Alejandro G. Iñárritu Biography

Awards

• 2000Audience Award-Best Feature Film: winner
• 2000Audience Award-Best Film: winner
• 2000Golden Precolumbian Circle-Best Director: winner
• 2000Golden Precolumbian Circle-Best Film: winner
• 2000Critics Week Grand Prize-: winner
• 2000Grand Golden Rail-: winner
• 2000Young Critics Award-Best Feature: winner
• 2000Gold Hugo-Best Film: winner
• 2000Audience Choice Award-: winner
• 2000New Director's Award-: winner
• 2000Grand Prix-: winner
• 2000Coral-Best First Work: winner
• 2000Glauber Rocha Award-: winner
• 2000Cuban Press Association Award-: winner
• 2000Rábida Award-: winner
• 2000Films from the South Award-: winner
• 2000Premio ACE-Cinema - Best Director: winner
• 2000International Jury Award - Honorable Mention-: winner
• 2000International Jury Award-: nominated
• 2000Critics Award-: winner
• 2000Tokyo Grand Prix-: winner
• 2000Best Director Award-: winner
• 2000Audience Award-: winner
• 2001Silver Condor-Best Foreign Film (Mejor Película Extranjera): winner
• 2001Silver Ariel-Best Editing (Mejor Edición): winner
• 2001Silver Ariel-Best Direction (Mejor Dirección): winner
• 2001Silver Ariel-Best First Work (Mejor Ópera Prima): winner
• 2001BSFC Award-Best New Filmmaker: nominated
• 2001International Fantasy Film Award-Best Film: winner
• 2001International Fantasy Film Award-Best Director: winner
• 2001Best First Work-: winner
• 2001MTV Movie Award-MTV North Feed (mostly Mexico) - Favorite Film (Película de la Gente): winner
• 2001FIPRESCI Prize-: winner
• 2001TFCA Award-Best First Feature: nominated
• 2002ASECAN Award-Best Foreign Film: winner
• 2002BAFTA Film Award-Best Film not in the English Language: winner
• 2002Bodil-Best Non-American Film (Bedste ikke amerikanske film): nominated
• 2002Chlotrudis Award-Best Director: nominated
• 2002Cinema Brazil Grand Prize-Best Foreign-Language Film (Melhor Filme Estrangeiro): winner
• 2002Independent Spirit Award-: nominated
• 2002Independent Spirit Award-Best Foreign Film: nominated
• 2002ALFS Award-Director of the Year: winner
• 2002OFTA Film Award-Best First Feature: nominated
• 2002OFCS Award-Best Breakthrough Filmmaker: nominated
• 2002UNESCO Award-: winner
• 2003César-Best European Union Film (Meilleur film de l'Union Européenne): nominated
• 2003Screen International Award-: nominated
• 2003Golden Lion-Best Film: nominated
• 2004COFCA Award-Best Screenplay, Original: nominated
• 2004DGGB Award-Outstanding Directorial Achievement in International Film: nominated
• 2004Special Distinction Award-: winner
• 2004OFTA Film Award-Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen: nominated
• 2004OFCS Award-Best Director: nominated
• 2005César-Best Foreign Film (Meilleur film étranger): nominated
• 2005Robert-Best American Film (Årets amerikanske film): nominated
• 2005Guldbagge-Best Foreign Film (Bästa utländska film): nominated
• 2005Silver Ribbon-Best Foreign Director (Regista del Miglior Film Straniero): nominated
• 2006Honorable Mention-Best Foreign Film: winner
• 2006ACCA-Best Motion Picture: nominated
• 2006ACCA-Best Director: nominated
• 2006Best Director-: winner
• 2006Prize of the Ecumenical Jury-: winner
• 2006Palme d'Or-: nominated
• 2006CFCA Award-Best Director: nominated
• 2006DFWFCA Award-Best Director: nominated
• 2006Satellite Award-Best Director: nominated
• 2006Satellite Award-Best Screenplay, Original: nominated
• 2007ACCEC Award-Best Foreign Film (Millor pel·lícula estrangera): winner
• 2007ALMA Award-Outstanding Director - Motion Picture: winner
• 2007Oscar-Best Achievement in Directing: nominated
• 2007Oscar-Best Motion Picture of the Year: nominated
• 2007BAFTA Film Award-Best Film: nominated
• 2007David Lean Award for Direction-: nominated
• 2007Bodil-Best American Film (Bedste amerikanske film): winner
• 2007César-Best Foreign Film (Meilleur film étranger): nominated
• 2007Robert-Best American Film (Årets amerikanske film): winner
• 2007David-Best Foreign Film (Miglior Film Straniero): winner
