miscellaneous
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Black & White in Colors | 2012 | technical advisor | |
| The Possibility of Hope | 2007 | Video documentary short additional footage |
Camera Department
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Camino largo a Tijuana | 1991 | assistant camera |
Production Manager
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Camino largo a Tijuana | 1991 | assistant production manager |
Soundtrack
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nocaut | 1984 | lyrics: “Yo no sé qué pasó” |
Thanks
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alicia’s Dream | 2016 | special thanks completed | |
| Legendary AD | 2016 | Documentary very special thanks | |
| The Revenant | 2015 | Alejandro G. Iñárritu would like to thank | |
| Crimson Peak | 2015 | special thanks | |
| The VVitch: A New-England Folktale | 2015 | the director wishes to thank | |
| Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) | 2014 | the filmmakers would like to thank | |
| Gravity: Behind the Visor | 2014 | Video short special thanks | |
| Gravity: Final Animation | 2014 | Video documentary short special thanks | |
| Gravity: Fire in the International Space Station | 2014 | Video documentary short special thanks | |
| Gravity: Initial Challenges – Long Shots and Zero G | 2014 | Video documentary short special thanks | |
| Gravity: It Began with a Story | 2014 | Video short special thanks | |
| Gravity: Physical Weightlessness | 2014 | Video short special thanks | |
| Gravity: Previsualizing Gravity | 2014 | Video short special thanks | |
| Gravity: Sandra and George: A Pair in Space | 2014 | Video short special thanks | |
| Gravity: Space Tech | 2014 | Video short special thanks | |
| Gravity: Splashdown | 2014 | Video documentary short special thanks | |
| Gravity: The Hues of Space | 2014 | Video documentary short special thanks | |
| Gravity: The Sound of Action in Space | 2014 | Video short special thanks | |
| Ida | 2013 | special thanks – as Alfonso Cuaron | |
| Pacific Rim | 2013 | special thanks – as Alfonso Cuaron | |
| Sugar Kisses | 2013 | special thanks | |
| Collision Point: The Race to Clean Up Space | 2013 | Video short special thanks | |
| Preciosa | 2012 | special thanks | |
| Black & White in Colors | 2012 | very special thanks | |
| La femme du Vème | 2011 | thanks | |
| Homecoming | 2011/I | thanks | |
| Abel | 2010 | special thanks – as Poncho Cuarón | |
| Mother and Child | 2009 | special thanks | |
| Agora | 2009 | the producers wish to thank | |
| Kandisha | 2008 | the producers wish to thank | |
| Lymelife | 2008 | special thanks | |
| The Bet | 2007/I | special thanks | |
| Silent Light | 2007 | thanks | |
| Déficit | 2007 | special thanks | |
| Making ‘Sólo con tu pareja’ | 2006 | Video documentary short special thanks | |
| The Hottest State | 2006 | thanks | |
| Babel | 2006/I | the director wishes to thank | |
| Toro negro | 2005 | Documentary special thanks | |
| The Motel | 2005 | thanks | |
| Conejo en la luna | 2004 | thanks | |
| My Summer of Love | 2004 | special thanks | |
| 21 Grams | 2003 | thanks – as Alfonso Cuaron | |
| Jump Tomorrow | 2001 | special thanks | |
| Amores Perros | 2000 | special thanks | |
| Hairshirt | 1998 | thanks | |
| Cronos | 1993 | special thanks |
Self
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| 72nd Venice Film Festival Awards Ceremony | 2015 | TV Movie | Himself – Jury Member |
| Gravity: Looking to the Stars – The Evolution of Space Films | 2015 | Video documentary | Himself |
| On Y tu mamá también | 2014 | Documentary short | Himself |
| Fox and Friends | 2014 | TV Series | Himself – Director, Gravity |
| La noche de los Oscar | 2014 | TV Movie | Himself |
| The 86th Annual Academy Awards | 2014 | TV Special | Himself – Winner: Best Film Editing / Best Director and Nominee: Best Picture |
