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{{family name hatnote|González|Iñárritu|lang=Spanish}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Alejandro González Iñárritu
| image = Alejandro González Iñárritu 2014.jpg
| caption = Iñárritu in 2014
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| othername = Alejandro G. Iñárritu
| alma_mater = [[Universidad Iberoamericana]]
| occupation = {{hlist|Film director|
| yearsactive = 1984–present
| spouse = Maria Eladia Hagerman
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Iñárritu's films, ''Amores Perros'' (2000), and ''Biutiful'' (2010) each received [[Academy Award for Best International Feature Film]] nominations. He earned critical and commercial success for his films ''21 Grams'' (2003), and ''Babel'' (2006). He won three Academy Awards for [[Academy Award for Best Picture|Best Picture]], [[Academy Award for Best Director|Best Director]], and [[Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay|Best Original Screenplay]] for ''Birdman'' (2014). The following year, he received a consecutive Best Director Oscar for ''The Revenant'' (2015).{{efn|making him the third director ever to win back-to-back Academy Awards after [[John Ford]] and [[Joseph L. Mankiewicz]]}} Iñárritu was awarded a Special Achievement Academy Award for his [[virtual reality]] installation ''[[Flesh and Sand|Carne y Arena]]'' (2017).
Iñárritu is the first Mexican filmmaker to be nominated for either director or producer in the history of the Academy Awards, the first to win an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay and for Best Picture, the first to receive the Best Director Award at Cannes, and the first to win a DGA Award for Outstanding Directing. In 2019, Iñárritu became the first Latin American to serve as
==Early life==
Iñárritu was born on 15 August 1963 in [[Mexico City]], the youngest of seven siblings, to Luz María Iñárritu and Héctor González Gama.<ref>{{cite web|author=Agencias / El Siglo De Torreón |url=http://www.elsiglodetorreon.com.mx/noticia/1026907.1963-el-mundo-recibe-a-alejandro-gonzalez-inarritu-internacional-cineasta-mexicano.html |title=1963: El mundo recibe a Alejandro González Iñárritu, internacional cineasta mexicano |publisher=El Siglo De Torreón |date=15 August 2014 |accessdate=24 February 2015}}</ref><ref name=ChicagoTribune>{{cite news |author=Agencia Reforma |date=22 February 2015 |title=Oscar 2015: El vuelo de Alejandro González Iñárritu con Birdman |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/hoy/ct-hoy-8434234-oscar-2015-el-vuelo-de-alejandro-gonzalez-inarritu-con-birdman-story.html |newspaper=[[Chicago Tribune]] |accessdate=25 January 2020}}</ref><ref name=NYTHirschberg>{{cite news |last=Hirschberg |first=Lynn |date=18 March 2001 |title=A New Mexican |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2001/03/18/magazine/a-new-mexican.html |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |accessdate=25 January 2020}}</ref> His maternal grandfather, Alfredo Iñárritu y Ramírez de Aguilar, was a prominent lawyer, judge, and justice of the Supreme Court of Mexico with partial [[Basques|Basque]] origins.<ref>Stated on ''[[Finding Your Roots]]'', April 2, 2019</ref> Héctor was a banker who owned a ranch, but went bankrupt when Iñárritu was five.<ref name=NYTHirschberg/><ref name=GoldenGlobes>{{cite news |last=Bahiana |first=Ana Maria |date=7 January 2016 |title=Alejandro González Iñárritu |url=https://www.goldenglobes.com/articles/alejandro-gonzalez-inarritu |newspaper=[[Golden Globe Awards]] |accessdate=25 January 2020}}</ref> A poor student, Iñárritu was expelled from high school at the age of 16 or 17 due to poor grades and misbehavior.<ref name=NYTHirschberg/><ref name=GoldenGlobes/><ref name=GuardianRomney>{{cite news|last1=Romney|first1=Jonathan|title=Alejandro González Iñárritu: 'When you see The Revenant you will say "Wow"'|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/jan/03/alejandro-gonzalez-inarritu-interview-the-revenant|newspaper=The Guardian|accessdate=28 June 2017}}</ref> He briefly ran off with a girl from a wealthy family to [[Acapulco]], having been influenced by the [[Miloš Forman]] film ''[[Hair (film)|Hair]]'', but returned to Mexico City after a week.<ref name=NYTHirschberg/><ref name=GuardianRomney/>
