Alfonso Cuarón

Alfonso Cuarón Orozco (US: /kwɑːˈroʊn/kwar-OHN; Spanish: [alˈfonso kwaˈɾon]; born 28 November 1961) is a Mexican filmmaker. His accolades include four Academy Awards, seven BAFTA Awards, and three Golden Globe Awards. Cuarón made his feature film debut with the romantic comedy Sólo con tu pareja (1991) and directed the film adaptations A Little Princess (1995) and Great Expectations (1998). His breakthrough came with the coming-of-age film Y tu mamá también (2001), which earned him a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay. He gained greater prominence for directing the fantasy film Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004), the dystopian drama Children of Men (2006), the science fiction drama Gravity (2013), and the semi-autobiographical drama Roma (2018). The latter two won him Academy Awards for Best Director. He also won Best Film Editing for Gravity and Best Cinematography for Roma. Description above from the Wikipedia article Alfonso Cuarón, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Works

Quantum of Solace

Betrayed by Vesper, the woman he loved, 007 fights the urge to make his latest mission personal. Pursuing his determination to uncover the truth, Bond and M interrogate Mr. White, who reveals that the organization that blackmailed Vesper is far more complex and dangerous than anyone had imagined.

Release Date2008-10-29

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Vote Count8061

Wanderlust

A look at the mystique of road movies, combining interviews, film clips, music, photography, literature and a narrative storyline featuring Paul Rudd and Tom McCarthy.

Release Date2006-07-12

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Vote Count5

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

Stephen Colbert brings his signature satire and comedy to The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, the #1 show in late night, where he talks with an eclectic mix of guests about what is new and relevant in the worlds of politics, entertainment, business, music, technology, and more. Featuring bandleader Jon Batiste with his band Stay Human, the Emmy Award-nominated show is broadcast from the historic Ed Sullivan Theater. Stephen Colbert, Chris Licht, Tom Purcell, and Jon Stewart are executive producers. Barry Julien and Denise Rehrig serve as co-executive producers.must watch

Release Date2015-09-08

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Vote Count311

Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter

Some of this year's most talked about talent open up about the challenges and triumphs of creating critically acclaimed series and performances.

Release Date2015-08-02

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Faut Voir - L'hebdo cinéma

Faut Voir - L'hebdo cinéma

Release Date2023-09-22

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The Oscars

An annual American awards ceremony honoring cinematic achievements in the film industry. The various category winners are awarded a copy of a statuette, officially the Academy Award of Merit, that is better known by its nickname Oscar.

Release Date1953-03-19

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100 Years of Warner Bros.

Tracing a century of movie and TV history, these four documentary specials explore the unparalleled global impact of Warner Bros. on art, commerce, and culture.

Release Date2023-05-25

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Episode Count2

Vote Count31

Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts

An enchanting making-of story told through all-new in-depth interviews and cast conversations, inviting fans on a magical first-person journey through one of the most beloved film franchises of all time.

Release Date2022-01-01

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Vote Count3417

Creating the World of Harry Potter

Explore the World of Harry Potter through the behind the scenes creation of the films.

Release Date2009-11-17

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Episode Count8

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The Magic Touch of Harry Potter

A 2004 documentary on the first three “Harry Potter” films detailing the behind-the-scenes journey of making them.

Release Date2004-06-11

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Vote Count19

Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound

The history of cinematic sound, told by legendary sound designers and visionary filmmakers.

Release Date2019-10-25

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Vote Count71

Behind the Scenes of 'Y Tu Mamá También'

On-set documentary about the making of the film "Y tu mamá también."

Release Date2001-06-08

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I'm No Longer Here: A Discussion with Guillermo del Toro and Alfonso Cuarón

Guillermo del Toro and Alfonso Cuarón discuss fellow Mexican director Fernando Frías de la Parra's award-winning film "I'm No Longer Here."

Release Date2020-10-30

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Road to Roma

Director Alfonso Cuarón reflects on the childhood memories, period details and creative choices that shaped his Academy Award-winning film 'ROMA.'

Release Date2020-02-11

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Disclaimer

When an intriguing novel appears at the bedside of a journalist whose career has been built on revealing transgressions, she is horrified to realize she's a key character in a long-buried story—one that exposes her darkest secret.

Release Date2024-10-11

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JobExecutive Producer

Episode Count7

Vote Count210

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

Year three at Hogwarts means new fun and challenges as Harry learns the delicate art of approaching a Hippogriff, transforming shape-shifting Boggarts into hilarity and even turning back time. But the term also brings danger: soul-sucking Dementors hover over the school, an ally of the accursed He-Who-Cannot-Be-Named lurks within the castle walls, and fearsome wizard Sirius Black escapes Azkaban. And Harry will confront them all.

