Alejandro González Iñárritu

Alejandro González Iñárritu is a multi-award winning Mexican film director, producer, and screenwriter. Born August 15th, 1963, in Mexico City, the filmmaker has led an interesting life during his teenage years, traveling across the Atlantic Ocean to work in Europe and Africa. 

After he returned to his hometown, Iñárritu received a degree in Communications from the Universidad Iberoamericana and began his career as a radio host at a Mexican radio station in 1984. He continued his artistic journey composing music for Mexican movies, after which he created Z films with Raul Olvera. 

González started writing, producing, and directing short films/ads and was mentored by renowned directors like Ludwik Margules and Judith Weston. The Mexican filmmaker rose to prominence with Amores Perros, starring Gael García Bernal. The film was critically acclaimed after its premiere at the Cannes Film Festival, winning the Critics Weeks Grand Prize, and going on to be nominated for an Oscar in the Best Foreign Film category.

Alejandro González Iñárritu has won and been nominated for multiple Academy awards. He’s credited for directing the highly rated films The Revenant, Birdman or The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance, Biutiful, Babel, 21 Grams, and more.

Considered to be one of the best filmmakers of his generation, Iñárritu admits “My cinema is an extension of myself. A sort of life-testimony of my vital experience, with my few virtues and my numerous limitations.”