Skip to main content
The Horror CodexBeta
HomeAlfonso Cuarón
Alfonso Cuarón

Alfonso Cuarón

Director·b. 1961·Mexico City, Mexico

6 horror credits

Alfonso Cuarón Orozco (US: /kwɑːˈroʊn/kwar-OHN; Spanish: [alˈfonso kwaˈɾon]; born 28 November 1961) is a Mexican filmmaker. His accolades include four Academy Awards, seven BAFTA Awards, and three Golden Globe Awards.

Cuarón made his feature film debut with the romantic comedy Sólo con tu pareja (1991) and directed the film adaptations A Little Princess (1995) and Great Expectations (1998). His breakthrough came with the coming-of-age film Y tu mamá también (2001), which earned him a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay. He gained greater prominence for directing the fantasy film Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004), the dystopian drama Children of Men (2006), the science fiction drama Gravity (2013), and the semi-autobiographical drama Roma (2018). The latter two won him Academy Awards for Best Director. He also won Best Film Editing for Gravity and Best Cinematography for Roma.

Description above from the Wikipedia article Alfonso Cuarón, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Director4 films

Gravity

Gravity

Director

2013 1.3
Children of Men

Children of Men

Director

2006 4.0
Paris Je T'aime

Paris Je T'aime

Director

2006
Appointment with Death

Appointment with Death

Director

1989

Writer4 films

Gravity

Gravity

Writer

2013 1.3
Children of Men

Children of Men

Screenplay

2006 4.0
Paris Je T'aime

Paris Je T'aime

Writer

2006
Appointment with Death

Appointment with Death

Writer

1989

Producer3 films

Roald Dahl's The Witches

Roald Dahl's The Witches

Producer

2020 2.3
Gravity

Gravity

Producer

2013 1.3
Pan's Labyrinth

Pan's Labyrinth

Producer

2006 4.1

Editor3 films

Gravity

Gravity

Editor

2013 1.3
Children of Men

Children of Men

Editor

2006 4.0
Appointment with Death

Appointment with Death

Editor

1989