• 2007DGA Award-Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures: nominated
• 2007Fotogramas de Plata-Best Foreign Film (Mejor Película Extranjera): winner
• 2007Golden Globe-Best Director - Motion Picture: nominated
• 2007Guldbagge-Best Foreign Film (Bästa utländska film): nominated
• 2007Image Award-Outstanding Directing in a Feature Film/Television Movie - Comedy or Drama: nominated
• 2007Imagen Award-Best Director - Film: nominated
• 2007OFCS Award-Best Director: nominated
• 2007PGA Award-Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures: nominated
• 2007Director of the Year Award-: winner
• 2007White Elephant-Best Foreign Film: nominated
• 2007Rosa de Sant Jordi Audience Award-Best Foreign Film (Mejor Película Extranjera): winner
• 2008Cinema Brazil Grand Prize-Best Foreign-Language Film (Melhor Filme Estrangeiro): nominated
• 2008Golden Eagle-Best Foreign Film: nominated
• 2008Audience Award-Best Foreign Director (Melhor Diretor Estrangeiro): winner
• 2009Top Film-Top 10 Key Films of the Noughties: winner
• 2010Audience Choice Award-: winner
• 2010Palme d'Or-: nominated
• 2010CinEuphoria-Top Films of the Decade - International Competition: winner
• 2010Satellite Award-Best Screenplay, Original: nominated
• 2010SLFCA Award-Best Original Screenplay: nominated
• 2011ASECAN Award-Best Spanish Film: nominated
• 2011EDA Award-Best Non-English Language Film: nominated
• 2011BAFTA Film Award-Best Film not in the English Language: nominated
• 2011Bodil-Best Non-American Film (Bedste ikke-amerikanske film): nominated
• 2011CEC Award-Best Director (Mejor Director): nominated
• 2011CEC Award-Best Original Screenplay (Mejor Guión Original): nominated
• 2011CEC Award-Best Film (Mejor Película): nominated
• 2011Cinema for Peace Award-Cinema for Peace Award for the Most Valuable Film of the Year: nominated
• 2011Critics Choice Award-Best Foreign Language Film: nominated
• 2011Goya-Best Original Screenplay (Mejor Guión Original): nominated
• 2012CinEuphoria-Best Director - International Competition: nominated
• 2012CinEuphoria-Best Film - International Competition: nominated
• 2012CinEuphoria-Top Ten of the Year - International Competition: winner
• 2012CinEuphoria-Best Screenplay - International Competition: nominated
• 2014ACCA-Best Original Screenplay: winner
• 2014ACCA-Best Director: nominated
• 2014ACCA-Best Motion Picture: winner
• 2014BOFCA Award-Best Director: winner
• 2014BSFC Award-Best Screenplay: winner
• 2014Capri Visionary Movie Award-: winner
• 2014CFCA Award-Best Original Screenplay: nominated
• 2014CFCA Award-Best Director: nominated
• 2014DFWFCA Award-Best Director: winner
• 2014DFWFCA Award-Best Screenplay: winner
• 2014DFCS Award-Best Director: nominated
• 2014DFCS Award-Best Screenplay: nominated
• 2014Film Comment's Year-End Critics' Poll-Best Film: nominated
• 2014FFCC Award-Best Original Screenplay: nominated
• 2014FFCC Award-Best Director: nominated
• 2014Golden Schmoes-Best Director of the Year: winner
• 2014Golden Schmoes-Best Screenplay of the Year: nominated
• 2014Audience Award-: nominated
• 2014Gotham Independent Film Award-Best Feature: winner
• 2014ICP Award-Best Director: nominated
• 2014ICP Award-Best Screenplay: nominated
• 2014KCFCC Award-Best Screenplay, Original: winner
• 2014Sierra Award-Best Director: winner
• 2014Sierra Award-Best Screenplay: winner
• 2014LAFCA Award-Best Screenplay: nominated
• 2014NYFCO Award-Best Screenplay: winner
• 2014PCC Award-Best Director: winner
• 2014PCC Award-Best Screenplay: winner
• 2014PFCS Award-Best Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen: winner
• 2014PFCS Award-Best Director: nominated
• 2014SDFCS Award-Best Original Screenplay: nominated
• 2014SDFCS Award-Best Director: nominated
• 2014SFFCC Award-Best Director: nominated
• 2014SFFCC Award-Best Screenplay, Original: winner
• 2014Screenplay Competition-Best Original Screenplay: winner
• 2014SEFCA Award-Best Original Screenplay: nominated
• 2014SLFCA Award-Best Original Screenplay: winner