| Click Online | 2014 | TV Series documentary | Himself – Director, Gravity |
| The EE British Academy Film Awards | 2014 | TV Special | Himself |
| 12th Annual Visual Effects Society Awards | 2014 | TV Special | Himself |
| Charlie Rose | 2004-2014 | TV Series | Himself – Guest / Himself |
| Made in Hollywood | 2013-2014 | TV Series | Himself |
| 19th Annual Critics’ Choice Movie Awards | 2014 | TV Special | Himself – Winner |
| 71st Golden Globe Awards | 2014 | TV Special | Himself – Winner |
| The Hollywood Reporter Roundtables | 2013 | TV Series | Himself |
| American Latino TV | 2013 | TV Series | Himself |
| Rencontres de cinéma | 2013 | TV Series | Himself |
| Cinema 3 | 2009-2013 | TV Series | Himself |
| Días de cine | 2013 | TV Series | Himself |
| The Hollywood Fast Lane | 2013 | TV Series | Himself – Interviewee |
| Collision Point: The Race to Clean Up Space | 2013 | Video short | Himself |
| Creating the World of Harry Potter, Part 8: Growing Up | 2012 | Video documentary | Himself |
| Warner Bros. Studio Tour London: The Making of Harry Potter | 2012 | Video short | Himself |
| Creating the World of Harry Potter, Part 5: Evolution | 2011 | Video documentary | Himself |
| Creating the World of Harry Potter, Part 6: Magical Effects | 2011 | Video documentary | Himself |
| Creating the World of Harry Potter, Part 3: Creatures | 2010 | Video documentary | Himself |
| Creating the World of Harry Potter, Part 4: Sound and Music | 2010 | Documentary | Himself |
| Taller Canal+ | 2009 | TV Series | Himself |
| Empire Movie Awards 2008 | 2008 | TV Special | Himself |
| The Orange British Academy Film Awards | 2008 | TV Movie documentary | Himself / Presenter |
| The Bet | 2007/I | Himself | |
| Conquistando Hollywood | 2007 | TV Series | Himself |
| La noche de los Oscar | 2007 | TV Movie | Himself – Interviewee |
| XXI Premios Anuales de la Academia | 2007 | TV Special | Himself – Nominee: Best Film |
| Children of Men: Visions of the Future | 2007 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| HypaSpace | 2006 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| Making ‘Sólo con tu pareja’ | 2006 | Video documentary short | Himself |
| San Sebastián 2006: Crónica de Carlos Boyero | 2006 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| Corazón de… | 2006 | TV Series | Himself |
| Film ’72 | 2006 | TV Series | Himself |
| Wanderlust | 2006 | TV Movie documentary | Himself (as Alfonso Cuaron) |
| Conjuring a Scene | 2004 | Video documentary short | Himself |
| Creating the Vision | 2004 | Video documentary short | Himself |
| Head to Shrunken Head | 2004 | Video documentary short | Himself |
| Cartoon Cartoon Fridays | 2004 | TV Series | Himself |
| HBO First Look | 2004 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| The 2003 IFP Independent Spirit Awards | 2003 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| Detrás de ‘Y tu mamá también’, the making-of | 2001 | Video documentary short | Himself |
Archive Footage
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Troldspejlet | 2014 | TV Series | Himself – Director |
| Ceremonia de inauguración – 56º Festival internacional de cine de San Sebastián | 2008 | TV Movie | Himself (uncredited) |
Won Awards
| Year | Award | Ceremony | Nomination | Movie |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | IOFCP Award | International Online Film Critics’ Poll | Best Film Editing | Gravity (2013) |
| 2014 | Critics Choice Award | Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards | Best Director | Gravity (2013) |
| 2014 | Critics Choice Award | Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards | Best Editing | Gravity (2013) |
| 2014 | COFCA Award | Central Ohio Film Critics Association | Best Director | Gravity (2013) |
| 2014 | CEC Award | Cinema Writers Circle Awards, Spain | Best Foreign Film (Mejor Película Extranjera) | Gravity (2013) |
