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Alejandro González Iñárritu

Alejandro González Iñárritu

Biography

Alejandro González Iñárritu is a Mexican filmmaker. He is primarily known for making modern psychological drama films about the human condition. His projects have garnered critical acclaim and numerous accolades, including five Academy Awards,  Special Achievement Awards, Golden Globe Awards,  BAFTA Awards, and  Directors Guild of America Awards. His most notable films include Amores Perros (2000), 21 Grams (2003), Babel (2006), Biutiful (2010), Birdman (2014), The Revenant (2015), and Bardo (2022).

Amores Perros (2000), and Biutiful (2010) each received nominations for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film. He earned critical and commercial success for his films 21 Grams(2003) and Babel (2006). For Birdman (2014), he won three Academy Awards for Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Original Screenplay. The following year, he was awarded Best Director for The Revenant (2015), making him the third director to win back-to-back after John Ford and Joseph L. Mankiewicz. Iñárritu was later awarded a Special Achievement Academy Award for his virtual reality installation Carne y Arena (2017).

Iñárritu became the first Mexican filmmaker to be nominated as director or producer in the Academy Awards' history and the first to win for Best Original Screenplay and Best Picture. He was the first Mexican filmmaker to receive the Best Director Award at Cannes, and the first to win a DGA Award for Outstanding Directing. In 2019, Iñárritu became the first Latin American to serve as jury president for the 72nd Cannes Film Festival. Iñárritu and Mexican filmmakers Alfonso Cuarón and Guillermo del Toro are known in the film industry as "The Three Amigos."

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CritifyHub Reviews Featuring Alejandro González Iñárritu

The Planet’s Pulse: Before the Flood Sounds the Alarm

on Before the Flood | Aug 15, 2025

What happens when a Hollywood heartthrob trades the red carpet for rising sea levels? Before the Flood (2016), directed by Fisher Stevens, answers with a globe-trotting wake-up call that’s as urgent t... Read more

Echoes in the Void: The Fragile Threads of Babel

on Babel | Jul 27, 2025

Alejandro González Iñárritu’s Babel (2006) is a tapestry of human disconnection, woven with exquisite care yet frayed by its own ambition. The film’s multi-narrative structure, spanning Morocco, Japan... Read more

The Fragile Flight of Birdman: A Dance of Ego and Art

on Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) | Jul 14, 2025

Alejandro G. Iñárritu’s Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) (2014) is a mesmerizing exploration of the human psyche, weaving a tightrope walk between self-destruction and redemption. The f... Read more

The Weight of Souls: 21 Grams as a Mosaic of Grief and Redemption

on 21 Grams | Jun 07, 2025

Alejandro González Iñárritu’s 21 Grams (2003) is a cinematic gut-punch, a fragmented tapestry of loss, guilt, and fleeting redemption that refuses to coddle its audience. Named for the supposed weight... Read more

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