Alfonso Cuarón

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Alfonso Cuarón Orozco (b. November 28, 1961) is a Mexican director, producer and screenwriter born in Mexico City, Mexico to cardiologist Alfredo Cuarón. The Cuarón family also includes siblings Alfredo, Carlos, and Cristina. He also has two half siblings, Christina and Elisa.

Cuarón developed an early interest in filmmaking. He went on to study at National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM). following his graduation, he worked in television as a technician and assistant director. His television experience eventually led to film productions. His first significant film was Sólo con tu pareja about a businessman who is falsely diagnosed with AIDS. His work won him acclaim and impressed Sydney Pollack who hired him to direct an episode of the Showtime series Fallen Angels.

Cuarón's first American feature was the 1995 film A Little Princes based on the Frances Hodgson Burnett's novel. The movie was previously filmed in 1917 and in 1939. Cuarón's version won over critics but failed to garner much of an audience. His next feature had also been previously filmed several times and based on the Charles Dickens novel Great Expectations. The film starred Ethan Hawke and Gwyneth Paltrow. He then returned to Mexico to film the acclaimed and controversial Y tu mamá también, a coming of age film starring Gael Garcia Bernal and Diego Luna. He was nominated for an Academy Award alongside his co-writer and brother, Carlos Cuarón.

Cuarón made his genre debut directing the third film in the Harry Potter film series, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. The film proved darker than the previous two and was approached warily by some fans but it nevertheless won the approval of Harry Potter author J. K. Rowling and was a financial success.

Recent work includes the critically acclaimed Children of Men based on the P.D. James novel, The Children of Men. The film starred Clive Owen, Michael Caine and Julianne Moore. Cuarón was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay alongside Timothy J. Sexton, David Arata, Mark Fergus, and Hawk Ostby. He was also a producer on the multiple award-nominated Guillermo del Toro film, Pan's Labyrinth.