| 2014 | CinEuphoria | CinEuphoria Awards | Top Ten of the Year – Audience Award | Gravity (2013) |
| 2014 | CinEuphoria | CinEuphoria Awards | Best Director – International Competition | Gravity (2013) |
| 2014 | CinEuphoria | CinEuphoria Awards | Best Editing – International Competition | Gravity (2013) |
| 2014 | DGA Award | Directors Guild of America, USA | Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film | Gravity (2013) |
| 2014 | Empire Award | Empire Awards, UK | Best Director | Gravity (2013) |
| 2014 | GFCA Award | Georgia Film Critics Association (GFCA) | Best Director | Gravity (2013) |
| 2014 | Gold Derby Award | Gold Derby Awards | Film Editing | Gravity (2013) |
| 2014 | Hugo | Hugo Awards | Best Dramatic Presentation – Long Form | Gravity (2013) |
| 2014 | ICS Award | International Cinephile Society Awards | Best Director | Gravity (2013) |
| 2014 | ICS Award | International Cinephile Society Awards | Best Editing | Gravity (2013) |
| 2014 | INOCA | International Online Cinema Awards (INOCA) | Best Director | Gravity (2013) |
| 2014 | IOMA | Italian Online Movie Awards (IOMA) | Best Director (Miglior regia) | Gravity (2013) |
| 2014 | Jupiter Award | Jupiter Award | Best International Film | Gravity (2013) |
| 2014 | Kinema Junpo Award | Kinema Junpo Awards | Best Foreign Film Director | Gravity (2013) |
| 2014 | ALFS Award | London Critics Circle Film Awards | Director of the Year | Gravity (2013) |
| 2014 | OFTA Film Award | Online Film & Television Association | Best Director | Gravity (2013) |
| 2014 | OFTA Film Award | Online Film & Television Association | Best Film Editing | Gravity (2013) |
| 2014 | PGA Award | PGA Awards | Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures | Gravity (2013) |
| 2014 | RAFA | Richard Attenborough Film Awards, UK | Director of the Year | Gravity (2013) |
| 2014 | Robert | Robert Festival | Best American Film (Årets amerikanske film) | Gravity (2013) |
| 2014 | Bradbury Award | Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America | Gravity (2013) | |
| 2014 | TFCA Award | Toronto Film Critics Association Awards | Best Director | Gravity (2013) |
| 2014 | Visionary Award | Visual Effects Society Awards | ||
| 2014 | Oscar | Academy Awards, USA | Best Achievement in Directing | Gravity (2013) |
| 2014 | Oscar | Academy Awards, USA | Best Achievement in Film Editing | Gravity (2013) |
| 2014 | Golden Globe | Golden Globes, USA | Best Director – Motion Picture | Gravity (2013) |
| 2014 | David Lean Award for Direction | BAFTA Awards | Gravity (2013) | |
| 2014 | Alexander Korda Award for Best British Film | BAFTA Awards | Gravity (2013) | |
| 2014 | Movies for Grownups Award | AARP Movies for Grownups Awards | Best Director | Gravity (2013) |
| 2014 | Saturn Award | Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA | Best Director | Gravity (2013) |
| 2014 | Saturn Award | Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA | Best Editing | Gravity (2013) |
| 2014 | AFI Award | AFI Awards, USA | Movie of the Year | Gravity (2013) |
| 2014 | AACTA International Award | Australian Film Institute | Best Direction | Gravity (2013) |
| 2013 | CFCA Award | Chicago Film Critics Association Awards | Best Editing | Gravity (2013) |
| 2013 | DFWFCA Award | Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards | Best Director | Gravity (2013) |
| 2013 | DFCS Award | Denver Film Critics Society | Best Director | Gravity (2013) |
| 2013 | DFCS Award | Detroit Film Critic Society, US | Best Director | Gravity (2013) |
| 2013 | DFCC | Dublin Film Critics Circle Awards | Best Director | Gravity (2013) |
| 2013 | Golden Schmoes | Golden Schmoes Awards | Best Director of the Year | Gravity (2013) |
| 2013 | HFCS Award | Houston Film Critics Society Awards | Best Director | Gravity (2013) |
| 2013 | IGN Award | IGN Summer Movie Awards | Best Movie Director | Gravity (2013) |