Soon after, Iñárritu left home and worked as a sailor on cargo boats, taking two trips at the ages of 16 and 18, sailing through the [[Mississippi River]] and then visiting Europe and Africa. With $1,000 supplied by his father, Iñárritu stayed in Europe for a year on the second trip.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.esquire.com/entertainment/interviews/a30854/alejandro-gonzalez-inarritu-interview-0115/|title=Alejandro Gonzalez Iñárritu: What I've Learned|work=[[Esquire (magazine)|Esquire]]|date=12 January 2015|accessdate=8 March 2015}}</ref><ref name="avclub">{{cite web|url=https://www.avclub.com/article/alejandro-gonzalez-inarritu-13845|title=Alejandro González Iñárritu|author=Tobias, Scott|work=[[The A.V. Club]]|date=3 December 2003|accessdate=8 March 2015}}</ref> He has noted that these early travels as a young man have had a great influence on him as a filmmaker,<ref name="avclub"/> and the settings of his films have often been in the places he visited during this period.<ref name=GuardianRomney/> After his travels, Iñárritu returned to Mexico City and majored in [[communications]] at [[Universidad Iberoamericana]].<ref name="britannica">{{cite encyclopedia|url=https://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/1269648/Alejandro-Gonzalez-Inarritu|title=Alejandro González Iñárritu|encyclopedia=[[Encyclopædia Britannica]]|accessdate=8 March 2015}}</ref>
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=== 2000s ===
[[File:Iñárritu and Blanchet.png|thumb|left|Iñárritu and [[Cate Blanchett]] on the set of ''Babel'']]
In 2000, Iñárritu directed his first feature film ''[[Amores perros]]'', written by [[Guillermo Arriaga]].<ref name="britannica"/> ''Amores perros'' explored Mexican society in Mexico City told via three intertwining stories. In 2000, ''Amores perros'' premiered at the [[Cannes Film Festival]] and won the [[International Critics' Week|Critics' Week Grand Prize]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2014/film/festivals/cannes-prospects-foxcatcher-inarritus-birdman-likely-headed-to-the-croisette-1201147926/|title=Cannes Prospects: 'Foxcatcher,' Inarritu's 'Birdman' Likely Headed to the Croisette|work=Variety|date=26 March 2014|accessdate=21 October 2015}}</ref> It was the film debut of actor [[Gael García Bernal]], who would later appear in ''[[Babel (film)|Babel]]'' and the Iñárritu-produced Mexican film ''[[Rudo y Cursi]]''. ''Amores perros'' was
the first installment in Iñárritu's and Arriaga's thematic "Death trilogy", and nominated for the [[Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film]].<ref name=":0">{{cite web|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2001|title=THE 73RD ACADEMY AWARDS - 2001|date=5 October 2014 |publisher=Oscars.org|accessdate=19 March 2015}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://widescreenjournal.org/index.php/journal/article/view/60/99 |title=The Significance Of The Queer And The Dog In Alejandro González Iñárritu's Amores Perros (2000): A Masculinity At War |access-date=14 June 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180912182121/http://widescreenjournal.org/index.php/journal/article/view/60/99 |archive-date=12 September 2018 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
After the success of ''Amores Perros'', Iñárritu and Arriaga revisited the intersected-stories structure of ''Amores perros'' in Iñárritu's second feature film, ''[[21 Grams]]'' (2003).<ref name="britannica"/> The film starred [[Benicio del Toro]], [[Naomi Watts]] and [[Sean Penn]]. It was selected to compete for the [[Golden Lion]] at the [[Venice Film Festival]], where Penn received the [[Volpi Cup for Best Actor]].<ref name="biography.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.biography.com/people/alejandro-gonzalez-inarritu-212151#profile|title=Alejandro González Iñárritu - Biography - Songwriter, Director, Television Producer|publisher=[[FYI (U.S. TV channel)|FYI]]|accessdate=8 March 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2003-09-08/news/0309090007_1_venice-film-festival-volpi-cup-fun|title=Sean Penn wins Volpi Cup for best actor at Venice Film...|work=[[Chicago Tribune]]|date=8 September 2003}}</ref> At the [[76th Academy Awards]], Del Toro and Watts received nominations for their performances.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/3433895.stm|title=Oscars 2004: The winners|work=[[BBC Online]]|date=1 March 2004|accessdate=8 March 2015}}</ref>
Iñárritu embarked on his third and last film that formed the "Death Trilogy", ''Babel'' (2006), written again by Arriaga.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2014/film/news/alejandro-gonzalez-inarritu-birdman-interview-1201292156/|title=Interview: 'Birdman' Director Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu on His First Comedy |work=Variety|first=Scott|last=Foundas|date=27 August 2014 |accessdate=19 July 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ibtimes.com/who-alejandro-gonzalez-inarritu-5-fast-facts-about-birdman-director-after-academy-1824974|title=Who Is Alejandro González Iñárritu? 5 Fast Facts About The 'Birdman' Director After Academy Award Win|work=[[International Business Times]]|date=23 February 2015|accessdate=27 October 2015}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Babel (2006) |url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b8b181e2e |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160811132938/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b8b181e2e |url-status=dead |archive-date=11 August 2016 |access-date=2023-01-24 |website=BFI |language=en}}</ref> ''Babel'' comprises four interrelated stories set in [[Morocco]], Mexico, the United States, and Japan, in four different languages.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/babel-2006|title=Babel Movie Review & Film Summary (2006)|publisher=Rogerebert.com|date=22 September 2007|accessdate=8 March 2015}}</ref> The film stars [[Brad Pitt]], [[Cate Blanchett]], [[Adriana Barraza]], Gael Garcia Bernal, [[Rinko Kikuchi]] and [[Kōji Yakusho]]. The rest of the cast comprised non-professional actors.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.psfilmfest.org/news/detail.aspx?NID=85&year=2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071014133201/http://www.psfilmfest.org/news/detail.aspx?NID=85&year=2006 |url-status=dead |archive-date=14 October 2007 |title=Iñárritu's Babel To Be Honored By 18th Annual Palm Springs International Film Festival Awards Gala |publisher=[[Palm Springs International Film Festival]] |date=30 November 2006 |accessdate=8 March 2015}}</ref> The film competed at the [[2006 Cannes Film Festival]], where Iñárritu received the [[Best Director Award (Cannes Film Festival)|Best Director Award (Prix de la mise en scène)]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.indiewire.com/article/alejandro-gonzalez-inarritu-to-receive-sundance-institutes-vanguard-leaderhip-award-20150114|title=Alejandro González Iñárritu to Receive Sundance Institute's Vanguard Leadership Award|work=[[Indiewire]]|date=14 January 2015|accessdate=8 March 2015}}</ref> becoming the first Mexican-born director to win the award.<ref name="The Hollywood Reporter">{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/alejandro-gonzalez-inarritu-receive-sundance-763578|title=Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu to Receive Sundance Institute's Vanguard Leadership Award|work=The Hollywood Reporter|date=14 January 2015|accessdate=5 March 2015}}</ref>
''Babel'' was a critical and box office success. It received seven nominations at the [[79th Academy Awards]], including [[Academy Award for Best Picture|Best Picture]] and [[Academy Award for Best Director|Best Director]].<ref name="biography.com"/> [[Gustavo Santaolalla]], the film's composer, won the [[Academy Award for Best Original Score]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2013/biz/features/gustavo-santaolallas-music-studio-1200502208/|title=Film Composer Gustavo Santaolalla's Oscar-Worthy Music Studio|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=28 June 2013|accessdate=8 March 2015}}</ref> The film won the [[Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Drama]] in 2007.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/arts/babel-dreamgirls-take-top-golden-globe-awards-1.644611|title=Babel, Dreamgirls take top Golden Globe Awards|publisher=[[CBC.ca]]|date=15 January 2007|accessdate=8 March 2015}}</ref> Iñárritu became the first Mexican director to be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Directing and the [[Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – Feature Film|Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing]].<ref name="Mitchell 2014">{{cite web|url=http://www.interviewmagazine.com/film/alejandro-gonzalez-inarritu/|title=Alejandro González Iñárritu|first=Elvis|last=Mitchell|work=[[Interview (magazine)|Interview]]|date=2014|accessdate=18 July 2015}}</ref><ref name="BroadwayWorld.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.broadwayworld.com/article/BIRDMANs-Alejandro-Gonzalez-Inarritu-Wins-OSCAR-for-Best-Director-20150222|title=BIRDMAN's Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu Wins Oscar for Best Director|website=BroadwayWorld.com|date=22 February 2015|accessdate=27 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151015001715/http://www.broadwayworld.com/article/BIRDMANs-Alejandro-Gonzalez-Inarritu-Wins-OSCAR-for-Best-Director-20150222|archive-date=15 October 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> After this third feature film collaboration with writing partner Arriaga, Iñárritu and he professionally parted ways, following Iñárritu's barring of Arriaga from the set during filming. Arriaga told the ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'' in 2009, "It had to come to an end, but I still respect [González Iñárritu]."<ref>{{cite web |url=https://articles.latimes.com/2009/sep/20/entertainment/ca-arriaga20 |title=Guillermo Arriaga tells his story |last1=Whipp |first1= Glenn |work=Los Angeles Times|date=20 September 2009 }}</ref>
===2010s===
In 2010, Iñárritu directed and produced ''[[Biutiful]]'', starring [[Javier Bardem]], written by Iñárritu, [[Armando Bó (screenwriter)|Armando Bó Jr.]], and [[Nicolás Giacobone]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/29/movies/29biut.html|author= A.O. Scott|title=The Mob Work Is Tough; Then He Has to Go Home|work=The New York Times|date=28 December 2010|accessdate=22 May 2015}}</ref> The film premiered at the [[Cannes Film Festival]] in May 2010.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/karin-badt/cannes-premiere-javier-ba_b_578774.html|title=Cannes Premiere: Javier Bardem Stars in Alejandro Inarritu's Biutiful|work=[[The Huffington Post]]|date=19 May 2010|accessdate=8 March 2015}}</ref> Bardem went on to win [[Best Actor Award (Cannes Film Festival)|Best Actor]] (shared with [[Elio Germano]] for ''[[La nostra vita]]'') at Cannes.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://laht.com/article.asp?ArticleId=357327&CategoryId=13003|title=Javier Bardem Wins Best Actor Award at Cannes Film Festival|work=[[Latin American Herald Tribune]]|accessdate=8 March 2015|archive-date=2 April 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402141756/http://laht.com/article.asp?ArticleId=357327&CategoryId=13003|url-status=dead}}</ref> ''Biutiful'' is Iñárritu's first film in his native Spanish since his debut feature ''Amores perros''. The film was nominated at the [[68th Golden Globe Awards|2011 Golden Globes]] for [[Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film|Best Foreign Language Film]], and at the [[British Academy Film Awards|BAFTA Awards]] for [[BAFTA Award for Best Film Not in the English Language|Best Film Not in the English Language]] and [[BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role|Best Actor]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2010/12/2011-golden-globe-nominations-announced-90609/|title=2011 Golden Globe Nominations Announced|website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|date=14 December 2010|accessdate=8 March 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2011/jan/18/baftas-nominations-full-list|title=Baftas nominations 2011: full list|work=[[The Guardian]]|date=18 January 2011|accessdate=8 March 2015}}</ref> For the second time in his career, Iñárritu's film was nominated for Best Foreign Language Film at the Academy Awards; Javier Bardem's performance was also nominated for the [[Academy Award for Best Actor]].<ref name="Huffington">{{cite web|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/01/25/oscars-2011-nominees-list-academy-awards-nominations_n_813399.html|title=Oscars 2011 Nominations List: Academy Awards Nominees|work=The Huffington Post|date=25 January 2011|accessdate=8 March 2015}}</ref>
In December 2013, [[Warner Bros.]] hired Iñárritu to direct a live-action adaptation of Rudyard Kipling's 1894 book ''[[The Jungle Book]]''. Eventually, [[Andy Serkis]] directed the film titled ''[[Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle]]'' (2018).<ref>{{cite news|first=Rebecca|last=Ford|title=Alejandro Gonzalez Iñárritu in Talks to Direct Warner Bros.' 'Jungle Book' Film|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/alejandro-gonzalez-inarritu-talks-direct-662507|date=December 4, 2013|website=The Hollywood Reporter|access-date=March 26, 2024}}</ref>
In 2014, Iñárritu won three Academy Awards for directing, co-writing and co-producing Best Picture winner ''[[Birdman (film)|Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)]]'', starring [[Michael Keaton]], [[Edward Norton]], [[Emma Stone]], [[Naomi Watts]], [[Zach Galifianakis]], and [[Andrea Riseborough]]. The film is an existential dark comedy exploring the ego of a forgotten superhero actor, experienced as if filmed on a single shot. It was the first time a Mexican Filmmaker received Best Picture at the Academy Awards. He also won the [[Golden Globe Award for Best Screenplay]], a DGA Award and a PGA Award for the film.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/golden-globes-alejandro-gonz-lez-762708|title=Golden Globes: 'Birdman's' Alejandro González Inarritu, Nicolas Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris Jr., and Armando Bo Win for Best Screenplay|work=The Hollywood Reporter|date=11 January 2015|accessdate=8 March 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2015/film/news/alejandro-gonzalez-inarritu-wins-best-director-oscar-for-birdman-1201439309/|title=Oscars: Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu Wins Best Director for 'Birdman'|work=Variety|date=22 February 2015|accessdate=8 March 2015}}</ref> Iñárritu was also set to direct and produce the tv series ''One Percent,'' an organic farming drama which he co-created with [[Alexander Dinelaris]], Nicolas Giacobone, and Armando Bo for [[Starz]].<ref>{{cite news|first=Nellie|last=Andreeva|title=Ed Helms, Hilary Swank & Ed Harris In Talks To Star In Alejandro González Iñárritu's MRC Series 'One Percent'|url=https://deadline.com/2014/07/ed-helms-hilary-swank-ed-harris-to-star-in-alejandro-gonzalez-inarritu-mrc-series-one-percent-807830/|date=July 22, 2014|website=Deadline Hollywood|access-date=March 26, 2024}}</ref> Starz gave the show a straight-to-series order,<ref>{{cite news|first=Nellie|last=Andreeva|title=Alejandro Gonzalez Iñárritu's 'One Percent' Gets Series Order At Starz|url=https://deadline.com/2014/08/alejandro-g-inarritu-one-percent-gets-series-order-at-starz-818088/|date=August 12, 2014|website=Deadline Hollywood|access-date=March 26, 2024}}</ref> but dropped out in 2017 as the U.S. broadcaster of the series, with production company [[MRC (company)|MRC]] shopping the project to other networks or streaming platforms.<ref>{{cite news|first=Nellie|last=Andreeva|title=Alejandro G. Iñárritu's MRC Series 'The One Percent' No Longer At Starz, Moves Forward With Greg Kinnear As New Lead|url=https://deadline.com/2017/03/alejandro-g-inarritu-the-one-percent-starz-exit-greg-kinnear-cast-mrc-series-1202035083/|date=March 2, 2017|website=Deadline Hollywood|access-date=March 26, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|first=Adam|last=Chitwood|title=Alejandro G. Iñárritu's Ambitious TV Series 'The One Percent' Dropped by Starz|url=https://collider.com/alejandro-g-inarritu-tv-series-the-one-percent-starz/|date=March 3, 2017|website=Collider|access-date=March 26, 2024}}</ref>
In 2015, Iñárritu directed ''[[The Revenant (2015 film)|The Revenant]]'', initially adapted by [[Mark L. Smith]], before joined the writing process, based on [[Michael Punke]]'s novel [[The Revenant (novel)|of the same name]].<ref name="deadline">{{cite web | author = Fleming, Mike Jr. | date = 15 April 2014 | title=Leonardo DiCaprio, Alejandro González Iñárritu Commit To September Start For New Regency's 'The Revenant' | url=https://www.deadline.com/2014/04/leonardo-dicaprio-alejandro-gonzalez-inarritu-commit-to-september-start-for-new-regencys-the-revenant/ | accessdate=29 July 2014 | work =Deadline Hollywood}}</ref><ref name="guardian">{{cite news|title=Leonardo DiCaprio will make his return in The Revenant|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2014/apr/16/leonardo-dicaprio-the-revenant-alejandro-gonzalez-inarritu|accessdate=27 June 2014|work=[[The Guardian]]}}</ref> The film is a remake <ref>{{cite web|title='The Revenant' Is Slow-Paced Suffering Leo DiCaprio Stars in Remake of an Epic Western|url=https://www.independent.com/2016/01/13/revenant-is-slow-paced-suffering//|work=[[Santa Barbara Independent]]|accessdate=26 August 2022|date=13 January 2016}}</ref> of the film ''[[Man in the Wilderness]]'' (1971) and starred [[Leonardo DiCaprio]], [[Tom Hardy]], [[Domhnall Gleeson]], and [[Will Poulter]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Leonardo DiCaprio's Survival Drama 'The Revenant' Attracts Megan Ellison's Annapurna|url=https://variety.com/2014/film/news/leonardo-dicaprios-survival-drama-the-revenant-attracts-megan-ellisons-annapurna-1201261423/|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|accessdate=20 January 2016|date=11 July 2014}}</ref> It is a "gritty" 19th-century [[historical drama|period drama]]-thriller about [[trapping|fur trapper]] [[Hugh Glass]], a real person who joined the [[Rocky Mountain Fur Company]] on a "journey into the wild" and was robbed and abandoned after being mauled by a grizzly bear.<ref name="guardian"/> The film considers the nature and stresses on relationships under the duress of the wilderness, and issues of revenge and pardon via Glass's pursuit of the man who was responsible for his hardship.<ref name="deadline"/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/how-leonardo-dicaprios-revenant-shoot-810290|title=How Leonardo DiCaprio's 'The Revenant' Shoot Became "A Living Hell"|last=Masters|first=Kim|work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|date=22 July 2015|accessdate=22 July 2015}}</ref> ''The Revenant'' took nine months to shoot.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Chitwood|first1=Adam|title=Alejandro González Iñárritu Explains Why The Revenant Is Taking 9 Months to Shoot|url=https://collider.com/the-revenant-filming-details-inarritu/|work=[[Collider (website)|Collider]]|accessdate=11 August 2015|date=3 February 2015}}</ref> With ''The Revenant'' being a critical and commercial success, Iñárritu won a second consecutive Oscar for Best Director<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.metacritic.com/movie/the-revenant-2015|title=The Revenant|work=Metacritic|accessdate=28 December 2015}}</ref> and was nominated for 12 Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Director, winning Best Director, Best Cinematography and Best Actor.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/oscar-nominations-2016-full-list-855670 |title=Oscar Nominations: The Complete List |work=The Hollywood Reporter|date=14 January 2016 |accessdate=29 January 2016}}</ref><ref name="RevOscar"/> Iñárritu is one of only three directors to ever win consecutive Oscars, and the first to do it in 65 years. He was also nominated for four [[Golden Globe Award]]s, winning three, including Best Motion Picture – Drama and Best Director;<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/11/movies/golden-globes.html|title=The Revenant Wins Best Dramatic Film at the Golden Globes|date=10 January 2016|work=The New York Times|accessdate=11 January 2016}}</ref> received nine [[Critics' Choice Movie Awards]] nominations, including Best Picture and Best Director;<ref>{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2015/film/awards/critics-choice-award-nominations-2016-1201660217/|title=Critics' Choice Award Nominations Led by 'Mad Max,' 'Fargo'|work= Variety|date=14 December 2015|accessdate=14 December 2015}}</ref> five BAFTAs including Best Picture and Best Director; and a DGA Award, making history as the first person to ever win two in a row.
''The One Percent'', originally planned as an upcoming American television drama series created and written by Iñárritu, [[Alexander Dinelaris Jr.]], [[Nicolás Giacobone]] and [[Armando Bó (screenwriter)|Armando Bó]], was eventually postponed on early March 2017 due to Alejandro feeling burnt out after the production of ''The Revenant''. The quartet, who also collaborated on ''Birdman'', were to serve as executive producers. Iñárritu was set to direct the first two episodes and set the visual style of the show.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Andreeva |first=Nellie |date=2014-08-12 |title=Alejandro Gonzalez Iñárritu's 'One Percent' Gets Series Order At Starz |url=https://deadline.com/2014/08/alejandro-g-inarritu-one-percent-gets-series-order-at-starz-818088/ |access-date=2022-06-22 |website=Deadline |language=en-US}}</ref>
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===2020s===
In 2020, it was reported that Iñárritu would write, direct, and produce a new film in Mexico, his first film made there since ''Amores Perros'' 20 years previously, and his third Spanish-Language film after ''Amores Perros'' and ''Biutiful''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://discussingfilm.net/2020/03/22/alejandro-g-inarritu-set-to-write-direct-new-film-with-bradford-young-patrice-vermette/|title=Alejandro G. Iñárritu Set To Write & Direct New Film With Bradford Young & Patrice Vermette|work= Discussing Film|date=22 March 2022|accessdate=24 June 2022}}</ref> The film entitled ''[[Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths]]'', stars [[Daniel Giménez Cacho]] and [[Griselda Siciliani]].
In February 2024, it was announced that he is making a new film distributed by [[Warner Bros. Pictures]], with [[Legendary Pictures]] co-producing. [[Tom Cruise]] is set to star.<ref>{{cite web |first=Justin |last=Kroll |url=https://deadline.com/2024/02/tom-cruise-alejandro-inarritu-next-legendary-1235833486/ |title=Tom Cruise To Star In Alejandro G. Iñárritu's Next Film At Warner Bros. And Legendary |website=[[Deadline Hollywood]] |date=February 22, 2024 |access-date=February 23, 2024}}</ref>
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In 2002, Iñárritu directed "Powder Keg", an episode for the [[BMW]] short film series ''[[The Hire]]'', starring [[Clive Owen]] as the driver and [[Stellan Skarsgård]] as a war photographer. It won the Cannes Gold Lion Advertising Award.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.roastbrief.com.mx/2015/02/gonzalez-inarritu-el-director-publicista-nominado-al-oscar/|title=González Iñárritu, el director publicista GANADOR del Óscar|publisher=Roastbrief.com.mx|date=22 February 2015|accessdate=8 March 2015}}</ref> In 2010, Iñárritu directed "[[Write the Future]]", a football-themed commercial for [[Nike, Inc.|Nike]] ahead of the 2010 [[FIFA World Cup]], which went on to win the Grand Prix at the [[Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity|Cannes Lions Advertising Festival]].<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.fastcompany.com/1760926/anatomy-cannes-winner-nike-write-future|title=Anatomy of a Cannes Winner: Nike "Write The Future"|magazine=[[Fast Company (magazine)|Fast Company]]|date=28 June 2011|accessdate=8 March 2015}}</ref> In 2012, he directed [[Procter & Gamble]]'s "Best Job" commercial spot for the 2012 [[Olympic Games ceremony|Olympic Ceremonies]]. It won the Best Primetime Commercial Emmy at [[Creative Arts Emmy Awards]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.pg.com/blog/company-strategy/pg-earns-praise-best-job-commercial-innovation-sustainability-efforts|title=P&G Earns Praise For 'Best Job' Commercial, Innovation, Sustainability Efforts|publisher=Procter & Gamble|date=19 September 2012|accessdate=8 March 2015}}</ref> and the DGA Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Commercials.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2015/02/directors-guild-award-winners-2015-dga-winner-list-dga-awards-1201368698/|title=DGA Awards: Alejandro G. Iñárritu Wins Best Feature Film Director For 'Birdman', TV Winners Include Lesli Linka Glatter 'Homeland' & Jill Soloway 'Transparent'|website=Deadline Hollywood|date=7 February 2015|accessdate=8 March 2015}}</ref>
On 4 October 2012, [[Facebook]] released an Iñárritu-directed brand film titled ''The Things That Connect Us'' to celebrate the social network reaching one billion users.<ref>{{cite web |title=Facebook runs first ad as it reaches 1 billion users |url=http://www.creativereview.co.uk/cr-blog/2012/october/facebook-things-that-connect-us |website=[[Creative Review]] |date=4 October 2012 |accessdate=6 January 2015 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150106174752/http://www.creativereview.co.uk/cr-blog/2012/october/facebook-things-that-connect-us |archivedate=6 January 2015 |url-status=dead
=== Virtual reality ===
Iñárritu's [[virtual reality]] project ''[[Flesh and Sand|Carne y Arena]]'' was the first ever VR installation presented at the [[Cannes Film Festival]] in 2017. Carne y Arena was also presented, at LACMA, Washington,
==Influences==
Iñarritu's cinematic influences include [[Max Ophüls]], [[Robert Altman]], [[Sidney Lumet]], [[Ingmar Bergman]], [[Federico Fellini]], [[Luis Buñuel]], [[Andrei Tarkovsky]], [[Sergio Leone]], [[Martin Scorsese]], and [[John Cassavetes]]. However, his influences are not limited to film and come from a variety of sources.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Alejandro Gonzazalez Iñarritu's Cinematic Style |url=https://www.highsnobiety.com/p/alejandro-gonzalez-inarritu-biography/ |website=highsnobiety.com|last=Papish|first=Brian|date=March 2016 |access-date=6 July 2022}}</ref>
==Personal life==
Iñárritu has [[attention deficit hyperactivity disorder]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=González Iñárritu |first1=Alejandro |title=Alejandro González Iñárritu |url=https://www.elmundo.es/elmundo/encuentros/anteriores/2006/12/2287/index.html |website=[[El Mundo (Spain)|El Mundo]] |access-date=24 January 2024 |language=Spanish |date=21 December 2006}}</ref> He is married to Maria Eladia Hagerman, an editor and graphic designer. They have a daughter, Maria Eladia, and a son, Eliseo.<ref name=GuardianRomney/><ref>{{cite news|date=10 October 2014|title=In 'Birdman,' Alejandro G. Inarritu takes his doubts and lets them fly|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/la-et-mn-ca-birdman-inarritu-20141012-story.html#page=2|accessdate=12 July 2015}}</ref>
