Alejandro González Iñárritu

Alejandro González Iñárritu is genuinely one of the most intense filmmakers working today, and I mean that as the highest compliment. The guy grew up in Mexico City, studied at Ibero-American University, and somehow built a career where nearly every film feels like it's trying to crack your ribcage open — Amores perros, 21 Grams, Babel, each one more emotionally relentless than the last. Then he pivoted with Birdman and pulled off this bravura one-take illusion that won him Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Original Screenplay at the Oscars in 2015. He did it again with The Revenant the very next year. Two consecutive Best Director Oscars. That kind of run doesn't happen by accident — it's the product of someone who writes, produces, edits, and even composes, treating cinema like a total personal obsession rather than just a job.

Name (English)

Alejandro González Iñárritu

Name (Japanese)

アレハンドロ・ゴンサレス・イニャリトゥ

Reading

あれはんどろ・ごんされす・いにゃりとぅ

Born

August 15, 1963 (age 62)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Leo / Rabbit

Origin

Mexico City, Mexico

Occupation

film director / screenwriter / film producer / composer / film editor

University

Ibero-American University

Awards & achievements

• 2015 Academy Award for Best Director
• 2015 AACTA International Award for Best Direction
• 2006 Cannes Best Director Award
• 2015 Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – Feature Film
• 2015 Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay
• 2014 Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award for Best Director
• 2015 Academy Award for Best Picture
• 2015 Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award for Best Director

Motto

Private

• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A2%E3%83%AC%E3%83%8F%E3%83%B3%E3%83%89%E3%83%AD%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B4%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B5%E3%83%AC%E3%82%B9%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A4%E3%83%8B%E3%83%A3%E3%83%AA%E3%83%88%E3%82%A5

Tags

• film director
• screenwriter
• film producer

Last updated

2026-06-02

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.