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 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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Known For

The Simpsons Not in library

The Simpsons

1989

Before the Flood Not in library

Before the Flood

2016

Jimmy Kimmel Live! Not in library

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

2003

Trespassing Bergman Not in library

Trespassing Bergman

2013

Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter Not in library

Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter

2015

Sexo en el plató Not in library

Sexo en el plató

2007

A World Unseen: 'The Revenant' Not in library

A World Unseen: 'The Revenant'

2016

Finding Your Roots Not in library

Finding Your Roots

2012

Kurosawa's Way Not in library

Kurosawa's Way

2011

Birdman: All-Access (A View From the Wings) Not in library

Birdman: All-Access (A View From the Wings)

2015

Acting

2025 Memoria de Los Olvidados as Self
2023 Bosé renacido
2020 Perros, amores, accidentes as Self (archive footage)
2017 Plankton Salesmen as Self (archive footage)
2016 Before the Flood as Self
2016 A World Unseen: 'The Revenant' as Self
2015 Birdman: All-Access (A View From the Wings) as Self
2015 Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter as Self (1 episode)
2013 Trespassing Bergman as Self
2013 Gold as Self
2012 Finding Your Roots as Self (1 episode)
2012 Bergman's Video as Self - Filmmaker (1 episode)
2011 Behind Biutiful: Director's Flip Notes as Self
2011 Kurosawa's Way as Self
2007 Sexo en el plató as Himself
2007 Cannes: All Access as Self
2007 Common Ground: Under Construction Notes as Self
2005 G&G – Gesichter und Geschichten as Self (1 episode)
2004 21 Grams: In Fragments as Self
2003 Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self (1 episode)
1989 The Simpsons as Alejandro González Iñárritu (voice) (1 episode)

Directing

2026 Digger Director
2022 BARDO, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths Director
2017 Flesh and Sand Director
2015 The Revenant Director In Library
2014 Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) Director
2012 Naran Ja Director
2011 Behind Biutiful: Director's Flip Notes Director
2010 Biutiful Director
2007 To Each His Own Cinema Director
2006 Babel Director
2003 21 Grams Director
2002 September 11 Director
2001 Powder Keg Director
2001 The Hire Director
2000 Amores Perros Director
1996 The Ringer Director
1995 Detras del dinero Director
1988 The Marked Hour Director

Writing

2026 Digger Writer
2022 BARDO, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths Writer
2017 Flesh and Sand Writer
2015 The Revenant Screenplay In Library
2014 Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) Writer
2010 Biutiful Writer
2010 Biutiful Story
2007 To Each His Own Cinema Writer
2006 Babel Idea
2002 September 11 Writer
2001 Powder Keg Writer
2001 The Hire Writer
1996 The Ringer Writer
1988 The Marked Hour Writer

Production

2026 Digger Producer
2022 BARDO, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths Producer
2021 Shake Your Cares Away Executive Producer
2018 The Gaze of the Sea Executive Producer
2015 The Revenant Producer In Library
2014 Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) Producer
2012 The Last Elvis Associate Producer
2010 Biutiful Producer
2009 Mother and Child Executive Producer
2008 Rudo & Cursi Producer
2006 Babel Producer
2006 Toro Negro Executive Producer
2005 Nine Lives Executive Producer
2003 21 Grams Producer
2002 September 11 Producer
2000 Amores Perros Producer
1996 The Ringer Producer
Porto Rico Executive Producer

Sound

2022 BARDO, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths Original Music Composer
1989 Garra de tigre Music
1987 Fiera solitaria Original Music Composer

Camera

2007 Common Ground: Under Construction Notes Camera Operator

Editing

2022 BARDO, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths Editor
2002 September 11 Editor
2001 Powder Keg Editor
2000 Amores Perros Editor

Crew

2025 Frankenstein Thanks
2024 Disclaimer Thanks
2017 The Shape of Water Thanks
2013 Gravity Thanks
2007 Year of the Nail Thanks
2006 Pan's Labyrinth Thanks
2001 Y Tu Mamá También Thanks
1987 Una Macho En El Salon de Belleza Compositor
1986 El Macho in a Women's Prison Compositor