In 2009, Iñárritu, along with several filmmakers and actors, signed a petition in support of director [[Roman Polanski]], who had been detained while traveling to a film festival following his arrest in relation to his 1977 [[Roman Polanski sexual abuse case|sexual abuse charges]], which the petition argued would undermine the tradition of film festivals as a place for works to be shown "freely and safely", and that arresting filmmakers traveling to neutral countries could open the door "for actions of which no-one can know the effects."<ref>{{cite web|date=10 November 2009|title=Signez la pétition pour Roman Polanski!|url=https://laregledujeu.org/2009/11/10/479/signez-la-petition-pour-roman-polanski/|access-date=26 May 2021|work=La Règle du Jeu|language=fr}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Petition for Roman Polanski Signatories|url=https://www.altfg.com/film/petition-for-roman-polanski-signatories/|access-date=26 May 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|date=29 September 2009|title=Over 100 In Film Community Sign Polanski Petition|url=https://www.indiewire.com/2009/09/over-100-in-film-community-sign-polanski-petition-55821/|access-date=26 May 2021|work=[[IndieWire]]}}</ref>
==Filmography==
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Iñárritu has been recognized with multiple awards for his films, including five [[Academy Awards]], two [[Directors Guild of America Award]]s, a [[Producers Guild of America Award]], three [[British Academy Film Awards]], three [[AACTA Awards]], three [[Golden Globe Awards|Golden Globe Award]]s, two [[Independent Spirit Awards]], two [[American Film Institute|American Film Institute Awards]], and three [[Cannes Film Festival|Cannes Film Festival Award]]. He is the first Mexican director to be nominated for the [[Academy Award for Best Director]] and the [[Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – Feature Film|Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing]], and the first to win the [[Best Director Award (Cannes Film Festival)|Best Director Award]] at the Cannes Film Festival.<ref name="Mitchell 2014" /><ref name="BroadwayWorld.com" /> In 2015, Iñárritu won, among many other accolades, the Directors Guild Award for Outstanding Directing, the [[Producers Guild of America Award for Best Theatrical Motion Picture]], and the [[Academy Award for Best Picture]], [[Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay|Best Original Screenplay]] and Best Directing for ''Birdman'', becoming the first Mexican to win three Academy awards.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.latintimes.com/alejandro-g-inarritu-makes-history-first-mexican-3-oscars-best-movie-best-director-298427|title=Alejandro G. Iñárritu Makes History As First Mexican With 3 Oscars: Best Movie, Best Director And Best Screenplay|work=Latin Times|date=23 February 2015|accessdate=27 October 2015}}</ref> In 2016, Iñárritu won the Academy Award for Best Director for his work on ''[[The Revenant (2015 film)|The Revenant]]'', marking the first time in 65 years that a director has won the award in two consecutive years. Iñárritu is the third director to accomplish this feat, following [[John Ford]] and [[Joseph L. Mankiewicz]].<ref name="RevOscar">{{cite web|url= https://deadline.com/2016/02/alejandro-innaritu-oscar-winner-best-director-2016-academy-awards-1201710556/|title=Alejandro Innaritu Wins Best Director Oscar For The Revenant|website=Deadline Hollywood|date=28 February 2016|accessdate=28 February 2016}}</ref>
In 2006, Iñárritu was honored at the [[Gotham Awards]]' World Cinema Tribute, alongside fellow Mexican filmmakers [[Alfonso Cuarón]] and [[Guillermo del Toro]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2006/film/awards/alfonso-cuaron-alejandro-gonzalez-inarritu-and-guillermo-del-toro-1117954636/|title=Alfonso Cuaron, Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu and Guillermo del Toro|work=Variety|date=28 November 2006|accessdate=27 October 2015}}</ref> In 2011, he was honored with a Lifetime Achievement Award at [[Zurich Film Festival]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Zurich Film Festival |url=http://zff.com/de/archiv/programm-2011/ehrengaeste/career-achievement-award-alejandro-gonzalez-inarritu/ |access-date=2022-11-21 |website=Zurich Film Festival |language=de}}</ref> In 2015, Iñárritu received the [[Sundance Institute]]'s Vanguard Leadership Award for the "originality and independent spirit" of his films.<ref name="The Hollywood Reporter" /> He was also honored by the [[Los Angeles County Museum of Art]] at its [[Los Angeles County Museum of Art#LACMA Art + Film Gala|Art + Film Gala]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/culture/la-et-cm-alejandro-gonzalez-inarritu-james-turrell-lacma-20150715-story.html|title=Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, James Turrell to be honored by LACMA|work=Variety|date=15 July 2015|accessdate=27 October 2015}}</ref> That year, he received an honorary doctorate from the [[National Autonomous University of Mexico]]. In 2016, he was awarded an honorary Doctor of Fine Arts from the University of Southern California.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Past Recipients – Honorary Degrees |url=https://honorarydegrees.usc.edu/past-recipients/ |access-date=2024-06-06 |website=honorarydegrees.usc.edu}}</ref> In 2019, he was also made Commander of the [[Ordre des Arts et des Lettres|Order of the Arts and Letters]] in France.
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