Carlos Cuarón was born in Mexico City in 1966 and studied English Literature at the UNAM. He participated in Hernán Lara Zavala´s narrative workshop, Syd Field´s screenwriting workshop, and the Sundance Institute´s Screenwriters Lab on two occasions. He wrote the plays Llantas contra el pavimento, Zapatos y alpargatas, Puro y natural, and Coco Tuétano y la rebelión de las armas. He wrote the screenplays for Y tu mamá también (Alfonso Cuarón, 2001), winner of the Venice Film Festival´s Silver Lion for Best Original Screenplay and nominated in the same category at both the U.K.´s BAFTA Film Awards and the Oscars; Sólo con tu pareja (Alfonso Cuarón, 1991), winner of Mexico’s Ariel prize for Best Story-line in 1992; Al rescate de la Santísima Trinidad (José Luis García Agraz, 2002), and ¿Quién diablos es Juliette? (Carlos Marcovich, 1997). He is editor, screenwriter, and director of the short films No me digan Hugo, Amor perdido, Amor al tri, Juego de niños, Me la debes, Noche de bodas (selected for the Cannes Film Festival’s International Critics’ Week in 2001), Mamacita, and Sístole/Diástole.
Carlos Cuarón was born in Mexico City in 1966 and studied English Literature at the UNAM. He participated in Hernán Lara Zavala´s narrative workshop, Syd Field´s screenwriting workshop, and the Sundance Institute´s Screenwriters Lab on two occasions. He wrote the plays Llantas contra el pavimento, Zapatos y alpargatas, Puro y natural, and Coco Tuétano y la rebelión de las armas. He wrote the screenplays for Y tu mamá también (Alfonso Cuarón, 2001), winner of the Venice Film Festival´s Silver Lion for Best Original Screenplay and nominated in the same category at both the U.K.´s BAFTA Film Awards and the Oscars; Sólo con tu pareja (Alfonso Cuarón, 1991), winner of Mexico’s Ariel prize for Best Story-line in 1992; Al rescate de la Santísima Trinidad (José Luis García Agraz, 2002), and ¿Quién diablos es Juliette? (Carlos Marcovich, 1997). He is editor, screenwriter, and director of the short films No me digan Hugo, Amor perdido, Amor al tri, Juego de niños, Me la debes, Noche de bodas (selected for the Cannes Film Festival’s International Critics’ Week in 2001), Mamacita, and Sístole/Diástole.