| 2013 | IGN People’s Choice Award | IGN Summer Movie Awards | Best Movie Director | Gravity (2013) |
| 2013 | KCFCC Award | Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards | Best Director | Gravity (2013) |
| 2013 | Sierra Award | Las Vegas Film Critics Society Awards | Best Film Editing | Gravity (2013) |
| 2013 | LAFCA Award | Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards | Best Editing | Gravity (2013) |
| 2013 | LAFCA Award | Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards | Best Director | Gravity (2013) |
| 2013 | NFCS Award | Nevada Film Critics Society | Best Director | Gravity (2013) |
| 2013 | NYFCO Award | New York Film Critics, Online | Best Director | Gravity (2013) |
| 2013 | NTFCA Award | North Texas Film Critics Association, US | Best Director | Gravity (2013) |
| 2013 | OFCC Award | Oklahoma Film Critics Circle Awards | Best Director | Gravity (2013) |
| 2013 | OFCS Award | Online Film Critics Society Awards | Best Director | Gravity (2013) |
| 2013 | OFCS Award | Online Film Critics Society Awards | Best Editing | Gravity (2013) |
| 2013 | PFCS Award | Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards | Best Director | Gravity (2013) |
| 2013 | PFCS Award | Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards | Best Film Editing | Gravity (2013) |
| 2013 | SDFCS Award | San Diego Film Critics Society Awards | Best Director | Gravity (2013) |
| 2013 | SFFCC Award | San Francisco Film Critics Circle | Best Director | Gravity (2013) |
| 2013 | SFFCC Award | San Francisco Film Critics Circle | Best Editing | Gravity (2013) |
| 2013 | UFCA Award | Utah Film Critics Association Awards | Best Director | Gravity (2013) |
| 2013 | Future Film Festival Digital Award | Venice Film Festival | Gravity (2013) | |
| 2013 | WAFCA Award | Washington DC Area Film Critics Association Awards | Best Director | Gravity (2013) |
| 2013 | WAFCA Award | Washington DC Area Film Critics Association Awards | Best Editing | Gravity (2013) |
| 2013 | EDA Award | Alliance of Women Film Journalists | Best Film Editing | Gravity (2013) |
| 2013 | Austin Film Critics Award | Austin Film Critics Association | Best Director | Gravity (2013) |
| 2013 | ACCA | Awards Circuit Community Awards | Best Director | Gravity (2013) |
| 2013 | ACCA | Awards Circuit Community Awards | Best Film Editing | Gravity (2013) |
| 2012 | Contribution to Cinematic Imagery Award | Art Directors Guild | Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone (2001) | |
| 2007 | ICS Award | International Cinephile Society Awards | Best Director | Children of Men (2006) |
| 2007 | IOMA | Italian Online Movie Awards (IOMA) | Best Director (Miglior regia) | Children of Men (2006) |
| 2007 | OFTA Film Award | Online Film & Television Association | Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium | Children of Men (2006) |
| 2007 | OFTA Film Award | Online Film & Television Association | Best Film Editing | Children of Men (2006) |
| 2007 | OFCS Award | Online Film Critics Society Awards | Best Adapted Screenplay | Children of Men (2006) |
| 2007 | ShoWest Award | ShoWest Convention, USA | International Achievement in Filmmaking | |
| 2007 | USC Scripter Award | USC Scripter Award | Children of Men (2006) | |
| 2007 | VFCC Award | Vancouver Film Critics Circle | Best Director | Children of Men (2006) |
| 2007 | BAFTA Film Award | BAFTA Awards | Best Film not in the English Language | El laberinto del fauno (2006) |
| 2007 | Austin Film Critics Award | Austin Film Critics Association | Best Director | Children of Men (2006) |
| 2007 | Austin Film Critics Award | Austin Film Critics Association | Best Adapted Screenplay | Children of Men (2006) |
| 2006 | World Cinema Tribute Award | Gotham Awards | ||
| 2006 | UFCA Award | Utah Film Critics Association Awards | Best Director | Children of Men (2006) |
