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Alejandro González Iñárritu
Directing Birdman and The Revenant and winning consecutive directing Oscars.
Amores perros · Birdman
- Born
- 15 August 1963
- Birthplace
- Mexico City, Mexico
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Alejandro González Iñárritu
Alejandro González Iñárritu is a Mexican filmmaker whose work explores suffering, identity and the consequences of human connections.
Early life
Mexico City roots
Grew up in Mexico City and travelled internationally as a young man.
Radio and advertising
Worked in radio and commercial production before feature films.
Career
- 2000
Amores perros
His first feature brought international recognition.
- 2003–2010
Interconnected dramas
Directed 21 Grams, Babel and Biutiful.
- 2014–2015
Consecutive successes
Made Birdman and The Revenant.
Selected work
Amores perros
Connected several lives through a car crash.
Birdman
Used an apparently continuous camera movement to follow an actor’s crisis.
The Revenant
Built a survival story around landscape and physical ordeal.
Beyond directing
Immersive work
Created the virtual-reality installation Carne y Arena.
Collaborators
His career includes sustained partnerships with writers and cinematographers.
Sources & photo credit
Life, career and references ↗Academy Awards: 2016 ceremony ↗Photo: Martin Kraft. CC BY-SA 4.0 · Original image. Cropped and displayed in monochrome.
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