Alfonso Cuaron

Alfonso Cuarón Orozco (Spanish: Alfonso Cuarón Orozco, pronounced: [alˈfon.so kwaˈɾon], November 28, 1961 -), born in Mexico City, Mexico, on November 28, 1961, is a Mexican film director, screenwriter, producer, editor and cinematographer. He is the first Latin American winner of the Academy Award for Best Director. Notable works include "Roma" (2018), "Gravity" (2013), "Children of Men" (2006), "Harry Potter: Prisoner of Azkaban" (2004), "You Fuck Too" (2001) and "A Little Princess" (1995). In 2014, Alfonso Cuaron won the Oscar for Best Director and Best Editing for "Gravity", becoming the first Latin American director in the history of the Academy Awards to win these awards. The autobiographical Spanish-language black-and-white film "Roma" shot in 2018 once again won the Golden Globe Award, the British Academy Film Award and the Oscar Award for Best Director, as well as the Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film, the British Academy Award for Best Picture, Best Cinematography and Best Foreign Language Film, and the Oscar Award for Best Foreign Language Film and Best Cinematography; "Roma" became the first Mexican film to win the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film, and the first Oscar for Best Director outside the United States.