| 2006 | Laterna Magica Prize | Venice Film Festival | Children of Men (2006) | |
| 2004 | BAFTA Children’s Award | BAFTA Awards | Best Feature Film | Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004) |
| 2003 | Glitter Award | Glitter Awards | Best Feature – US Film Festivals | Y tu mamá también (2001) |
| 2003 | Glitter Award | Glitter Awards | Best Feature – International Gay Film Festivals | Y tu mamá también (2001) |
| 2003 | Independent Spirit Award | Independent Spirit Awards | Best Foreign Film | Y tu mamá también (2001) |
| 2002 | LAFCA Award | Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards | Best Foreign Film | Y tu mamá también (2001) |
| 2002 | MTV Movie Award | MTV Movie Awards, Latin America | MTV North Feed (mostly Mexico) – Favorite Film (Película de la Gente) | Y tu mamá también (2001) |
| 2002 | Aurora Award | Tromsø International Film Festival | Y tu mamá también (2001) | |
| 2002 | Golden Slipper | Zlín International Film Festival for Children and Youth | Feature Film – Youth | Y tu mamá también (2001) |
| 2001 | Jury Award | Ft. Lauderdale International Film Festival | Best Foreign Language | Y tu mamá también (2001) |
| 2001 | FIPRESCI Prize | Havana Film Festival | Y tu mamá también (2001) | |
| 2001 | Premio ACE | Premios ACE | Cinema – Best Director | Y tu mamá también (2001) |
| 2001 | Luminaria | Santa Fe Film Festival | Best Latino Film | Y tu mamá también (2001) |
| 2001 | Golden Osella | Venice Film Festival | Y tu mamá también (2001) | |
| 1995 | New Generation Award | Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards | A Little Princess (1995) | |
| 1994 | CableACE | CableACE Awards | Directing a Dramatic Series | Fallen Angels (1993) |
| 1992 | Silver Ariel | Ariel Awards, Mexico | Best Original Story (Mejor Argumento Original) | Sólo con tu pareja (1991) |
Nominated Awards
| Year | Award | Ceremony | Nomination | Movie |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Bodil | Bodil Awards | Best American Film (Bedste amerikanske film) | Gravity (2013) |
| 2014 | CinEuphoria | CinEuphoria Awards | Best Film – International Competition | Gravity (2013) |
| 2014 | CinEuphoria | CinEuphoria Awards | Best Screenplay – International Competition | Gravity (2013) |
| 2014 | César | César Awards, France | Best Foreign Film (Meilleur film étranger) | Gravity (2013) |
| 2014 | Wilde Artist of the Year | Gay and Lesbian Entertainment Critics Association (GALECA) | ||
| 2014 | Gold Derby Award | Gold Derby Awards | Original Screenplay | Gravity (2013) |
| 2014 | Gold Derby Award | Gold Derby Awards | Motion Picture | Gravity (2013) |
| 2014 | Image Award | Image Awards | Outstanding Writing in a Motion Picture – (Theatrical or Television) | Gravity (2013) |
| 2014 | IFC Award | Iowa Film Critics Awards | Best Director | Gravity (2013) |
| 2014 | IOMA | Italian Online Movie Awards (IOMA) | Best Picture (Miglior film) | Gravity (2013) |
| 2014 | IOMA | Italian Online Movie Awards (IOMA) | Best Editing (Miglior montaggio) | Gravity (2013) |
| 2014 | NCFCA Award | North Carolina Film Critics Association | Best Director | Gravity (2013) |
| 2014 | OFTA Film Award | Online Film & Television Association | Best Picture | Gravity (2013) |
| 2014 | VFCC Award | Vancouver Film Critics Circle | Best Director | Gravity (2013) |
| 2014 | Oscar | Academy Awards, USA | Best Motion Picture of the Year | Gravity (2013) |
| 2014 | BAFTA Film Award | BAFTA Awards | Best Original Screenplay | Gravity (2013) |
| 2014 | BAFTA Film Award | BAFTA Awards | Best Film | Gravity (2013) |
| 2014 | Saturn Award | Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA | Best Writing | Gravity (2013) |
| 2014 | Eddie | American Cinema Editors, USA | Best Edited Feature Film – Dramatic | Gravity (2013) |
| 2014 | Silver Condor | Argentinean Film Critics Association Awards | Best Foreign Film, Not in the Spanish Language (Mejor Película Extranjera) | Gravity (2013) |