• 2014SLFCA Award-Best Director: winner
• 2014UFCA Award-Best Original Screenplay: winner
• 2014UFCA Award-Best Director: winner
• 2014Nazareno Taddei Award-: winner
• 2014Leoncino d'Oro Agiscuola Award-: winner
• 2014Soundtrack Stars Award-Best Soundtrack: winner
• 2014Golden Lion-: nominated
• 2014Future Film Festival Digital Award-: winner
• 2014VVFP Award-Best Director: nominated
• 2014VVFP Award-Best Screenplay: nominated
• 2014WAFCA Award-Best Original Screenplay: winner
• 2014WAFCA Award-Best Director: nominated
• 2015AACTA International Award-Best Direction: winner
• 2015AACTA International Award-Best Screenplay: winner
• 2015AACTA International Award-Best Film: winner
• 2015Oscar-Best Writing, Original Screenplay: winner
• 2015Oscar-Best Achievement in Directing: winner
• 2015Oscar-Best Motion Picture of the Year: winner
• 2015Saturn Award-Best Director: nominated
• 2015EDA Award-Best Director: nominated
• 2015EDA Award-Best Writing, Original Screenplay: winner
• 2015EDA Award-Best Picture: nominated
• 2015Honorable Mention-Best Foreign Film: winner
• 2015ACCA-Best Motion Picture: nominated
• 2015ACCA-Best Director: nominated
• 2015David Lean Award for Direction-: nominated
• 2015BAFTA Film Award-Best Original Screenplay: nominated
• 2015BAFTA Film Award-Best Film: nominated
• 2015COFCA Award-Best Original Screenplay: nominated
• 2015COFCA Award-Best Director: nominated
• 2015CFCA Award-Best Director: nominated
• 2015Chlotrudis Award-Best Original Screenplay: nominated
• 2015Chlotrudis Award-Best Director: nominated
• 2015Critics Choice Award-Best Director: nominated
• 2015Critics Choice Award-Best Original Screenplay: winner
• 2015DFWFCA Award-Best Director: winner
• 2015David-Best Foreign Film (Miglior Film Straniero): winner
• 2015DFCS Award-Best Director: nominated
• 2015DFCS Award-Best Original Screenplay: winner
• 2015DFCS Award-Best Director: nominated
• 2015DGA Award-Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film: winner
• 2015Dorian Award-Film Director of the Year: nominated
• 2015DFCC-Best Director: winner
• 2015Independent Spirit Award-Best Feature: winner
• 2015Independent Spirit Award-Best Director: nominated
• 2015FFCC Award-Best Director: nominated
• 2015Gold Derby Film Award-Motion Picture: nominated
• 2015Gold Derby Film Award-Director: nominated
• 2015Gold Derby Film Award-Original Screenplay: nominated
• 2015Golden Globe-Best Director - Motion Picture: nominated
• 2015Golden Globe-Best Screenplay - Motion Picture: winner
• 2015Golden Schmoes-Best Director of the Year: nominated
• 2015HFCS Award-Best Screenplay: nominated
• 2015HFCS Award-Best Director: nominated
• 2015ICP Award-Best Director: nominated
• 2015INOCA-Best Director: nominated
• 2015INOCA-Best Original Screenplay: nominated
• 2015IOFCP Award-Best Director: nominated
• 2015IOFCP Award-Best Original Screenplay: nominated
• 2015IFC Award-Best Director: nominated
• 2015IOMA-Best Original Screenplay (Miglior sceneggiatura originale): nominated
• 2015IOMA-Best Picture (Miglior film): nominated
• 2015IOMA-Best Director (Miglior regia): winner
• 2015KCFCC Award-Best Director: nominated
• 2015ALFS Award-Director of the Year: nominated
• 2015ALFS Award-Screenwriter of the Year: nominated
• 2015NSFC Award-Best Screenplay: nominated
• 2015NFCS Award-Best Director: winner
• 2015NCFCA Award-Best Director: nominated
• 2015NCFCA Award-Best Original Screenplay: nominated
• 2015OFTA Film Award-Best Picture: winner
• 2015OFTA Film Award-Best Director: nominated
• 2015PGA Award-Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures: winner
• 2015Director of the Year Award-: winner
• 2015PCC Award-Best Director: nominated
• 2015PFCS Award-Best Director: nominated
• 2015SDFCS Award-Best Director: nominated
• 2015SFFCC Award-Best Director: nominated
• 2015Satellite Award-Best Director: nominated
• 2015Satellite Award-Best Screenplay, Original: nominated
• 2015Seattle Film Critics Award-Best Screenplay, Original: nominated
• 2015Seattle Film Critics Award-Best Director: nominated
