Alfonso Cuarón
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Alfonso Cuarón Orozco is a Mexican filmmaker. His accolades include four Academy Awards, three Golden Globe Awards, seven BAFTA Awards and one Golden Lion as well as a nomination for a Grammy Award.
Cuarón in 2024
Cuarón at the Guadalajara International Film Festival in 1998.
Cuarón and Clive Owen. They worked together on Children of Men.
Cuaron at the 72nd Venice International Film Festival
Gravity (2013 film)
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Gravity is a 2013 science fiction thriller film directed by Alfonso Cuarón, who also co-wrote, co-edited, and produced the film. It stars Sandra Bullock and George Clooney as American astronauts who a
Alfonso Cuarón
…for directing the fantasy film Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004), the dystopian drama Children of Men (2006), the science fiction drama Gravity (2013), and the semi-autobiographical drama Roma (2018). The latter two won him Academy Awards for Best Director. He also won Best Film Editing for…
Theatrical release poster
Costumes worn by Sandra Bullock (left) and George Clooney (right) and designed by Jany Temime
The landing scene was filmed at Lake Powell, Arizona.
The uninterrupted 13-minute opening scene started with a clear view of brightly lit Earth similar to this NASA picture. The sequence took many months to design and years to shoot.