Alfonso Cuarón
Biography
Alfonso Cuarón Orozco (US: /kwɑːˈroʊn/kwar-OHN; Spanish: [alˈfonso kwaˈɾon]; born 28 November 1961) is a Mexican filmmaker. His accolades include four Academy Awards, seven BAFTA Awards, and three Golden Globe Awards.
Cuarón made his feature film debut with the romantic comedy Sólo con tu pareja (1991) and directed the film adaptations A Little Princess (1995) and Great Expectations (1998). His breakthrough came with the coming-of-age film Y tu mamá también (2001), which earned him a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay. He gained greater prominence for directing the fantasy film Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004), the dystopian drama Children of Men (2006), the science fiction drama Gravity (2013), and the semi-autobiographical drama Roma (2018). The latter two won him Academy Awards for Best Director. He also won Best Film Editing for Gravity and Best Cinematography for Roma.
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Most directed genres
Recurring actors
The career in numbers
- US$ 386 mi Total budget from 8 film(s) with data
- US$ 1.7 bi Total box office from 8 film(s) with data
- US$ 48 mi Average budget from 8 film(s) with data
- US$ 213 mi Average box office from 8 film(s) with data
- 7.3 Average rating from 9 film(s) with data
- 4.4× Return on investment from 8 film(s) with data
Budget and box office do not exist for every film in our records. Averages are computed over the films that carry the figure, and the count beside each one says how many.
Films directed
| Film | Year | Budget | Box office | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Roma
|
2018 | US$ 15 mi | US$ 1 mi | 7.6 |
Gravity
|
2013 | US$ 105 mi | US$ 723 mi | 7.2 |
The Possibility of Hope
|
2007 | — | — | 5.8 |
Children of Men
|
2006 | US$ 76 mi | US$ 71 mi | 7.6 |
Paris Je T'aime
|
2006 | US$ 13 mi | US$ 17 mi | 6.8 |
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
|
2004 | US$ 130 mi | US$ 790 mi | 8.0 |
Y Tu Mamá También
|
2001 | US$ 5 mi | US$ 34 mi | 7.4 |
Great Expectations
|
1998 | US$ 25 mi | US$ 55 mi | 6.7 |
A Little Princess
|
1995 | US$ 17 mi | US$ 10 mi | 7.6 |
Sólo con tu pareja
|
1992 | — | — | 6.5 |
Quartet for the End of Time
|
1983 | — | — | 5.2 |
Jane
|
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