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Alfonso Cuaron

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Alfonso Cuaron Fast Facts:

First feature as a director was 1991's Sólo Con Tu Pareja (Love in the Time of Hysteria), a black comedy dealing with AIDS.
Won a 1993 Cable ACE Award for Best Director for his first English-language work, an episode of the Showtime mystery series Fallen Angels that director Sydney Pollack asked him to helm.
His first English feature film, the 1995 World War I drama A Little Princess, won him the New Generation Award at the Los Angeles Film Critics Awards.
Controversial 2001 drama Y Tu Mamá También (And Your Mother Too) won Best Foreign Film at the New York Film Critics Awards and was nominated for Best Foreign Film and Best Original Screenplay at the BAFTAs; he was nominated for Best Director at the Toronto Film Critics Awards and National Society of Film Critics Awards.
His 2004 fantasy Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban reportedly cost $130 million, but grossed more than three-quarters of a billion dollars worldwide.
Founded the production and distribution company Esperanto Films.

Alfonso Cuaron Relationships:
Annalisa Bugliani - Wife
Carlos Cuarón - Brother
Jonas Cuarón - Son
Mariana Elizondo - Ex-significant Other
Olmo Teodoro Cuarón - Son
Tess Bu Cuarón - Daughter
Alfredo Cuarón - Father
Alfonso Cuaron Awards:
2006 Oscar: Best Achievement in Film Editing - Nominee
2006 Oscar: Best Writing (Adapted Screenplay) - Nominee
2002 Oscar: Best Writing (Original Screenplay) - Nominee
2006 BAFTA Awards: Best Film not in the English Language - Winner
2004 BAFTA Awards: The Alexander Korda Award for the Outstanding British Film of the Year - Nominee
2002 BAFTA Awards: Best Film not in the English Language - Nominee
2002 BAFTA Awards: Best Original Screenplay - Nominee
College:
Attended National Autonomous University of Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico