---
name: "Alfonso Cuarón"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/alfonso-cuaron"
fi1m_id: "alfonso-cuaron"
imdb_id: "nm0190859"
tmdb_id: 11218
wikidata_id: "Q28028"
roles: ["Director","Producer","Writer"]
born: "28 November 1961"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 19
average_fi1m_score: 75
average_as: "director"
average_over: 11
updated: "2026-10-02T21:50:40.473044+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Alfonso Cuarón

## Identity

Alfonso Cuarón

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/alfonso-cuaron
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** alfonso-cuaron
- **IMDb ID:** nm0190859
- **TMDB ID:** 11218
- **Wikidata ID:** Q28028
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfonso_Cuar%C3%B3n, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q28028, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0190859/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/11218

Director and producer. Born 28 November 1961 in Mexico City, Mexico.

## Details

- **Work:** Director, Producer, Writer
- **Born:** 28 November 1961, Mexico City, Mexico
- **Active:** 1983–present
- **Also known as:** 알폰소 쿠아론, Αλφόνσο Κουαρόν, 阿方索·卡隆, アルフォンソ・キュアロン, アルフォンソ・キュアロン・オロスコ, アルフォンソ・クアロン
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 19: 1 acting, 11 directing, 5 producing, 2 other
- **Frequently works with:** [Guillermo del Toro](https://film.one/person/guillermo-del-toro.md), [Carlos Cuarón](https://film.one/person/carlos-cuaron.md), [Daniel Giménez Cacho](https://film.one/person/daniel-gimenez-cacho.md), [David Heyman](https://film.one/person/david-heyman.md), [Maribel Verdú](https://film.one/person/maribel-verdu.md), Alfredo Gurrola, Carmen Armendáriz, Juan Antonio de la Riva
- **Academy Awards:** 4 Oscars (4 won · 7 nominated)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 75, as director, over 11 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 72 (4), 2000s 80 (7), 2010s 71 (4), 2020s 61 (4)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 75 to 72 across 10 titles
- **Score spread:** 6 at 80+, 3 at 60–79, 2 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 9, Romance 3, Comedy 2, Fantasy 2, Mystery 2, Science Fiction 2
- **Screen time:** 15 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $1,684m across 7 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfonso_Cuar%C3%B3n, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q28028, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0190859/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/11218

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Gravity*](https://film.one/film/gravity.md) (85), [*Disclaimer*](https://film.one/tv/disclaimer.md) (56)
- **Netflix:** [*Roma*](https://film.one/film/roma.md) (86)
- **HBO Max:** [*Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban*](https://film.one/film/harry-potter-and-the-prisoner-of-azkaban.md) (82)
- **The Roku Channel:** [*Great Expectations*](https://film.one/film/great-expectations-1998.md) (62)
- **Tubi:** [*Believe*](https://film.one/tv/believe.md) (49)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Fi1m on Alfonso Cuarón

> Alfonso Cuarón’s moving camera keeps people and their surroundings in view together. We admire the technical nerve and the kindness towards human foolishness, though his determination to explain what we should notice can interrupt the pleasure.

The boys in *Y Tu Mamá También* (2001) are so busy taking sex seriously that they barely notice how ridiculous they look. Cuarón gives them time to embarrass themselves without asking us to despise them. We laughed at their frantic impatience, because Gael García Bernal and Diego Luna make confidence look like something that needs constant maintenance. Maribel Verdú gives their self-importance a persuasive challenge. This is the Cuarón we value most: patient with people, but alert to what they fail to notice.

Cuarón often follows people through complicated spaces in long, fluid tracking shots. In *Y Tu Mamá También*, his work with cinematographer Emmanuel Lubezki gives the journey a looseness that suits the travellers. There is room to look beyond them, and the unequal lives around them need not wait for the boys to pay attention. Production designers Miguel Ángel Álvarez and Marc Bèdia make those places feel inhabited rather than arranged for a road film.

The route to that film ran from the Mexican debut *Sólo con tu pareja* (1991) through the Hollywood features *A Little Princess* (1995) and *Great Expectations* (1998). Returning to Mexico for *Y Tu Mamá También* gave him his breakthrough. He followed it with the franchise film *Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban* (2004), then the dystopian drama *Children of Men* (2006), whose extended shots join action to the surrounding world. *Gravity* (2013) put technical invention to work in a space thriller; *Roma* (2018) returned him to Mexico for a semi-autobiographical black-and-white drama.

