Alfonso Cuarón
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).
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).
Known for
![Disclaimer](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/d8wjeZYTLHvHSrysf70qoI0mxkF.jpg)
Disclaimer
![The Shepherd](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/f2YbkFMN27uqAWqmWZmfj3CE1tF.jpg)
The Shepherd
![100 Years of Warner Bros.](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/wHDsqOf8xBvDRUVpEtSZ27GfMwS.jpg)
100 Years of Warner Bros.
![Raymond & Ray](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/fdKZmSQHD17JjGUYkluhpttgJRi.jpg)
Raymond & Ray
![Le Pupille](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/tuee2So5p4zWbEznpL8EKRT4cre.jpg)
Le Pupille
![Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/jntLBq0MLR3hrwKaTQswxACRPMs.jpg)
Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts
![I'm No Longer Here: A Discussion with Guillermo del Toro and Alfonso Cuarón](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/9BWxL6O64eRfEYIYL8fezu2A4F8.jpg)
I'm No Longer Here: A Discussion with Guillermo del Toro and Alfonso Cuarón
![Roald Dahl's The Witches](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/ht6EfsM5hrsUPSR4ReJQFDVU71F.jpg)
Roald Dahl's The Witches
![The Disciple](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/ecESTxoNwnFNNknJrflxnMMzD7v.jpg)
The Disciple
![Hands of God](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/gz861IIylDwTtSP9xWWtTEairTI.jpg)
Hands of God
![Road to Roma](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/h0hO0MzC7F6cyqysL4neoAguf0u.jpg)
Road to Roma
![Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/jafF7jcl116rzohZydL1VfK1y2e.jpg)
Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound
![Roma](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/dtIIyQyALk57ko5bjac7hi01YQ.jpg)
Roma
![This Changes Everything](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/hYPovk5AvsTH8Izh0SDgSKUjei8.jpg)
This Changes Everything
![Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/h7X59O3T4VWVAUzZ00LEpbwA3GP.jpg)
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
![Desierto](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/67Ue5or6ZPScqkagC3EJSOYuzyR.jpg)
Desierto
![Believe](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/1h1txgv70Rl0b4OrNIJi6korazk.jpg)
Believe
![Aningaaq](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/ksSTh2rIcrDUitF8wssK071rcJJ.jpg)
Aningaaq
![Gravity](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/kZ2nZw8D681aphje8NJi8EfbL1U.jpg)
Gravity
![Biutiful](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/8cj0Q2uFfpTkCw4gMqqcTBpdoqF.jpg)
Biutiful
![Rudo & Cursi](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/jKACExV7LJboFpsT3RqNpyX7meY.jpg)
Rudo & Cursi
![Quantum of Solace](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/e3DXXLJHGqMx9yYpXsql1XNljmM.jpg)
Quantum of Solace
![The Shock Doctrine](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/d2hL0sIaRljaq4fZi7zGFsOrAWN.jpg)
The Shock Doctrine
![The Possibility of Hope](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/aJ5FwOlzLVo0salHGhsYp51iQ3B.jpg)
The Possibility of Hope
![Year of the Nail](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/ybc1SXBewCHQJL7e1q1D64FHBz9.jpg)
Year of the Nail
![Pan's Labyrinth](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/s8C4whhKtDaJvMDcyiMvx3BIF5F.jpg)
Pan's Labyrinth
![Children of Men](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/k9IAS4TehZFcKi4HVByxZNPfqex.jpg)
Children of Men
![The Hottest State](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/pJvnZRzOaK0aevbLgESfmI05mSu.jpg)
The Hottest State
![Wanderlust](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/mwrrZyk5Eg4uz0pGkjJhenysCC8.jpg)
Wanderlust
![Paris Je T'aime](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/mcke8Uvw8QDToAZQ94UGo7VU0g6.jpg)
Paris Je T'aime
![Black Sun](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/cY1rFXQpyXOIKQeThf6N0CK6e5W.jpg)
Black Sun
![The Magic Touch of Harry Potter](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/gwFARNYf1Odv3E8ESVHyikXmMIY.jpg)
The Magic Touch of Harry Potter
![Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/aWxwnYoe8p2d2fcxOqtvAtJ72Rw.jpg)
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
![The Assassination of Richard Nixon](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/5jOOvAVvP0XtwC5yYQpQCy4cjq1.jpg)
The Assassination of Richard Nixon
![Crónicas](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/pPQOC8eyaJmlouI9Il4dCF2iS6E.jpg)
Crónicas
![Y Tu Mamá También](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/izw41PkE8y891yraO6fN1tCNmOG.jpg)
Y Tu Mamá También
![Amores Perros](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/mXc2QcFXUTQz2wU7S0zgeG5C3Bg.jpg)
Amores Perros
![Great Expectations](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/djLsfl3lm7BZKWsKfVZ2wM1ZMrP.jpg)
Great Expectations
![Sweet Release](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/dAfgu5yUsjqNac9uqALh79bSDvF.jpg)
Sweet Release
![A Little Princess](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/9V4bAVEskSNbEqjVI0YmeuB0n8I.jpg)
A Little Princess
![Cronos](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/bRX8au50CnhC8hXr8AbsCNdb96G.jpg)
Cronos
![Fallen Angels](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/fnbdv4uSFUGJ2jp9Gf99fYtlIu3.jpg)
Fallen Angels
![Sólo con tu pareja](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/pprKQ637rH8ClRMS75VnRtUCiL9.jpg)
Sólo con tu pareja
![Romero](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/pne4hpSj07UHcVbqeYPjXHokoNd.jpg)
Romero
![La gran fiesta](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/2HG1RdnkiuNbtMGRuykklRWodwQ.jpg)
La gran fiesta
![Quartet for the End of Time](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/tH4cK6R7ZENCjb4L6JaduWfTsWd.jpg)
Quartet for the End of Time
![The Eve](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/1AbSWKIbRBEL0ihxxUOBXf0S6UP.jpg)
The Eve
![The Oscars](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/wyMHJMQp8WpmBg9CxefvbQnFhrm.jpg)
The Oscars