Alejandro G. Iñárritu

Biography

Alejandro González Iñárritu is a Mexican filmmaker. He is primarily known for making modern psychological drama films about the human condition. His projects have garnered critical acclaim and numerous accolades, including five Academy Awards,  Special Achievement Awards, Golden Globe Awards,  BAFTA Awards, and  Directors Guild of America Awards. His most notable films include Amores Perros (2000), 21 Grams (2003), Babel (2006), Biutiful (2010), Birdman (2014), The Revenant (2015), and Bardo (2022). Amores Perros (2000), and Biutiful (2010) each received nominations for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film. He earned critical and commercial success for his films 21 Grams(2003) and Babel (2006). For Birdman (2014), he won three Academy Awards for Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Original Screenplay. The following year, he was awarded 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 pro…

Directed

1. The Revenant (2015) — Director
2. Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) (2014) — Director
3. Babel (2006) — Director
4. 21 Grams (2003) — Director
5. Amores Perros (2000) — Director
6. Biutiful (2010) — Director
7. BARDO, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths (2022) — Director
8. To Each His Own Cinema (2007) — Director
9. September 11 (2002) — Director
10. Powder Keg (2001) — Director
11. The Marked Hour (1988) — Director
12. The Hire (2001) — Director
13. Naran Ja (2012) — Director
14. Detras del dinero (1995) — Director
15. The Ringer (1996) — Director
16. Flesh and Sand (2017) — Director
17. Behind Biutiful: Director's Flip Notes (2011) — Director
18. Digger (2026) — Director
19. Sueño Perro — Director

Also appeared in

1. The Simpsons (1989) — Alejandro González Iñárritu (voice)
2. Before the Flood (2016) — Self
3. Jimmy Kimmel Live! (2003) — Self
4. Trespassing Bergman (2013) — Self
5. Finding Your Roots (2012) — Self
6. Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter (2015) — Self
7. Sexo en el plató (2007) — Himself
8. A World Unseen: 'The Revenant' (2016) — Self
9. Kurosawa's Way (2011) — Self
10. Cannes: All Access (2007) — Self
11. Birdman: All-Access (A View From the Wings) (2015) — Self
12. Bosé renacido (2023)
13. 21 Grams: In Fragments (2004) — Self
14. Behind Biutiful: Director's Flip Notes (2011) — Self
15. Gold (2013) — Self
16. Common Ground: Under Construction Notes (2007) — Self
17. G&G – Gesichter und Geschichten (2005) — Self
18. Perros, amores, accidentes (2020) — Self (archive footage)
19. Memoria de Los Olvidados (2025) — Self
20. Plankton Salesmen (2017) — Self (archive footage)
21. Bergman's Video (2012) — Self - Filmmaker