The reservation is that he can insist on a point the scene has already made. In *Y Tu Mamá También*, Daniel Giménez Cacho’s dry narration draws attention to Mexico’s economic divisions, but some interventions sound like lessons attached to the journey. Cuarón and fellow editor Alex Rodríguez do not always make those interruptions sit comfortably with the boys’ adventures. We welcome the wider view, but occasionally wish he would trust the places and performances to supply it. Start with this film for the humour and the three performances; allow for a director who sometimes explains more than he needs to.

## Biography

Alfonso Cuarón is a Mexican film director, screenwriter, producer and editor. Born in Mexico City on 28 November 1961, he studied at the National Autonomous University of Mexico.

Cuarón made his feature debut with Sólo con tu pareja (1991). He directed A Little Princess (1995) and Great Expectations (1998). His breakthrough film Y tu mamá también (2001) credits him as director, writer, producer and editor. He also produced Pan's Labyrinth (2006) and served as director, writer and editor on Children of Men (2006). Later works include Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004), Gravity (2013) and Roma (2018).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org.*

## On Fi1m (19)

### Performed in (1)

- *Quantum of Solace* (2008), Fi1m 58, as Additional Voices (voice) — [page](https://film.one/film/quantum-of-solace.md)

### Directed (11) — the average rests on these

- *Disclaimer* (2024), Fi1m 56, Writer, Director, Executive Producer, Creator — [page](https://film.one/tv/disclaimer.md)
- *Roma* (2018), Fi1m 86, Writer, Editor, Producer, Director, Cinematography, Director of Photography — [page](https://film.one/film/roma.md)
- *Believe* (2014), Fi1m 49, Creator, Executive Producer, Writer, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/believe.md)
- *Gravity* (2013), Fi1m 85, Writer, Producer, Director, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/gravity.md)
- *Children of Men* (2006), Fi1m 85, Editor, Screenplay, Director — [page](https://film.one/film/children-of-men.md)
- *Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban* (2004), Fi1m 82, Director — [page](https://film.one/film/harry-potter-and-the-prisoner-of-azkaban.md)
- *Y Tu Mamá También* (2001), Fi1m 87, Writer, Editor, Director, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/y-tu-mama-tambien.md)
- *Great Expectations* (1998), Fi1m 62, Director — [page](https://film.one/film/great-expectations-1998.md)
- *A Little Princess* (1995), Fi1m 84, Director — [page](https://film.one/film/a-little-princess.md)
- *Fallen Angels* (1993), Fi1m 72, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/fallen-angels-1993.md)
- *Sólo con tu pareja* (1992), Fi1m 72, Producer, Editor, Director, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/solo-con-tu-pareja.md)

### Produced (5)

- *The Voice of Hind Rajab* (2025), Fi1m 81, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-voice-of-hind-rajab.md)
- *Roald Dahl's The Witches* (2020), Fi1m 54, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/roald-dahls-the-witches.md)
- *Biutiful* (2010), Fi1m 63, Associate Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/biutiful.md)
- *Black Sun* (2006), Fi1m 77, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/black-sun.md)
- *Pan's Labyrinth* (2006), Fi1m 87, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/pans-labyrinth.md)

### Also credited (2) — thanks, archive footage, uncredited

- *Digger* (2026), Fi1m 52, Thanks — [page](https://film.one/film/digger.md)
- *Amores Perros* (2000), Fi1m 85, Thanks — [page](https://film.one/film/amores-perros.md)

