Carlos José Cuarón Orozco (born 2 October 1966) is a Mexican screenwriter, film producer, and film director. He is also brother of the

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-winner Alfonso Cuarón Orozco .

Biography

Carlos Cuarón was born in

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and studied

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at UNAM. He wrote the screenplay for '' Sólo con tu pareja'' in 1991 which was directed by his brother, Alfonso and won the

Ariel Award The Ariel Award () is an award that recognizes the best of Mexican cinema. Given annually, since 1946, by the Academia Mexicana de Artes y Ciencias Cinematográficas, Mexican Academy of Cinematographic Arts and Sciences (AMACC), the award reco ...

for best original screenplay the same year. Along with his brother, he wrote the screenplay for ''

Y tu mamá también ''Y tu mamá también'' (Spanish for ''And Your Mother Too'') is a 2001 Mexican Coming-of-age story, coming-of-age comedy drama Road movie, road film directed by Alfonso Cuarón, who co-wrote the script with his brother Carlos Cuarón, Carlos. I ...

'' (starring

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and Maribel Verdú) and received the Silver Lion for best original screenplay in the 2001 edition of Venice International Film Festival. They were nominated to the

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awards as well as the

in the same category. In December 2008, '' Rudo y Cursi'' (Rude and Corny) his first movie as a director was released. It also stars

and

Filmography

* '' Desierto'' (2015) producer * '' Besos de azúcar'' (2013) writer, director * '' The Second Bakery Attack'' (2010) writer, director * '' Rudo y Cursi'' (2008) writer, director * '' El misterio del Trinidad'' (2003) writer * ''

Y Tu Mamá También ''Y tu mamá también'' (Spanish for ''And Your Mother Too'') is a 2001 Mexican Coming-of-age story, coming-of-age comedy drama Road movie, road film directed by Alfonso Cuarón, who co-wrote the script with his brother Carlos Cuarón, Carlos. I ...

'' (2001) writer * '' Who the Hell is Juliette?'' (1997) writer * '' Sólo con tu pareja'' (1991) writer

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* Mexican film directors Ariel Award winners Spanish-language film directors Film directors from Mexico City Living people Mexican screenwriters 1966 births {{screen-writer-stub