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Alfonso Cuarón
Directing Gravity, Children of Men and Roma.
Children of Men · Gravity
- Born
- 28 November 1961
- Birthplace
- Mexico City, Mexico
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Alfonso Cuarón
Alfonso Cuarón is a Mexican filmmaker known for immersive camerawork and stories that connect intimate lives with larger social worlds.
Early life
Mexico City upbringing
Developed an early interest in cinema and studied filmmaking in Mexico.
Television experience
Worked in television before directing features.
Career
- 1991
Feature debut
Directed Sólo con tu pareja.
- 2000s
International career
Made Y tu mamá también, a Harry Potter film and Children of Men.
- 2013–2018
Major directing awards
Gravity and Roma brought directing Oscars.
Selected work
Children of Men
Imagined a future shaped by infertility, migration and state violence.
Gravity
Used extended shots and visual effects to create a space-survival experience.
Roma
Drew on memories of a domestic worker in his childhood household.
Beyond directing
Family collaboration
Has collaborated with his brother Carlos and son Jonás.
Visual roles
Also worked as cinematographer and editor on Roma.
Sources & photo credit
Life, career and references ↗Academy Awards: 2019 ceremony ↗Photo: Raph_PH. CC BY 2.0 · Original image. Cropped and displayed in monochrome.
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