Alfonso Cuarón
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Alfonso Cuarón in July 2013.
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| Born |
Alfonso Cuarón Orozco November 28, 1961 Mexico City, Mexico |
| Residence | London, England |
| Education | Philosophy, Filmmaking |
| Alma mater | National Autonomous University of Mexico |
| Occupation | Film director, screenwriter, producer, editor |
| Years active | 1983–present |
| Notable work |
Children of Men Gravity Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban |
| Spouse(s) | Mariana Elizondo (1980–1993) Annalisa Bugliani (2001–2008) |
| Partner(s) | Sheherazade Goldsmith |
| Children | Tess Bu Cuarón Olmo Teodoro Cuarón Jonás Cuarón |
Alfonso Cuarón Orozco (Spanish pronunciation: [alˈfonso kwaˈɾon]; born November 28, 1961) is a Mexican film director, screenwriter, producer, and editor best known for his dramas A Little Princess (1995) and Y Tu Mamá También (2001), the fantasy film Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004), and science fiction thrillers Children of Men (2006) and Gravity (2013). Cuarón is the first Latin American director to win an Oscar for Best Directing.
Most of his work has been praised by both audiences and critics, and has been nominated for six Academy Awards including Best Original Screenplay for Y Tu Mamá También, and both Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Film Editing for Children of Men. For Gravity, Cuarón received several major accolades for his achievement in direction, winning in the respective categories at the Academy Awards, the Golden Globe Awards, the BAFTA Awards and the Directors Guild of America; and in addition winning the BAFTA Award Best British Film and the Academy Award for Best Film Editing (shared with Mark Sanger). He has also been awarded the BAFTA Award for Best Film not in the English Language as one of the producers of Pan's Labyrinth (2006). In his films, Cuarón is known for his ground-breaking use in the technique of continuous uninterrupted shots.
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