Biography and filmography

Alejandro G. Iñárritu

Alejandro González Iñárritu (born August 15, 1963) is a Mexican filmmaker, primarily known for making psychological drama films about the human condition. His films Amores Perros (2000) and Biutiful (2010) each received nominations for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film, and be earned critical and commercial success for his films 21 Grams (2003) and Babel (2006). For Birdman (2014), he personally won three Academy Awards (Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Original Screenplay). The following year he again won 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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Movies (50)

Digger

Digger

2026 · Director, Producer, Story, Screenplay

Each Day in a Moment: 2025

Each Day in a Moment: 2025

2026 · Self (uncredited)

Frankenstein

Frankenstein

2025 · Thanks

Sueño Perro

Sueño Perro

2025 · Director

Memoria de Los Olvidados

Memoria de Los Olvidados

2025 · Self

BARDO, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths

BARDO, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths

2022 · Writer, Editor, Original Music Composer, Director, Producer

Shake Your Cares Away

Shake Your Cares Away

2021 · Executive Producer

Perros, amores, accidentes

Perros, amores, accidentes

2020 · Self (archive footage)

The Gaze of the Sea

The Gaze of the Sea

2018 · Executive Producer

La forma del agua

La forma del agua

2017 · Thanks

Plankton Salesmen

Plankton Salesmen

2017 · Self (archive footage)

Flesh and Sand

Flesh and Sand

2017 · Director, Writer

Antes que sea tarde

Antes que sea tarde

2016 · Self

A World Unseen: 'The Revenant'

A World Unseen: 'The Revenant'

2016 · Self

Revenant: El renacido

Revenant: El renacido

2015 · Director, Producer, Screenplay

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

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

2015 · Self

Birdman o (La inesperada virtud de la ignorancia)

Birdman o (La inesperada virtud de la ignorancia)

2014 · Director, Producer, Writer

Gravedad

Gravedad

2013 · Thanks

Trespassing Bergman

Trespassing Bergman

2013 · Self

Gold

Gold

2013 · Self

Naran Ja

Naran Ja

2012 · Director

The Last Elvis

The Last Elvis

2012 · Associate Producer

Behind Biutiful: Director's Flip Notes

Behind Biutiful: Director's Flip Notes

2011 · Self, Director

Kurosawa's Way

Kurosawa's Way

2011 · Self

Biutiful

Biutiful

2010 · Director, Producer, Writer, Story

Amor de madres

Amor de madres

2009 · Executive Producer

Rudo & Cursi

Rudo & Cursi

2008 · Producer

To Each His Own Cinema

To Each His Own Cinema

2007 · Director, Writer

Cannes: All Access

Cannes: All Access

2007 · Self

Common Ground: Under Construction Notes

Common Ground: Under Construction Notes

2007 · Self, Camera Operator

Sexo en el plató

Sexo en el plató

2007 · Himself

Year of the Nail

Year of the Nail

2007 · Thanks

Babel

Babel

2006 · Director, Producer, Idea

Pan's Labyrinth

Pan's Labyrinth

2006 · Thanks

Toro Negro

Toro Negro

2006 · Executive Producer

Nine Lives

Nine Lives

2005 · Executive Producer

21 Grams: In Fragments

21 Grams: In Fragments

2004 · Self

21 gramos

21 gramos

2003 · Director, Producer

September 11

September 11

2002 · Director, Producer, Editor, Writer

Y Tu Mamá También

Y Tu Mamá También

2001 · Thanks

Powder Keg

Powder Keg

2001 · Director, Writer, Editor

Amores Perros

Amores Perros

2000 · Director, Producer, Editor

Behind the Money

Behind the Money

1996 · Director, Writer

The Alarm

The Alarm

1996 · Director, Writer, Producer

Garra de tigre

Garra de tigre

1989 · Music

Furia en la sangre

Furia en la sangre

1988 · Compositor, Original Music Composer

Fiera solitaria

Fiera solitaria

1987 · Original Music Composer

Una Macho En El Salon de Belleza

Una Macho En El Salon de Belleza

1987 · Compositor, Original Music Composer

El Macho in a Women's Prison

El Macho in a Women's Prison

1986 · Compositor, Original Music Composer

Porto Rico

Porto Rico

· Executive Producer

TV shows (11)