• 2015SLFCA Award-Best Director: nominated
• 2015VFCC Award-Best Director: nominated
• 2015VFCC Award-Best Director: winner
• 2015VFCC Award-Best Screenplay: nominated
• 2015WAFCA Award-Best Director: nominated
• 2016AACTA International Award-Best Direction: nominated
• 2016AACTA International Award-Best Film: nominated
• 2016ASECAN Award-Best Foreign Film: nominated
• 2016Oscar-Best Achievement in Directing: winner
• 2016Oscar-Best Motion Picture of the Year: nominated
• 2016EDA Award-Best Director: nominated
• 2016BAFTA Film Award-Best Film: winner
• 2016David Lean Award for Direction-: winner
• 2016COFCA Award-Best Director: nominated
• 2016CinEuphoria-Best Film - International Competition: nominated
• 2016CinEuphoria-Top Ten of the Year - Audience Award: winner
• 2016Cinema Bloggers Award-Best North American Film: winner
• 2016Cinema Brazil Grand Prize-Best Foreign-Language Film (Melhor Filme Estrangeiro): nominated
• 2016Critics Choice Award-Best Director: nominated
• 2016César-Best Foreign Film (Meilleur film étranger): winner
• 2016Robert-Best American Film (Årets amerikanske film): winner
• 2016DFCS Award-Best Director: nominated
• 2016DGA Award-Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film: winner
• 2016Dorian Award-Director of the Year: nominated
• 2016DFCC-Best Director: nominated
• 2016Días de Cine Award-Best Foreign Film: nominated
• 2016Empire Award-Best Director: nominated
• 2016Gold Derby Film Award-Director: nominated
• 2016Gold Derby Film Award-Motion Picture: nominated
• 2016Golden Globe-Best Director - Motion Picture: winner
• 2016Hellenic Film Academy Award-Best Foreign Film: nominated
• 2016HFCS Award-Best Director: winner
• 2016ALFS Award-Director of the Year: nominated
• 2016OFTA Film Award-Best Picture: nominated
• 2016OFTA Film Award-Best Director: nominated
• 2016PGA Award-Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures: nominated
• 2016Red Nation Film Award of Excellence-Best Director: winner
• 2016Audience Award-Best Foreign Director (Melhor Diretor Estrangeiro): winner
• 2016Outstanding Director of the Year Award-: winner
• 2016Satellite Award-Best Director: nominated
• 2016Satellite Award-Best Screenplay, Adapted: nominated
• 2016Seattle Film Critics Award-Best Director: nominated
• 2016Spur Award-Best Western Drama Script (Fiction): nominated
• 2017Streaming Award-: nominated
• 2017Bodil-Best American Film (Bedste amerikanske film): winner
• 2017Robert-Best American Film (Årets amerikanske film): winner
• 2017Globe de Cristal-Best Foreign Film (Meilleur film étranger): winner
• 2017Golden Eagle-Best Foreign Film: winner
• 2017Readers' Choice Award-Best Foreign Language Film: nominated
• 2017Audience Award-Best Foreign Director (Melhor Diretor Estrangeiro): winner
• 2020Gold Derby Film Award-Director of the Decade: nominated
• 2020Gold Derby Film Award-Original Screenplay of the Decade: nominated
• 2022Golden Frog-Main Competition: nominated
• 2022Capri Visionary Movie Award-: winner
• 2022Golden Lion-Best Film: nominated
• 2022UNIMED Award-: winner
• 2023Silver Ariel-Best Direction (Mejor Dirección): winner
• 2023Silver Ariel-Best Editing (Mejor Edición): winner
• 2023Golden Ariel-Best Picture (Mejor Película): nominated
• 2023Silver Ariel-Best Original Music (Mejor Música Original): nominated
• 2023Golden Panda Award-Best Director for a Motion Picture: nominated
• 2023Imagen Award-Best Director - Feature Film: nominated
• 2023LEJA Award-Best Picture: nominated
• 2023LEJA Award-Best Non-English Language Film: winner
• 2023Special Silver Goddess-Cinematographic Excellence: winner
• 2023FIPRESCI Prize-Best Foreign Language Film: nominated
• 2023Premio Canacine-Best Director (Mejor Director): nominated
• 2023Premio Canacine-Best Film (Mejor Película): winner
• 2023Platino Award-Best Screenplay: nominated
• 2023Platino Award-Best Director: nominated
• 2023Yoga Award-Worst Foreign Director: winner
• 2025Special Recognition-Cinematographic Merit (Mérito Cinematográfico): winner