Alejandro González Iñárritu

Actor, Director, Writer

Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico

Alejandro González Iñárritu (aleˈxandɾo gonˈsales iˈɲaritu; credited since 2014 as Alejandro G. Iñárritu; born August 15, 1963) is a Mexican film director, producer, and screenwriter. He is the first Mexican director to be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Director and the Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing for Babel (2006). He won the Academy Award for Best Director, Best Original Screenplay, and Best Picture for Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance (2014). The following year, he won the Academy Award for Best Director for The Revenant (2015). He is friends with fellow Mexican directors Guillermo del Toro and Alfonso Cuarón, collectively known as "The Three Amigos of Cinema."

Alejandro González Iñárritu (aleˈxandɾo gonˈsales iˈɲaritu; credited since 2014 as Alejandro G. Iñárritu; born August 15, 1963) is a Mexican film director, producer, and screenwriter. He is the first Mexican director to be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Director and the Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing for Babel (2006). He won the Academy Award for Best Director, Best Original Screenplay, and Best Picture for Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance (2014). The following year, he won the Academy Award for Best Director for The Revenant (2015). He is friends with fellow Mexican directors Guillermo del Toro and Alfonso Cuarón, collectively known as "The Three Amigos of Cinema."