Here is the biography of Alejandro González Iñárritu:
Alejandro González Iñárritu was born on August 15th, 1963, in Mexico City. He is a Mexican film director. González Iñárritu is the first Mexican director to be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Director and by the Directors Guild of America for Best Director. He is also the first Mexican-born director to have won the Prix de la mise en scene or best director award at Cannes (2006),the second one being Carlos Reygadas in 2012.
González Iñárritu's six feature films, 'Amores Perros' (2000),'21 Grams' (2003),'Babel' (2006),'Biutiful' (2010),'Birdman' (2014) and 'The Revenant' (2015),have gained critical acclaim world-wide including two Academy Award nominations.
In his early years, González Iñárritu crossed the Atlantic Ocean on a cargo ship at the ages of seventeen and nineteen years, working his way across Europe and Africa. He has noted that these early travels as a young man have had a great influence on him as a film-maker. The setting of his films have often been in the places he visited during this period.
After his travels, González Iñárritu returned to Mexico City and majored in communications at Universidad Iberoamericana. In 1984, he started his career as a radio host at the Mexican radio station WFM, a rock and eclectic music station. In 1988, he became the director of the station. Over the next five years, González Iñárritu spent his time interviewing rock stars, transmitting live concerts, and making WFM the number one radio station in Mexico. From 1987 to 1989, he composed music for six Mexican feature films. He has stated that he believes music has had a bigger influence on him as an artist than film itself.
In the nineties, González Iñárritu created Z films with Raul Olvera in Mexico. Under Z Films, he started writing, producing and directing short films and advertisements. Making the final transition into T.V Film directing, he studied under well-known Polish theatre director Ludwik Margules, as well as Judith Weston in Los Angeles.
González Iñárritu has also directed several short films, including an 11-minute film segment for 11.09.01, which is composed of several short films that explore the effects of the 9/11 terrorist attacks from different points of view around the world. He has also directed ANNA, which screened at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival, and Naran Ja: One Act Orange Dance, which was inspired by L.A Dance Project's premiere performance.
In addition to his film work, González Iñárritu has also directed commercials for several major brands, including Nike and Procter and Gamble. His commercial for Nike, "Write the Future", won the Grand Prix at the Cannes Lions advertising festival, and his commercial for Procter and Gamble, "Best Job", won the Best Primetime Commercial Emmy at the Creative Arts Emmy Awards.
