Alfonso Cuarón Orozco (born 28 November 1961) is a Mexican filmmaker. Cuarón is the first Mexico-born filmmaker to win the Academy Award for Best Director. He has been nominated for Academy Awards in six different categories, a record he shares with Walt Disney and George Clooney.
Cuarón has received 10 Academy Award nominations, winning four including Best Director for Gravity (2013) and Roma (2018), Best Film Editing for Gravity, and Best Cinematography for Roma. His other notable films from a variety of genres include the family drama A Little Princess (1995), the romantic drama Great Expectations (1998), the coming of age road film Y tu mamá también (2001), the fantasy film Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004), and the science fiction dystopian thriller Children of Men (2006).
Golden Globe Awards
Best Director
British Academy Film Awards
Best Direction
Best Film Not in the English Language
Best British Film
Known For
Gravity
(2013)
Director
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
(2004)
Director
Y Tu Mamá También
(2001)
Director
Children of Men
(2006)
Director
Great Expectations
(1998)
Director
Roma
(2018)
Director
Paris Je T'aime
(2006)
Director
A Little Princess
(1995)
Director
Romero
(1989)
Assistant Director
Full Filmography
Directing
Quartet for the End of Time
(1983)
Director
Who's He Anyway
(1983)
Director
La gran fiesta
(1986)
Assistant Director
Romero
(1989)
Assistant Director
Sólo con tu pareja
(1991)
Director
A Little Princess
(1995)
Director
Great Expectations
(1998)
Director
Y Tu Mamá También
(2001)
Director
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
(2004)
Director
Paris Je T'aime
(2006)
Director
Children of Men
(2006)
Director
The Possibility of Hope
(2007)
Director
Gravity
(2013)
Director
Roma
(2018)
Director
Acting
Behind the Scenes of 'Y Tu Mamá También'
(2001)
Self
The Magic Touch of Harry Potter
(2004)
Self
Wanderlust
(2006)
Himself
Quantum of Solace
(2008)
Additional Voices (voice)
Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound
(2019)
Self
Road to Roma
(2020)
Self
I'm No Longer Here: A Discussion with Guillermo del Toro and Alfonso Cuarón
(2020)
Self
Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts
(2022)
Self
Writing
Quartet for the End of Time
(1983)
Writer
Sólo con tu pareja
(1991)
Screenplay
Sweet Release
(1997)
Screenplay
Y Tu Mamá También
(2001)
Screenplay
Children of Men
(2006)
Screenplay
Paris Je T'aime
(2006)
Writer
The Shock Doctrine
(2007)
Screenplay
Gravity
(2013)
Writer
Roma
(2018)
Writer
Editing
Quartet for the End of Time
(1983)
Editor
Sólo con tu pareja
(1991)
Editor
Y Tu Mamá También
(2001)
Editor
Children of Men
(2006)
Editor
Gravity
(2013)
Editor
Roma
(2018)
Editor
Production
Sólo con tu pareja
(1991)
Producer
Y Tu Mamá También
(2001)
Producer
The Assassination of Richard Nixon
(2004)
Producer
Crónicas
(2004)
Producer
Pan's Labyrinth
(2006)
Producer
Black Sun
(2006)
Executive Producer
Year of the Nail
(2007)
Executive Producer
Rudo & Cursi
(2008)
Producer
Biutiful
(2010)
Producer
Gravity
(2013)
Producer
Aningaaq
(2013)
Executive Producer
Desierto
(2015)
Producer
This Changes Everything
(2015)
Executive Producer
Roma
(2018)
Producer
Roald Dahl's The Witches
(2020)
Producer
The Disciple
(2020)
Executive Producer
Hands of God
(2020)
Executive Producer
Raymond & Ray
(2022)
Producer
Le Pupille
(2022)
Producer
The Shepherd
(2023)
Producer
Crew
Camera