Alejandro González Iñárritu: Quick Facts

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Born	August 15, 1963 (age 63) • Mexico City • Mexico
Awards And Honors	Academy Award (2016) • Academy Award (2015)
Notable Works	“21 Grams” • “Amores perros” • “Babel” • “Bardo: False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths” • “Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)” • “Biutiful” • “The Revenant”

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Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu smiling and holding two Oscar statuettes while wearing a tuxedo in front of an Academy Awards backdrop.

Alejandro González Iñárritu

Javier Bardem as Uxbal lies on a couch reading a letter with Hanaa Bouchaib as Ana resting beside him, while Guillermo Estrella as Mateo sits at a table drawing in the film Biutiful.

Michael Keaton as Riggan walks on a city sidewalk with Benjamin Kanes as young Riggan in a Birdman costume standing closely behind him in a scene from Birdman.

Director Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu and Leonardo DiCaprio, in costume as Hugh Glass, stand outdoors on the set of The Revenant with a pile of animal skulls behind them.

Leonardo DiCaprio as Hugh Glass in The Revenant stands in rugged, tattered clothing with a stick, snowy mountains in the background.

Michael Keaton as Riggan Thomson walks on a city sidewalk wearing a beige coat, with a man in a dark feathered Birdman costume standing closely behind him in a scene from Birdman.

Michael Keaton, wearing a brown suit, stands pressed against a wall as Edward Norton, in a white shirt with suspenders, points at him in a tense hallway scene from Birdman.

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