Actor

Alfonso Cuarón

Directing

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Movies: 52Series: 9Crew credits: 48

TMDB ID: 11218

IMDb ID: nm0190859

Known for: Directing

Born: November 28, 1961

Age: 64

Place of birth: Mexico City, Mexico

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1953 - 2025

Years active: 73

Average TMDB rating: 7.02

Wikidata: Q28028

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

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Director (11)Producer (11)Executive Producer (10)Thanks (6)Screenplay (3)Assistant Director (2)Associate Producer (1)Editor (1)

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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.