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Alejandro González Iñárritu
Alejandro González Iñárritu is a Mexican filmmaker. He is primarily known for making modern psychological drama films about the human condition. His most notable films include Amores perros (2000), 21 Grams (2003), Babel (2006), Biutiful (2010), Birdman (2014), The Revenant (2015), and Bardo (2022). Iñárritu's projects have garnered critical acclaim and numerous accolades, including five Academy A…
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entertainment · Mexican filmmaker (born 1963) · film director · screenwriter · film producer · composer · film editor · director · also Alejandro González Iñárritu, Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Iñárritu
Born 15 August 1963 · Q55215
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is a homage to the original cinema tradition, where the directors went to the places, and you risked challenges. I passionately believe that that should be an example of how film should be committed.
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“is a homage to the original cinema tradition, where the directors went to the places, and you risked challenges. I passionately believe that that should be an example of how film should be committed.”
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W Radio México: Tom Cruise y Alejandro González Iñárritu llegarán a CDMX para la premier de “Digger”
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sdpnoticias: Tom Cruise y Alejandro González Iñárritu visitarán CDMX por Digger
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Chic Magazine: Tom Cruise e Iñárritu encabezarán la premiere de “Digger” en México
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IGN Latinoamérica: ‘Digger’ llega a México: Tom Cruise y Alejandro González Iñárritu encabezarán la premiere
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Paloma & Nacho: Tom Cruise y Alejandro G. Iñárritu vienen a México con Digger
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SensaCine.com.mx: Confirman fan event de ‘Digger’ en CDMX: la nueva película de Alejandro G. Iñárritu con Tom Cruise tendrá gira mundial
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World of Reel: Alejandro G. Iñárritu’s ‘Digger’ to World Premiere in London on September 22
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Gold Derby: Alejandro G. Iñárritu has directed 10 actors to Oscar nominations — ‘Digger’ could add 3 more
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Oye 89.7: CONFIRMADO: Tom Cruise y el director mexicano Iñarritu vienen a CDMX
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Mshale: Digger - Tom Cruise, Alejandro G. Iñárritu | The Oscar Role That Will Shock The World 🎬 Kkr Vs Rcb (fzV7Tw4nQb)
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Far Out Magazine: The “killer” 1984 masterpiece Alejandro G Iñárritu knows by heart: “I remember every scene”
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KOHA.net: "Digger" reúne al dúo Alejandro González Iñárritu y Tom Cruise
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SWAGGER Magazine: Tom Cruise Stars in Alejandro G. Iñárritu’s Digger, In Theatres and IMAX October 2, 2026
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lafolkargentina.com.ar: Alejandro González Iñárritu vuelve al cine con "Digger", su esperada primera colaboración con Tom Cruise
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Encyclopaedia Britannica: Bardo: False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths | film by González Iñárritu [2022]
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González Iñárritu gave his inaugural speech "La alucinación consensuada" as member of El Colegio Nacional in Mexico City, the highest honorary institution dedicated to the promotion of scientific, artistic, and humanisti
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The Guardian: Alejandro González Iñárritu on his Amores Perros art show: ‘This is an anti-AI exhibition’
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2024· 1 entry
The Guardian: Tom Cruise signs up for new film by The Revenant director Alejandro G Iñárritu
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2022· 1 entry
Released album “Bardo: Soundtrack from the Netflix Film”.
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2019· 4 entries
Awarded Honorary Doctorate from the National Autonomous University of Mexico (2019).
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The Guardian: Alejandro González Iñárritu first Mexican to serve as Cannes jury president
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Iñárritu was president of the jury for the 72nd Cannes Film Festival
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Was also made Commander of the Order of the Arts and Letters in France
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2018· 1 entry
Awarded Special Achievement Academy Award for Flesh and Sand (2018).
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2016· 5 entries
Awarded César Award (2016).
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Awarded BAFTA Award for Best Direction for The Revenant (2016).
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Awarded Academy Award for Best Director for The Revenant (2016).
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Was awarded an honorary Doctor of Fine Arts from the University of Southern California
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Iñárritu won the Academy Award for Best Director for his work on The Revenant, marking the first time in 65 years that a director has won the award in two consecutive years
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2015· 9 entries
Awarded Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay for Birdman (2015).
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Awarded Academy Award for Best Director for Birdman (2015).
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Awarded AACTA International Award for Best Direction for Birdman (2015).
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Awarded Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – Feature Film for Birdman (2015).
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Awarded Academy Award for Best Picture for Birdman (2015).
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Awarded Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award for Best Director for The Revenant (2015).
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Iñárritu directed The Revenant, initially adapted by Mark L
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Iñárritu received the Sundance Institute's Vanguard Leadership Award for the "originality and independent spirit" of his films
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Iñárritu won, among many other accolades, the Directors Guild Award for Outstanding Directing, the Producers Guild of America Award for Best Theatrical Motion Picture, and the Academy Award for Best Picture, Best Origina
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2014· 2 entries
Awarded Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award for Best Director for Birdman (2014).
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Iñárritu won three Academy Awards for directing, co-writing and co-producing Best Picture winner Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance), starring Michael Keaton, Edward Norton, Emma Stone, Naomi Watts, Zach Gali
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2012· 2 entries
Iñárritu made the experimental short film Naran Ja: One Act Orange Dance, inspired by L
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Directed Procter & Gamble's "Best Job" commercial spot for the 2012 Olympic Ceremonies
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2011· 1 entry
Was honored with a Lifetime Achievement Award at Zurich Film Festival
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2010· 2 entries
Iñárritu directed "Write the Future", a football-themed commercial for Nike ahead of the 2010 FIFA World Cup, which went on to win the Grand Prix at the Cannes Lions Advertising Festival
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Iñárritu directed and produced Biutiful, starring Javier Bardem, written by Iñárritu, Armando Bó Jr
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2009· 2 entries
Iñárritu, along with several filmmakers and actors, signed a petition in support of director Roman Polanski, who had been detained while traveling to a film festival following Polanski's arrest in relation to his 1977 se
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"It had to come to an end, but I still respect [González Iñárritu]
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2007· 1 entry
Made ANNA, part of French anthology film Chacun son cinéma, which screened at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival
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2006· 3 entries
Awarded Cannes Best Director Award for Babel (2006).
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Iñárritu was honored at the Gotham Awards' World Cinema Tribute, alongside fellow Mexican filmmakers Alfonso Cuarón and Guillermo del Toro
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Iñárritu won the Best Director Award at the Cannes Film Festival
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2002· 1 entry
Iñárritu directed "Powder Keg", an episode for the BMW short film series The Hire, starring Clive Owen as the driver and Stellan Skarsgård as a war photographer
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2001· 1 entry
Directed an 11-minute film segment for 11'09"01 September 11 - which is composed of several short films that explore the effects of the 9/11 terrorist attacks from different points of view around the world
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2000· 2 entries
Iñárritu directed his first feature film Amores perros, written by Guillermo Arriaga
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Amores perros premiered at the Cannes Film Festival and won the Critics' Week Grand Prize
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1995· 1 entry
Iñárritu wrote and directed his first TV pilot for Z Films, called Detrás del dinero, or Behind the Money, starring Miguel Bosé
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1984· 1 entry
As a radio host at the Mexican radio station WFM, the country's most popular rock music station, where he "pieced together playlists into a loose narrative arc"
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1963· 1 entry
Born 1963-08-15.
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