Alfonso Cuaron

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Recent Role:
Himself on HBO First Look
Gender:
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Birthplace:
Mexico City, Mexico
Birth Name:
Alfonso Cuaron Orozco
Alfonso Cuaron is a film director, screenwriter, and producer.



After graduating from the National Autonomous University of Mexico, Alfonso got a job in television, working first as a technician, and then as a director. This led to Alfonso getting roles as an assistant director for various Latin American film productions.



Alfonso's first big screen directorial role was a dark comedy called Solo con tu pareja. Impressed by his work, director Sydney Pollack hired Alfonso to direct an episode of the neo noir cable series Fallen







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In 1995, Alfonso made his first United States produced feature film, A Little Princess.



After directing Great Expectations, a modernized version of the Charles Dicken's novel, Alfonso returned to Mexico with a Spanish-speaking cast to direct Y tu mama tambien. This controversial road comedy became a major success with critics, leading to an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Screenplay.



Alfonso's next film was Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. Although it was a more aggressive adaption of one of the books in the series, and Alfonso faced criticism from some Harry Potter fans for not following the books as closely as the previous two films in the series had, critically, the film was better received than the first two movies.



Alfonso's latest film is Children of Men. This critically acclaimed adaptation of a P.D. James novel has gone on to receive three Academy Award nominations including two for Alfonso himself for his involvement in the film.

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    Alfonso Cuaron is an amazing director and I hope he does the seventh Harry Potter movie!

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    HaydenMovie Added Feb 26, 2008 All my reviews
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    Alfonso Cuarón is awesome. His movies are awesome, Y Tu Mama Tambien is one of the best Mexican movies in a while and his work in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban was awesome. He also produced "Pan's Labyrinth" which is awesome. I really think that Alfonso Cuarón is another famous director that I should mention he is awesome!

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    NoOneIsAlone Added Feb 5, 2007 All my reviews
 

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