Alfonso Cuarón

Alfonso Cuarón Orozco born 28 November 1961 is a Mexican filmmaker Cuarón is the first Mexicoborn filmmaker to win the Academy Award for Best Director He has been nominated for Academy Awards in six different categories a record he shares with Walt Disney and George Clooney Cuarón has received 10 Academy Award nominations winning four including Best Director for Gravity 2013 and Roma 2018 Best Film Editing for Gravity and Best Cinematography for Roma His other notable films from a variety of genres include the family drama A Little Princess 1995 the romantic drama Great Expectations 1998 the coming of age road film Y tu mamá también 2001 the fantasy film Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban 2004 and the science fiction dystopian thriller Children of Men 2006