Image Cuarón; Alfonso He studied filmmaking at the University Center for Film Studies (CUEC-UNAM), Mexico City, where he met his, since then, creative partner, the cinematographic photographer Emmanuel Lubezki. Together with Lubezki, on photography, and Carlos Cuarón (Alfonso's brother), on the screenplay, he worked on his debut Sólo con tu pareja (1991), winner of the Best Original Screenplay award at the 34th Ariel Awards, Mexico. Alfonso Cuarón moved to Los Angeles and worked on The Little Princess (1995), nominated for Best Art Direction and Best Cinematography, for Emmanuel Lubezki, at the 68th Oscar Awards of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) of the United States. While in Los Angeles, he also directed Great Expectations (1998), based on the homonymous novel by Charles Dickens. Upon his return to Mexico, he directed and produced Y tu mamá también (2001), winner of the Best Screenplay award for Alfonso and Carlos Cuaron, and the Marcello Mastroianni Award for Outstanding Actor for Diego Luna and Gael García Bernal, At the 58th Venice International Film Festival, in Italy. He later made two British films: Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004) and Sons of Men (2006); the latter was bestowed the Osella Award for Best Technical Contribution for Emmanuel Lubezki, at the 63rd Venice International Film Festival. He collaborated, with his short film Parc Monceau, in the collective work Paris je t'aime (2006), opening film of the "Un certain regard" section at the 59th Cannes Film Festival, in France, and presented at the 4th Morelia International Film Festival (FICM). Alfonso Cuarón was a special guest at the 11th FICM, which was inaugurated with his most recent feature, Gravity (2013), winner of numerous awards, including seven Oscars at the 86th Academy Award ceremony, including Best Director, Best Cinematography and Best Production Design. In 2017, Cuarón filmed his new movie, Rome, in Mexico City. The film takes place in the seventies and tackles themes like the massacre known as "El halconazo". Other Movies Sujo When a cartel gunman is killed, he leaves behind Sujo, his beloved 4-year-old son. The shadow of violence surrounds Sujo during each stage of his life in the isolated Mexican countryside. As he grows into a man, Sujo finds that fulfilling his father’s destiny may be inescapable. See More Sujo When a cartel gunman is killed, he leaves behind Sujo, his beloved 4-year-old son. The shadow of violence surrounds Sujo during each stage of his life in the isolated Mexican countryside. As he grows into a man, Sujo finds that fulfilling his father’s destiny may be inescapable. See More Mexico will no longer exist! A frenetic view runs over a convulsed Mexico City, a colossal metropolis sustained by the myth of "mestizaje" and other colonial forms of violence. Past and present weave a flurry of images; fragmented memories of this land. Ancient deities are incarnated, while dreams overlap among intimacy, complicity and the tumult. This is an erratic film that invites us to reimagine the complex relationship we have with the constructed “mexicanidad.” See More Related News FICM will close its 22nd edition with Apple TV+’s DISCLAIMER, by Alfonso Cuarón 10 · 04 · 24 Collaborative Cinema: Daniela Michel and Alfonso Cuarón in “México Siglo XXI” by Fundación TELMEX Telcel 09 · 01 · 23 A List of Mexicans Who Have Won an Oscar... Updated! 03 · 06 · 23 "El halconazo" en el cine mexicano 06 · 10 · 21 Otros Realizadores Mexicanos Tenemos la misión de recolectar a las mentes mas creativas de México y promover su trayectoria al mundo. Ingresar
Image Cuarón; Alfonso He studied filmmaking at the University Center for Film Studies (CUEC-UNAM), Mexico City, where he met his, since then, creative partner, the cinematographic photographer Emmanuel Lubezki. Together with Lubezki, on photography, and Carlos Cuarón (Alfonso's brother), on the screenplay, he worked on his debut Sólo con tu pareja (1991), winner of the Best Original Screenplay award at the 34th Ariel Awards, Mexico. Alfonso Cuarón moved to Los Angeles and worked on The Little Princess (1995), nominated for Best Art Direction and Best Cinematography, for Emmanuel Lubezki, at the 68th Oscar Awards of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) of the United States. While in Los Angeles, he also directed Great Expectations (1998), based on the homonymous novel by Charles Dickens. Upon his return to Mexico, he directed and produced Y tu mamá también (2001), winner of the Best Screenplay award for Alfonso and Carlos Cuaron, and the Marcello Mastroianni Award for Outstanding Actor for Diego Luna and Gael García Bernal, At the 58th Venice International Film Festival, in Italy. He later made two British films: Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004) and Sons of Men (2006); the latter was bestowed the Osella Award for Best Technical Contribution for Emmanuel Lubezki, at the 63rd Venice International Film Festival. He collaborated, with his short film Parc Monceau, in the collective work Paris je t'aime (2006), opening film of the "Un certain regard" section at the 59th Cannes Film Festival, in France, and presented at the 4th Morelia International Film Festival (FICM). Alfonso Cuarón was a special guest at the 11th FICM, which was inaugurated with his most recent feature, Gravity (2013), winner of numerous awards, including seven Oscars at the 86th Academy Award ceremony, including Best Director, Best Cinematography and Best Production Design. In 2017, Cuarón filmed his new movie, Rome, in Mexico City. The film takes place in the seventies and tackles themes like the massacre known as "El halconazo".
Sujo When a cartel gunman is killed, he leaves behind Sujo, his beloved 4-year-old son. The shadow of violence surrounds Sujo during each stage of his life in the isolated Mexican countryside. As he grows into a man, Sujo finds that fulfilling his father’s destiny may be inescapable. See More
Sujo When a cartel gunman is killed, he leaves behind Sujo, his beloved 4-year-old son. The shadow of violence surrounds Sujo during each stage of his life in the isolated Mexican countryside. As he grows into a man, Sujo finds that fulfilling his father’s destiny may be inescapable. See More
Mexico will no longer exist! A frenetic view runs over a convulsed Mexico City, a colossal metropolis sustained by the myth of "mestizaje" and other colonial forms of violence. Past and present weave a flurry of images; fragmented memories of this land. Ancient deities are incarnated, while dreams overlap among intimacy, complicity and the tumult. This is an erratic film that invites us to reimagine the complex relationship we have with the constructed “mexicanidad.” See More
FICM will close its 22nd edition with Apple TV+’s DISCLAIMER, by Alfonso Cuarón 10 · 04 · 24 Collaborative Cinema: Daniela Michel and Alfonso Cuarón in “México Siglo XXI” by Fundación TELMEX Telcel 09 · 01 · 23 A List of Mexicans Who Have Won an Oscar... Updated! 03 · 06 · 23 "El halconazo" en el cine mexicano 06 · 10 · 21
Collaborative Cinema: Daniela Michel and Alfonso Cuarón in “México Siglo XXI” by Fundación TELMEX Telcel 09 · 01 · 23