Release Date2004-05-31

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count22195

Believe

Believe is about an unlikely relationship between a gifted young girl and a man sprung from prison who has been tasked with protecting her from the evil elements that hunt her power.

Release Date2014-03-10

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count13

Vote Count164

Fallen Angels

A neo-noir anthology television series, set in somber Los Angeles right after World War II and before the election of American President John F. Kennedy. The episodes, although filmed in color, mimicked what had been done by Hollywood filmmakers during the film noir era of the 1940s and 1950s in terms of tone, look, and story content.

Release Date1993-08-01

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count1

Vote Count11

Pan's Labyrinth

Living with her tyrannical stepfather in a new home with her pregnant mother, 10-year-old Ofelia feels alone until she explores a decaying labyrinth guarded by a mysterious faun who claims to know her destiny. If she wishes to return to her real father, Ofelia must complete three terrifying tasks.

Release Date2006-10-11

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Vote Count10853

Children of Men

In 2027, in a chaotic world in which humans can no longer procreate, a former activist agrees to help transport a miraculously pregnant woman to a sanctuary at sea, where her child's birth may help scientists save the future of humankind.

Release Date2006-09-22

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count7344

Gravity

Dr. Ryan Stone, a brilliant medical engineer, is on her first Shuttle mission, with veteran astronaut Matt Kowalsky in command of his last flight before retiring. But on a seemingly routine spacewalk, disaster strikes. The Shuttle is destroyed, leaving Stone and Kowalsky completely alone-tethered to nothing but each other and spiraling out into the blackness of space. The deafening silence tells them they have lost any link to Earth and any chance for rescue. As fear turns to panic, every gulp of air eats away at what little oxygen is left. But the only way home may be to go further out into the terrifying expanse of space.

Release Date2013-10-03

DepartmentEditing

JobEditor

Vote Count15656

Y Tu Mamá También

In Mexico, two teenage boys and an attractive older woman embark on a road trip and learn a thing or two about life, friendship, sex, and each other.

Release Date2001-06-08

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Vote Count1599

Roald Dahl's The Witches

In late 1967, a young orphaned boy goes to live with his loving grandma in the rural Alabama town of Demopolis. As the boy and his grandmother encounter some deceptively glamorous but thoroughly diabolical witches, she wisely whisks him away to a seaside resort. Regrettably, they arrive at precisely the same time that the world's Grand High Witch has gathered.

Release Date2020-10-26

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Vote Count2853

Amores Perros

A fatalistic car crash in Mexico city sets off a chain of events in the lives of three people: a supermodel, a young man wanting to run off with his sister-in-law, and a homeless man. Their lives are catapulted into unforeseen situations instigated by the seemingly inconsequential destiny of a dog.

Release Date2000-06-16

DepartmentCrew

JobThanks

Vote Count2707

Revelations

A pastor who believes in divine revelation and a detective haunted by visions pursue a missing person case — exposing their own demons in the process.

Release Date2025-03-20

DepartmentProduction

JobExecutive Producer

Vote Count145

An Almost Christmas Story

A young owl meets a lost little girl in New York City. Together, they try to get home for Christmas.

Release Date2024-10-14

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Vote Count69

The Marked Hour

La Hora Marcada was a 1986 Mexican television anthology series famous for its horror and science fiction themes in the vein of the Twilight Zone. Although virtually unknown outside the country, it achieved a popular and critical success in Mexico. It had a series of rotating writers and directors, among them Emmanuel Lubezki, Guillermo del Toro and Alfonso Cuarón.

Release Date1988-08-01

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count11

Vote Count21

Paris Je T'aime

Olivier Assayas, Gus Van Sant, Wes Craven and Alfonso Cuaron are among the 20 distinguished directors who contribute to this collection of 18 stories, each exploring a different aspect of Parisian life. The colourful characters in this drama include a pair of mimes, a husband trying to chose between his wife and his lover, and a married man who turns to a prostitute for advice.

Release Date2006-06-21

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count778

Raymond & Ray

Half brothers Raymond and Ray reunite when their estranged father dies—and discover that his final wish was for them to dig his grave. Together, they process who they’ve become as men, both because of their father and in spite of him.

Release Date2022-10-14

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Vote Count187

Roma

In 1970s Mexico City, two domestic workers help a mother of four while her husband is away for an extended period of time.