## Complete filmography (56)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Campeón Gabacho* (2026), Producer
- *Frankenstein* (2025), Thanks — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/frankenstein.md)
- *The Voice of Hind Rajab* (2025), Executive Producer — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/the-voice-of-hind-rajab.md)
- *Revelations* (2025), Executive Producer
- *An Almost Christmas Story* (2024), Producer, Story
- *Disclaimer* (2024), series, Executive Producer, Writer, Director, Creator — Fi1m 56, [page](https://film.one/tv/disclaimer.md)
- *The Shepherd* (2023), Producer
- *Raymond & Ray* (2022), Producer
- *Le Pupille* (2022), Producer
- *Roald Dahl's The Witches* (2020), Producer — Fi1m 54, [page](https://film.one/film/roald-dahls-the-witches.md)
- *The Disciple* (2020), Executive Producer
- *Hands of God* (2020), Executive Producer
- *Roma* (2018), Writer, Director, Producer, Editor, Director of Photography — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/film/roma.md)
- *The Shape of Water* (2017), Thanks — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/film/the-shape-of-water.md)
- *This Changes Everything* (2015), Executive Producer
- *Desierto* (2015), Producer
- *Believe* (2014), series, Director, Writer, Executive Producer, Creator — Fi1m 49, [page](https://film.one/tv/believe.md)
- *Aningaaq* (2013), Executive Producer
- *Gravity* (2013), Editor, Director, Producer, Writer — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/film/gravity.md)
- *Blood Ties* (2013), Thanks
- *Heroes and Demons* (2012), Executive Producer
- *Biutiful* (2010), Associate Producer — Fi1m 63, [page](https://film.one/film/biutiful.md)
- *Abel* (2010), Thanks
- *Rudo & Cursi* (2008), Producer
- *Quantum of Solace* (2008), as Additional Voices (voice) — Fi1m 58, [page](https://film.one/film/quantum-of-solace.md)
- *The Hottest State* (2007), Thanks
- *The Possibility of Hope* (2007), Director, Producer
- *Year of the Nail* (2007), Executive Producer
- *Pan's Labyrinth* (2006), Producer — Fi1m 87, [page](https://film.one/film/pans-labyrinth.md)
- *Children of Men* (2006), Director, Editor, Screenplay — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/film/children-of-men.md)
- *Paris Je T'aime* (2006), Director, Writer
- *Black Sun* (2006), Executive Producer — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/film/black-sun.md)
- *Duck Season* (2004), Presenter
- *Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban* (2004), Director — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/harry-potter-and-the-prisoner-of-azkaban.md)
- *The Assassination of Richard Nixon* (2004), Producer
- *Crónicas* (2004), Producer
- *You Owe Me One* (2002), Executive Producer
- *Y Tu Mamá También* (2001), Producer, Director, Editor, Writer — Fi1m 87, [page](https://film.one/film/y-tu-mama-tambien.md)
- *Amores Perros* (2000), Thanks — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/film/amores-perros.md)
- *Great Expectations* (1998), Director — Fi1m 62, [page](https://film.one/film/great-expectations-1998.md)
- *Sweet Release* (1997), Screenplay
- *A Little Princess* (1995), Director — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/a-little-princess.md)
- *Cronos* (1993), Thanks
- *Fallen Angels* (1993), series, Director — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/tv/fallen-angels-1993.md)
- *Sólo con tu pareja* (1992), Screenplay, Director, Producer, Editor — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/solo-con-tu-pareja.md)
- *Romero* (1989), Assistant Director
- *Appointment with Death* (1989), Director, Writer, Editor
- *The Marked Hour* (1988), series, Director, Writer
- *La gran fiesta* (1986), Assistant Director
- *Quartet for the End of Time* (1983), Director, Editor, Writer
- *Who's He Anyway* (1983), Director
- *The Eve* (1982), Sound Assistant
- *Wolf's Belly*, Producer
- *Billy Please Call Home*, Director, Producer, Writer
- *Ascension*, series, Executive Producer
- *Jane*, Producer, Director

