The following is a list of awards and nominations received by Mexican film director, producer, and screenwriter Alejandro González Iñárritu. His filmography comprises feature films, short films, television and commercials. González Iñárritu has been recognized with multiple awards for his films, including four Academy Awards, three

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, a Producers Guild of America Award, three

BAFTA Awards The British Academy Film Awards, more commonly known as the BAFTA Film Awards is an annual award show hosted by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) to honour the best British and international contributions to film. The cere ...

, three AACTA Awards, three

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, two

Independent Spirit Awards The Independent Spirit Awards (abbreviated Spirit Awards and originally known as the FINDIE or Friends of Independents Awards), founded in 1984, are awards dedicated to independent filmmakers. Winners were typically presented with Poly(methyl m ...

, two

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, and three Cannes Film Festival awards. González Iñárritu is the first Mexican director to be nominated for the

Academy Award for Best Director The Academy Award for Best Director (officially known as the Academy Award of Merit for Directing) is an award presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). It is given in honor of a film director who has exhibi ...

and the Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing, and the first to win the

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at the Cannes Film Festival. His six feature films – '' Amores perros'' (2000), ''

21 Grams ''21 Grams'' is a 2003 American psychological drama film directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu from a screenplay by Guillermo Arriaga. The film stars Sean Penn, Naomi Watts, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Danny Huston and Benicio Del Toro. The seco ...

'' (2003), ''

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'' (2006), ''

Biutiful ''Biutiful'' is a 2010 psychological drama film directed, produced and co-written by Alejandro González Iñárritu and starring Javier Bardem. The project marks González Iñárritu's first film in his native Spanish language since his debut ...

'' (2010), '' Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)'' (2014), and '' The Revenant'' (2015) – received a total of 45 Academy Award nominations. ''Amores perros'' and ''Biutiful'' received Academy Award, Golden Globe and BAFTA Award nominations for Best Foreign Language Film, with ''Amores perros'' winning the BAFTA Award. In 2015, González Iñárritu won the

Producers Guild of America Award for Best Theatrical Motion Picture The Producers Guild of America Award for Best Theatrical Motion Picture, also known as the Darryl F. Zanuck Award for Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures, is one of the annual awards given by the Producers Guild of America from 1989 ...

, the Directors Guild Award for Outstanding Directing, and the

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, Best Original Screenplay and Best Director for ''Birdman'', becoming the first Mexican to win three Oscars. In 2016, he won the Academy Award for Best Director for '' 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. In 2006, González Iñárritu was honored at the

Gotham Awards The Gotham Awards () are American film awards, presented annually to the makers of independent films at a ceremony in New York City, the city first nicknamed "Gotham" by native son Washington Irving, in an issue of ''Salmagundi'', published on ...

' World Cinema Tribute, alongside fellow Mexican filmmakers

Alfonso Cuarón Alfonso Cuarón Orozco ( , ; born 28 November 1961) is a Mexican filmmaker. He is known for directing films in a variety of genres including the family drama ''A Little Princess (1995 film), A Little Princess'' (1995), the romantic drama ''Gre ...

and

Guillermo del Toro Guillermo del Toro Gómez (; born October 9, 1964) is a Mexican filmmaker, author, and actor. He directed the Academy Award–winning fantasy films ''Pan's Labyrinth'' (2006) and ''The Shape of Water'' (2017), winning the Academy Awards for Be ...

. In June 2015, González Iñárritu received the Sundance Institute's Vanguard Leadership Award for the "originality and independent spirit" of his films. In November 2015, he was honored by the Los Angeles County Museum of Art at its Art + Film Gala.

Major associations

Academy Awards

British Academy Film Awards

Golden Globe Awards

Industry awards

AACTA Awards

American Film Institute

Directors Guild of America Awards

Independent Spirit Awards

National Board of Review

Producers Guild of America Awards

Satellite Awards

Saturn Award

Film festival awards

Cannes Film Festival

Palm Springs International Film Festival

Venice Film Festival

Critics awards

Critics' Choice Movie Awards

Los Angeles Film Critics Association

References

External links

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