Release Date2018-11-21

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Vote Count3967

A Little Princess

When her father enlists to fight for the British in WWI, young Sara Crewe goes to New York to attend the same boarding school her late mother attended. She soon clashes with the severe headmistress, Miss Minchin, who attempts to stifle Sara's creativity and sense of self-worth.

Release Date1995-05-10

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count989

Great Expectations

Loosely based on the Charles Dickens' classic novel, "Great Expectations" is a sensual tale of a young man's unforgettable passage into manhood, and the three individuals who will undeniably change his life forever. Through the surprising interactions of these vivid characters, "Great Expectations" takes a unique and contemporary look at life's great coincidences.

Release Date1998-01-30

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count621

The Shepherd

On Christmas Eve, a fighter pilot on his way home gets lost mid-flight over water and needs a miracle to land safely.

Release Date2023-08-10

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Vote Count107

Biutiful

This is a story of a man in free fall. On the road to redemption, darkness lights his way. Connected with the afterlife, Uxbal is a tragic hero and father of two who's sensing the danger of death. He struggles with a tainted reality and a fate that works against him in order to forgive, for love, and forever.

Release Date2010-10-20

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JobAssociate Producer

Vote Count1131

Sólo con tu pareja

Tomás Tomás is a young yuppie playboy with a string of discarded girlfriends. But when Silvia, the victim of one of his adventures, tries to get revenge by typing "positive" on his AIDS test, Tomás experiences for the first time the realities of love and death.

Release Date1992-12-25

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JobScreenplay

Vote Count63

Cronos

Faced with his own mortality, an ingenious alchemist tried to perfect an invention that would provide him with the key to eternal life. It was called the Cronos device. When he died more than 400 years later, he took the secrets of this remarkable device to the grave with him. Now, an elderly antiques dealer has found the hellish machine hidden in a statue and learns about its incredible powers. The more he uses the device, the younger he becomes...but nothing comes without a price. Life after death is just the beginning as this nerve-shattering thriller unfolds and the fountain of youth turns bloody.

Release Date1993-11-05

DepartmentCrew

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Vote Count684

Desierto

A group of Mexican emigrants attempts to cross the Mexican-US border. What begins as a hopeful journey becomes a harrowing, bloody and primal fight for survival when a deranged, rifle-toting vigilante and his loyal Belgian Malinois dog chase the group of unarmed men and women through the treacherous borderland. In the harsh, unforgiving desert terrain, the odds are stacked firmly against them as they discover there’s nowhere to hide from the unrelenting, merciless killer.

Release Date2015-04-12

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Vote Count376

Rudo & Cursi

Two brothers living a hard life of manual labor in rural Mexico have a simple dream: saving enough money to build their mother her dream house. But fate has other plans. A friendly game of soccer leads to first Rudo, then to Cursi being taken on by the nation’s top talent scout. Suddenly, they find themselves living the high life of star athletes: fame, fortune, fast cars and beautiful women.

Release Date2008-12-19

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Vote Count211

The Assassination of Richard Nixon

It’s 1974 and Sam Bicke has lost everything. His wife leaves him with his three kids, his boss fires him, his brother turns away from him, and the bank won’t give him any money to start anew. He tries to find someone to blame for his misfortunes and comes up with the President of the United States who he plans to murder.

Release Date2004-05-17

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Vote Count287

Romero

Romero is a compelling and deeply moving look at the life of Archbishop Oscar Romero of El Salvador, who made the ultimate sacrifice in a passionate stand against social injustice and oppression in his county. This film chronicles the transformation of Romero from an apolitical, complacent priest to a committed leader of the Salvadoran people.

Release Date1989-08-25

DepartmentDirecting

JobAssistant Director

Vote Count38

Black Sun

Blurred images illustrate the narration of New York City-based artist Hugues de Montalembert, who was blinded in a vicious mugging some thirty years ago.

Release Date2006-05-05

DepartmentProduction

JobExecutive Producer

Vote Count12

The Hottest State

A young actor from Texas tries to make it in New York while struggling in his relationship with a beautiful singer/songwriter.

Release Date2007-06-27

DepartmentCrew

JobThanks

Vote Count42

Le Pupille

During WWII, in the days leading up to Christmas, a woman arrives at an Italian Catholic boarding school for orphaned girls with a large cake and a plea for them to pray for her boyfriend, who is having an affair.

Release Date2022-05-27

DepartmentProduction

JobProducer

Vote Count109

Crónicas

A suspense thriller about a reporter from Miami who travels to Ecuador in pursuit of a serial killer known as the "Monster of Babahoyo."