## Gallery

- ![Alfonso Cuarón](https://film.one/media/person/93090/gallery-42da541bac76.jpg) Alfonso Cuarón — Raph_PH, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/DisclaimerBFILFF101024_%2888_of_113%29_%2854062275143%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/1280px-DisclaimerBFILFF101024_%2888_of_113%29_%2854062275143%29_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![13-Agosto: Conferencia de Prensa con Del Toro, Diego Luna, Iñarritu, de la Reguera (2012)](https://film.one/media/person/93090/gallery-355acc494df9.jpg) 13-Agosto: Conferencia de Prensa con Del Toro, Diego Luna, Iñarritu, de la Reguera (2012) — Eneas De Troya from Mexico City, México, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/13-Agosto_Conferencia_de_Prensa_con_Del_Toro%2C_Diego_Luna%2C_I%C3%B1arritu%2C_de_la_Reguera_%287781803988%29.jpg/1280px-13-Agosto_Conferencia_de_Prensa_con_Del_Toro%2C_Diego_Luna%2C_I%C3%B1arritu%2C_de_la_Reguera_%287781803988%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Alfonso Cuarón at the 2005 San Sebastian International Film Festival.Alfonso Cuarón y Clive Owen (Children of men)](https://film.one/media/person/93090/gallery-8a853f9bf412.jpg) Alfonso Cuarón at the 2005 San Sebastian International Film Festival.Alfonso Cuarón y Clive Owen (Children of men) — Mario Antonio Pena Zapatería from Irun, Spain, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f5/AlfonsoCuaron_2006.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Alfonso Cuaron à l'Écoles Cinéma Club, le 5 avril 2025.](https://film.one/media/person/93090/gallery-c52587f8b84d.jpg) Alfonso Cuaron à l'Écoles Cinéma Club, le 5 avril 2025. — ManoSolo13241324, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Alfonso_Cuaron_2025.jpg/1280px-Alfonso_Cuaron_2025.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Alfonso Cuarón](https://film.one/media/person/93090/gallery-265cab12913d.jpg) Alfonso Cuarón — Image via TMDB
- ![Alfonso Cuarón](https://film.one/media/person/93090/gallery-66d3b771258e.jpg) Alfonso Cuarón — Image via TMDB
- ![Alfonso Cuarón](https://film.one/media/person/93090/gallery-06a2066d1d0d.jpg) Alfonso Cuarón — Image via TMDB
- ![Alfonso Cuaron at the 2013 San Diego Comic Con International in San Diego, California.](https://film.one/media/person/93090/gallery-34ae4528f7c5.jpg) Alfonso Cuaron at the 2013 San Diego Comic Con International in San Diego, California. — Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Alfonso_Cuaron_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg/1280px-Alfonso_Cuaron_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Alfonso Cuaron et Nicolas Bideau au Christine Cinéma Club, le 5 avril 2025.](https://film.one/media/person/93090/gallery-1f8fbe0b0d6f.jpg) Alfonso Cuaron et Nicolas Bideau au Christine Cinéma Club, le 5 avril 2025. — ManoSolo13241324, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Alfonso_Cuaron_et_Nicolas_Bideau_2025.jpg/1280px-Alfonso_Cuaron_et_Nicolas_Bideau_2025.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Alfonso Cuarón](https://film.one/media/person/93090/gallery-e2c0ef66d65c.jpg) Alfonso Cuarón — Image via TMDB
- ![Alfonso Cuarón](https://film.one/media/person/93090/gallery-679794d1bae7.jpg) Alfonso Cuarón — Image via TMDB
- ![Alfonso Cuarón](https://film.one/media/person/93090/gallery-c79707f88e16.jpg) Alfonso Cuarón — Image via TMDB

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 4 won, 7 nominated

- 2023: Best Live Action Short Film (nominated), for *The Pupils*
- 2019: Best Director (won), for *Roma*
- 2019: Best Cinematography (won), for *Roma*
- 2019: Best Picture (nominated), for *Roma*
- 2019: Best Writing, Original Screenplay (nominated), for *Roma*
- 2014: Best Film Editing (won), for *Gravity*
- 2014: Best Director (won), for *Gravity*
- 2014: Best Picture (nominated), for *Gravity*
- 2007: Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay (nominated), for *Children of Men*
- 2007: Best Film Editing (nominated), for *Children of Men*
- 2003: Best Writing, Original Screenplay (nominated), for *Y tu mamá también*

### BAFTA Film Awards — 5 won

- 2019: Best Cinematography (won), for *Roma*
- 2019: Best Direction (won), for *Roma*
- 2014: Best Direction (won), for *Gravity*
- 2014: Best British Film (won), for *Gravity*
- 2007: Best Film Not in the English Language (won), for *Pan's Labyrinth*

### Golden Globes — 1 won

- 2014: Best Director (won), for *Gravity*

### Other awards — 6 won, 1 nominated

- Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award for Best Director 2018: Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award for Best Director (won), for *Roma*
- Telluride Film Festival Silver Medallion 2018: Telluride Film Festival Silver Medallion (won)
- Hugo Awards 2014: Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form (won), for *Gravity*
- Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award for Best Director 2013: Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award for Best Director (won), for *Gravity*
- British Academy Children's Awards 2004: British Academy Children's Awards (won), for *Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban*
- Best Screenplay Award (Venice Film Festival) 2001: Best Screenplay Award (Venice Film Festival) (won), for *Y tu mamá también*
- European Film Award for Best Non-European Film 2001: European Film Award for Best Non-European Film (nominated), for *Y tu mamá también*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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