---
name: "Carlos Cuarón"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/carlos-cuaron"
fi1m_id: "carlos-cuaron"
imdb_id: "nm0190860"
tmdb_id: 12529
wikidata_id: "Q2840325"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "2 October 1966"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 80
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-20T09:10:31.842482+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."
---

# Carlos Cuarón

## Identity

Carlos Cuarón

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/carlos-cuaron
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** carlos-cuaron
- **IMDb ID:** nm0190860
- **TMDB ID:** 12529
- **Wikidata ID:** Q2840325
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlos_Cuar%C3%B3n, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2840325, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0190860/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/12529

Writer. Born 2 October 1966 in Mexico City, Mexico.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 2 October 1966, Mexico City, Mexico
- **Active:** 1992–2001
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 3: 2 writing, 1 other
- **Frequently works with:** [Alfonso Cuarón](https://film.one/person/alfonso-cuaron.md), [Daniel Giménez Cacho](https://film.one/person/daniel-gimenez-cacho.md)
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar nomination
- **Average Fi1m score:** 80, as writer, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 72 (1), 2000s 86 (2)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlos_Cuar%C3%B3n, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2840325, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0190860/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/12529

## Biography

Carlos Cuarón is a Mexican screenwriter, film director and producer. Born on 2 October 1966 in Mexico City, he studied English literature at UNAM. He is the brother of director Alfonso Cuarón.

He wrote the screenplay for *Sólo con tu pareja* (1991), directed by his brother, which won the Ariel Award for best original screenplay. With Alfonso, he co-wrote *Y Tu Mamá También* (2001), which received the Silver Lion for best original screenplay at the Venice Film Festival and nominations for the Academy Award and BAFTA Award in the same category.

Cuarón made his directorial debut with *Rudo y Cursi* (2008), which he also wrote. He later directed and wrote *Sugar Kisses* (2013).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, nytimes.com.*

## On Fi1m (3)

### Wrote (2) — the average rests on these

- *Y Tu Mamá También* (2001), Fi1m 87, Writer — [page](https://film.one/film/y-tu-mama-tambien.md)
- *Sólo con tu pareja* (1992), Fi1m 72, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/solo-con-tu-pareja.md)

### Also credited (1) — thanks, archive footage, uncredited

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

## Complete filmography (24)

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

- *Hello, my baby* (2024), Thanks
- *Cine Invisible* (2023), Actor
- *Amalgam* (2020), Director, Writer, Producer
- *Vidas violentas* (2015), Director
- *Desierto* (2015), Producer
- *Mariana's Sandwich* (2014), Director, Writer
- *Sugar Kisses* (2013), Director, Screenplay
- *Heroes and Demons* (2012), Writer, Director
- *The Second Bakery Attack* (2010), Director, Writer
- *Abel* (2010), Thanks
- *Rudo & Cursi* (2008), Director, Screenplay
- *Year of the Nail* (2007), Thanks
- *The Assassination of Richard Nixon* (2004), Associate Producer
- *El misterio del Trinidad* (2003), Screenplay
- *Juego de niños* (2002), Director, Writer
- *You Owe Me One* (2002), Director, Screenplay, Producer, Editor
- *Y Tu Mamá También* (2001), Writer — Fi1m 87, [page](https://film.one/film/y-tu-mama-tambien.md)
- *Behind the Scenes of 'Y Tu Mamá También'* (2001), Writer
- *Wedding Night* (2001), Director, Screenplay
- *Amores Perros* (2000), Thanks — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/film/amores-perros.md)
- *¿Quién diablos es Juliette?* (1997), Screenplay
- *Sweet Release* (1997), Director, Screenplay, Editor
- *Sólo con tu pareja* (1992), Screenplay — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/solo-con-tu-pareja.md)
- *Ascension*, series, Executive Producer

## Gallery

- ![Carlos Cuarón in March 2009. AFI Dallas 2009.](https://film.one/media/person/97358/gallery-867c6231edf6.jpg) Carlos Cuarón in March 2009. AFI Dallas 2009. — Vanessa Lua at https://www.flickr.com/photos/vanessalua/, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fa/CarlosCuar%C3%B3nMar09.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Diego Luna, Carlos Cuarón y Jesús Ochoa posan junto a un equipo deportivo. (2008)](https://film.one/media/person/97358/gallery-2bd36875e96a.jpg) Diego Luna, Carlos Cuarón y Jesús Ochoa posan junto a un equipo deportivo. (2008) — Y! Música, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e0/Una_linda_alineaci%C3%B3n%3B_Diego_Luna%2C_Carlos_Cuar%C3%B3n_y_Jes%C3%BAs_Ochoa_posan_junto_a_un_equipo_deportivo.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- 2003: Best Writing, Original Screenplay (nominated), for *Y tu mamá también*

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

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