Release Date2004-05-16

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JobProducer

Vote Count47

Sweet Release

The love secrets of a large family are revealed during a trajinera tour on Xochimilco, culminating in a suicide attempt during a jackpot drawing.

Release Date1997-01-01

DepartmentWriting

JobScreenplay

Vote Count2

Duck Season

Flama and Moko are fourteen years old; they have been best friends since they were kids. They have everything they need to survive yet another boring Sunday: an apartment without parents, videogames, porn magazines, soft drinks and pizza delivery.

Release Date2004-10-22

DepartmentCrew

JobPresenter

Vote Count71

Year of the Nail

A love story between a Mexican teenager and an American woman who meet one summer in Mexico.

Release Date2007-03-23

DepartmentProduction

JobExecutive Producer

Vote Count15

Aningaaq

Aningaaq, an Inuit fisherman camping on the ice over a frozen fjord, talks through a two way radio with a dying astronaut who is stranded in space, 500 kilometers above Earth. Even though he doesn't speak English and she doesn't speak Greenlandic, they manage to have a conversation about dogs, babies, life and death.

Release Date2013-10-19

DepartmentProduction

JobExecutive Producer

Vote Count88

You Owe Me One

A family of three, plus the maid and daughter's boyfriend look pretty normal on the outside. But in actuality, they are all having affairs with each other. The boyfriend is sleeping with the mother and daughter, and the father is sleeping with the maid. Do they all know about each other's affairs?

Release Date2002-04-07

DepartmentProduction

JobExecutive Producer

Vote Count12

The Disciple

Self-doubt, sacrifice and struggle converge into an existential crisis for a devoted classical vocalist as the mastery he strives for remains elusive.

Release Date2020-09-27

DepartmentProduction

JobExecutive Producer

Vote Count52

This Changes Everything

Based on Naomi Klein's book This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. the Climate, a look at how people in various communities around the world play a role in the ongoing climate change debate and how they're affecting change in trying to prevent the environmental destruction of our planet.

Release Date2015-09-10

DepartmentProduction

JobExecutive Producer

Vote Count11

La gran fiesta

In 1942, in San Juan, Puerto Rico, a casino is organizing a farewell party for its patrons, since it's about to be turned into a US military base. The guests drink, seduce and gossip, but some also plot against each other.

Release Date1986-12-01

DepartmentDirecting

JobAssistant Director

Vote Count6

Jane

A story about a woman named Jane and her relationship with her twin, who also happens to be the celebrated novelist Philip K. Dick.

DepartmentProduction

JobProducer

Billy Please Call Home

A middle-aged father and his young son take a road trip to Detroit on the boy's birthday. It's an adventure that both tears them apart and brings them back together again.

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Hands of God

Thirteen years of war. Dozens of car bombings every month. One goal: to become an Olympic champion. The true story of grit and determination, of young men literally fighting for their lives one day on the battlefields of Iraq and competing to fight for their Nation the next one. Despite living under the persistent threat of ISIS, these athletes will strive to accomplish their task. The amazing journey of the Iraq National Team from obscurity and desperation to the edge of an historical qualification to Rio 2016. Will private Waheed be able to manage his army duty with his desire to go to the Games? Is young Jafaar ready to aspire to the Olympic stage he has been dreaming of, despite living in the most dangerous suburb in the world? Will promising heavyweight Saadi come back from his mission to liberate Falluja? Will Iraq finally be a peaceful Country?

Release Date2020-07-07

DepartmentProduction

JobExecutive Producer

The Eve

Aging politicians who have faded from the public eye hold a cocktail party to celebrate one friend's appointment to the President's Cabinet. Illusions are indulged, illusions are shattered.

Release Date1982-10-07

DepartmentSound

JobSound Assistant

Vote Count3

Quartet for the End of Time

The story of a young man who lives alone in his house, and his indifference and solitude with the world around him.

Release Date1983-01-01

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count10

The Possibility of Hope

A look at different matters of the world such as immigration, global warming and capitalism through the eyes of scientists and philosophers.

Release Date2007-03-28

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count11

The Shock Doctrine

Drawing surprising connections between market methods and CIA torture techniques developed in the 1950s, the film explores how well-known events of the recent past have been theaters for the shock doctrine, from Pinochet's coup in Chile, to the Tiananmen Square Massacre, to the war in Iraq today.

Release Date2007-09-30

DepartmentWriting

JobScreenplay

Vote Count19

Wishbone

The stories of a French girl who moves to Scotland with her family and two troubled Scottish boys who end up crossing paths in surprising and touching ways.

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Who's He Anyway

Mexican short drama film.

Release Date1983-01-01

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count1

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