| 2013 | CFCA Award | Chicago Film Critics Association Awards | Best Director | Gravity (2013) |
| 2013 | DFCS Award | Denver Film Critics Society | Best Writing, Original Screenplay | Gravity (2013) |
| 2013 | PFCS Award | Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards | Best Screenplay – Original | Gravity (2013) |
| 2013 | SDFCS Award | San Diego Film Critics Society Awards | Best Editing | Gravity (2013) |
| 2013 | SFFCC Award | San Francisco Film Critics Circle | Best Screenplay, Original | Gravity (2013) |
| 2013 | Satellite Award | Satellite Awards | Best Director | Gravity (2013) |
| 2013 | Satellite Award | Satellite Awards | Best Film Editing | Gravity (2013) |
| 2013 | EDA Award | Alliance of Women Film Journalists | Best Picture | Gravity (2013) |
| 2013 | EDA Award | Alliance of Women Film Journalists | Best Director | Gravity (2013) |
| 2013 | ACCA | Awards Circuit Community Awards | Best Original Screenplay | Gravity (2013) |
| 2010 | Gold Derby Award | Gold Derby Awards | Adapted Screenplay of the Decade | Children of Men (2006) |
| 2008 | Nebula Award | Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America | Best Script | Children of Men (2006) |
| 2007 | Edgar | Edgar Allan Poe Awards | Best Motion Picture Screen Play | Children of Men (2006) |
| 2007 | Gold Derby Award | Gold Derby Awards | Motion Picture | El laberinto del fauno (2006) |
| 2007 | Gold Derby Award | Gold Derby Awards | Director | Children of Men (2006) |
| 2007 | Gold Derby Award | Gold Derby Awards | Adapted Screenplay | Children of Men (2006) |
| 2007 | Gold Derby Award | Gold Derby Awards | Film Editing | Children of Men (2006) |
| 2007 | Hugo | Hugo Awards | Best Dramatic Presentation – Long Form | Children of Men (2006) |
| 2007 | Independent Spirit Award | Independent Spirit Awards | Best Feature | El laberinto del fauno (2006) |
| 2007 | IOMA | Italian Online Movie Awards (IOMA) | Best Adapted Screenplay (Miglior sceneggiatura non originale) | Children of Men (2006) |
| 2007 | IOMA | Italian Online Movie Awards (IOMA) | Best Editing (Miglior montaggio) | Children of Men (2006) |
| 2007 | ALFS Award | London Critics Circle Film Awards | Director of the Year | Children of Men (2006) |
| 2007 | OFTA Film Award | Online Film & Television Association | Best Director | Children of Men (2006) |
| 2007 | OFCS Award | Online Film Critics Society Awards | Best Director | Children of Men (2006) |
| 2007 | OFCS Award | Online Film Critics Society Awards | Best Editing | Children of Men (2006) |
| 2007 | Oscar | Academy Awards, USA | Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay | Children of Men (2006) |
| 2007 | Oscar | Academy Awards, USA | Best Achievement in Film Editing | Children of Men (2006) |
| 2007 | Award of the Argentinean Academy | Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences of Argentina | Best Foreign Film | Children of Men (2006) |
| 2007 | Saturn Award | Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA | Best Director | Children of Men (2006) |
| 2007 | ALMA Award | ALMA Awards | Outstanding Director – Motion Picture | Children of Men (2006) |
| 2007 | ALMA Award | ALMA Awards | Outstanding Screenplay – Motion Picture | Children of Men (2006) |
| 2006 | Golden Schmoes | Golden Schmoes Awards | Best Director of the Year | Children of Men (2006) |
| 2006 | Golden Schmoes | Golden Schmoes Awards | Best Screenplay of the Year | Children of Men (2006) |
| 2006 | ICP Award | Indiewire Critics’ Poll | Best Director | Children of Men (2006) |
| 2006 | Golden Lion | Venice Film Festival | Children of Men (2006) | |
| 2006 | ACCA | Awards Circuit Community Awards | Best Adapted Screenplay | Children of Men (2006) |
| 2006 | ACCA | Awards Circuit Community Awards | Best Motion Picture | El laberinto del fauno (2006) |
