Alejandro González Iñárritu

Alejandro González Iñárritu American Spanish aleˈxandɾo gonˈsales iˈɲaritu credited since 2014 as Alejandro G Iñárritu born August 15 1963 is a Mexican film director producer and screenwriter He is the first Mexican director to be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Director and the Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing for Babel 2007 Iñárritus six feature filmsAmores perros 2000 21 Grams 2003 Babel 2006 comprising the Death Trilogy Biutiful 2010 Birdman or The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance 2014 and The Revenant 2015have garnered critical acclaim and numerous accolades including Academy Award nominations and wins In 2015 Iñárritu won the Academy Award for Best Director Best Original Screenplay and Best Picture for Birdman The following year he won the Academy Award for Best Director for The Revenant making him the third director to win back to back Academy Awards and the first since 1950 He is friends with fellow Mexican directors Guillermo del Toro and Alfonso Cuarón collectively known as The Three Amigos of Cinema