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Alejandro González Iñárritu

Alejandro González Iñárritu; American Spanish: ; credited since 2014 as Alejandro G. Iñárritu}} (born 15 August 1963) is a Mexican filmmaker. 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, as well as a Special Achievement Award, three Golden Globe Awards, three BAFTA Awards, and two 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 the award 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 history of the Academy Awards, as well as 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. In 2019, Iñárritu became the first Latin American to serve as president of the jury 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." Provided by Wikipedia