Line #14 Creator/AlfonsoCuaron


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2	[[caption-width-right:350:Mr. Cuaron explains ''Gravity'' using his Oscars.]]
3	Alfonso Cuarón Orozco (born November 28, 1961 in Mexico City, Mexico) is a Mexican director who frequently directs mainstream fare in an artsy style, sometimes with an eye towards political commentary and/or exploring teen {{angst}}. His most notable films include ''Film/YTuMamaTambien'', ''Film/HarryPotterAndThePrisonerOfAzkaban'', ''Film/ChildrenOfMen'', ''Film/{{Gravity}}'' and ''Film/{{Roma}}''.
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5	[[HeAlsoDid He was also the director]] for the [[{{Narm}} infamous]] Autism Speaks advertisement ''I Am Autism''. [[NeverLiveItDown He likes to pretend it didn't happen]].
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7	He became the first Latin American director to win a Best Director UsefulNotes/AcademyAward, for ''Gravity''.
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9	He is friends with fellow Mexican directors (and Oscar winners) Creator/GuillermoDelToro and Creator/AlejandroGonzalezInarritu, the three being collectively known as "The Three Amigos of Cinema."
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11	He is also a co-creator of the series ''Series/{{Believe\|2014}}'' on NBC.
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13	!!Filmography:
14	* ''Film/SoloConTuPareja'' (1991)
15	* ''[[Film/ALittlePrincess1995 A Little Princess]]'' (1995)
16	* ''Literature/GreatExpectations'' (1998)
17	* ''Film/YTuMamaTambien'' (2001)
18	* ''Film/HarryPotterAndThePrisonerOfAzkaban'' (2004)
19	* ''Film/ChildrenOfMen'' (2006)
20	* ''Film/ParisJeTAime'' (2006) (one segment)
21	* ''Film/{{Gravity}}'' (2013)
22	* ''Film/{{Roma}}'' (2018)
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24	!!Common tropes in his movies:
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26	* AcclaimedFlop:
27	** ''Film/ALittlePrincess1995'' got rave reviews from Series/SiskelAndEbert amongst others but sunk against the much bigger-budget and starrier family film released the same week - ''Film/{{Casper}}''. It did do well on home video, and Cuarón still regards it as his favourite of his own movies.
28	** ''Film/ChildrenOfMen'', which received much praise yet fell $6 million short of recouping its budget.
29	** Justified for ''Film/{{Roma}}'', which made a fraction of its $15 million budget; it received only a limited release a few weeks before its release on Creator/{{Netflix}}, where most of its audience viewed it.
30	* CameraAbuse: Blood splatter on the lens in ''Film/ChildrenOfMen''; water on the lens in ''Film/{{Gravity}}''.
31	* TheFilmOfTheBook: ''Film/ALittlePrincess1995'', ''Film/GreatExpectations'', ''[[Film/HarryPotterAndThePrisonerOfAzkaban Azkaban]]'' and ''Film/ChildrenOfMen''.
32	* MoneyDearBoy: A significant portion of his work, according to [[http://vimeo.com/88807674 this]] interview.
33	** That would explain ''I Am Autism'', a highly controversial film by Autism Speaks that, like most of the organization's material, has been thoroughly criticized by autistic individuals for demonizing autism and promoting ableist and eugenicist cure rhetoric.
34	* TheOner: Part of his SignatureStyle. ''Film/ChildrenOfMen'' was widely praised for its finale in this respect and ''Film/{{Gravity}}'' has it in its opening, as well as in several scenes throughout the rest of the film. Many of his movie, including ''Film/ChildrenOfMen'' and ''Film/{{Gravity}}'' are shot by highly acclaimed cinematographer and frequent collaborator, Emmanuel Lubezki, who is a master of this style. In ''Film/{{Roma}}'', he shot these himself.
35	* RoadTripPlot: ''Film/YTuMamaTambien'' and ''Film/ChildrenOfMen''.
36	* SceneryPorn: Sometimes crosses over with SceneryGorn.
37	* SlidingScaleOfIdealismVsCynicism: His films could rather be in the middle or more towards the idealistic end.

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