- Name: Alejandro González Iñárritu
- Date of Birth: Not available
- Place of Birth: Not available
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A director whose former career as a DJ has instilled in him a spectacular comprehension of pacing and a near-unparalleled ability to weave a compelling, nonlinear tale, Alejandro González Iñárritu stu... read more
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Looking for good stories, he read a lot of scripts and one day was introduced to Guillermo Arriaga, a screenwriter, and they planned to make 11 shorts to show the contradictory nature of Mexico City. After three years and 36 drafts, they ended up settling on only three stories and expanding them. That movie, "Amores Perros", became a major hit at its release at the Festival de Cannes 2000, where it received the award of the best film by the Semaine de la Critique, and went on to huge worldwide success. It also earned an Oscar nomination for best foreign movie.
In 2002 González Iñárritu was one of the directors involved in the making of September 11 (2002), a film about the influence of the terrorist attack of 9/11 on the world. Also participating in the film were such major filmmakers as Wim Wenders Ken Loach Mira Nair, Amos Gitai and Sean Penn.
The success of those films opened the doors of Hollywood to Alejandro. His second feature, 21 Grams (2003), was also written by Arriaga, was shot in English and starred Sean Penn, Benicio del Toro and Naomi Watts. Del Toro and Watts received Academy Awards nominations for their participation.
At present González Iñárritu is collaborating with Arriaga in the writing of a third movie that will form a trilogy about death with his other two first pictures.
A series of three films that shares the theme of death.
Amores Perros (2000)
A highly acclaimed film from 2000 set in Mexico City. Three individuals are connected by the event of a violent car crash. 21 Grams (2003) The 2003 film was nominated for two acting Academy Awards. In this particular tale, three individuals are connected by a violent car crash as well.
Mini Biography Born in México City, Mexico, in 1963, Alejandro González Iñárritu started his show-business career in 1984 as a DJ at top-rated Mexican radio station WFM. At the same time he studied filmmaking and theater. From 1988 to 1990 he composed music for six Mexican features, including Garra de Tigre (1989). In the 1990s he became one of the youngest producers in Mexican TV when he was in charge of the production of Televisa, Mexico's most important TV company. After leaving Televisa he started Zeta Films, his own company. He began writing and shooting TV advertising for Mexican television (some of them can be seen in his first feature, Amores Perros (2000)). However, for him those commercials were just rehearsals for a future movie. At the same time he continued his studies of filmmaking in Maine and Los Angeles, under Polish director Ludwik Marqules. His first half-length feature, "Detrás del dinero", was produced in 1995 for Televisa and starred Spanish actor Miguel Bose.
Looking for good stories, he read a lot of scripts and one day was introduced to Guillermo Arriaga, a screenwriter, and they planned to make 11 shorts to show the contradictory nature of Mexico City. After three years and 36 drafts, they ended up settling on only three stories and expanding them. That movie, "Amores Perros", became a major hit at its release at the Festival de Cannes 2000, where it received the award of the best film by the Semaine de la Critique, and went on to huge worldwide success. It also earned an Oscar nomination for best foreign movie.
In 2002 González Iñárritu was one of the directors involved in the making of September 11 (2002), a film about the influence of the terrorist attack of 9/11 on the world. Also participating in the film were such major filmmakers as Wim Wenders Ken Loach Mira Nair, Amos Gitai and Sean Penn.
The success of those films opened the doors of Hollywood to Alejandro. His second feature, 21 Grams (2003), was also written by Arriaga, was shot in English and starred Sean Penn, Benicio del Toro and Naomi Watts. Del Toro and Watts received Academy Awards nominations for their participation.
At present González Iñárritu is collaborating with Arriaga in the writing of a third movie that will form a trilogy about death with his other two first pictures.
Feature films
A series of three films that shares the theme of death.
Amores Perros (2000)
A highly acclaimed film from 2000 set in Mexico City. Three individuals are connected by the event of a violent car crash. 21 Grams (2003) The 2003 film was nominated for two acting Academy Awards. In this particular tale, three individuals are connected by a violent car crash as well.
- Babel (2006)
- Biutiful (2010)