| 2006 | ACCA | Awards Circuit Community Awards | Best Director | Children of Men (2006) |
| 2006 | ACCA | Awards Circuit Community Awards | Best Film Editing | Children of Men (2006) |
| 2005 | Hugo | Hugo Awards | Best Dramatic Presentation – Long Form | Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004) |
| 2005 | Alexander Korda Award for Best British Film | BAFTA Awards | Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004) | |
| 2005 | Saturn Award | Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA | Best Director | Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004) |
| 2004 | Amanda | Amanda Awards, Norway | Best Foreign Feature Film (Årets utenlandske kinofilm) | Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004) |
| 2003 | Bodil | Bodil Awards | Best Non-American Film (Bedste ikke amerikanske film) | Y tu mamá también (2001) |
| 2003 | Chlotrudis Award | Chlotrudis Awards | Best Original Screenplay | Y tu mamá también (2001) |
| 2003 | Gold Derby Award | Gold Derby Awards | Original Screenplay | Y tu mamá también (2001) |
| 2003 | OFTA Film Award | Online Film & Television Association | Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen | Y tu mamá también (2001) |
| 2003 | Oscar | Academy Awards, USA | Best Writing, Original Screenplay | Y tu mamá también (2001) |
| 2003 | BAFTA Film Award | BAFTA Awards | Best Screenplay – Original | Y tu mamá también (2001) |
| 2003 | BAFTA Film Award | BAFTA Awards | Best Film not in the English Language | Y tu mamá también (2001) |
| 2002 | ACCA | Awards Circuit Community Awards | Best Original Screenplay | Y tu mamá también (2001) |
| 2002 | TFCA Award | Toronto Film Critics Association Awards | Best Director | Y tu mamá también (2001) |
| 2002 | WAFCA Award | Washington DC Area Film Critics Association Awards | Best Original Screenplay | Y tu mamá también (2001) |
| 2001 | Screen International Award | European Film Awards | Y tu mamá también (2001) | |
| 2001 | Golden Lion | Venice Film Festival | Y tu mamá también (2001) | |
| 1999 | ALMA Award | ALMA Awards | Outstanding Latino Director of a Feature Film | Great Expectations (1998) |
| 1992 | Silver Ariel | Ariel Awards, Mexico | Best Screenplay (Mejor Guión Cinematográfico) | Sólo con tu pareja (1991) |
| 1992 | Silver Ariel | Ariel Awards, Mexico | Best First Work (Mejor Ópera Prima) | Sólo con tu pareja (1991) |
2nd Place Awards
| Year | Award | Ceremony | Nomination | Movie |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | NSFC Award | National Society of Film Critics Awards, USA | Best Director | Gravity (2013) |
| 2013 | FFCC Award | Florida Film Critics Circle Awards | Best Director | Gravity (2013) |
| 2013 | ICP Award | Indiewire Critics’ Poll | Best Director | Gravity (2013) |
| 2013 | SEFCA Award | Southeastern Film Critics Association Awards | Best Director | Gravity (2013) |
| 2013 | SLFCA Award | St. Louis Film Critics Association, US | Best Director | Gravity (2013) |
| 2007 | COFCA Award | Central Ohio Film Critics Association | Best Director | Children of Men (2006) |
| 2007 | COFCA Award | Central Ohio Film Critics Association | Best Screenplay, Adapted | Children of Men (2006) |
| 2007 | ICS Award | International Cinephile Society Awards | Best Adapted Screenplay | Children of Men (2006) |
| 2002 | Seattle Film Critics Award | Seattle Film Critics Awards | Best Screenplay, Original | Y tu mamá también (2001) |
3rd Place Awards
| Year | Award | Ceremony | Nomination | Movie |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | VVFP Award | Village Voice Film Poll | Best Director | Gravity (2013) |
| 2003 | NSFC Award | National Society of Film Critics Awards, USA | Best Director | Y tu mamá también (2001) |
| 2003 | NSFC Award | National Society of Film Critics Awards, USA | Best Screenplay | Y tu mamá también (2001) |
| 2002 | VVFP Award | Village Voice Film Poll | Best Director | Y tu mamá también (2001) |