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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 Directors Guild of America Awards, a Producers Guild of America Award, three BAFTA Awards, three AACTA Awards, three Golden Globe Award, two Independent Spirit Awards, two American Film Institute Awards, and three Cannes Film Festival awards.
González Iñárritu is the first Mexican director to be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Director and the Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing, and the first to win the Best Director Award at the Cannes Film Festival. His first six feature films – Amores perros (2000), 21 Grams (2003), Babel (2006), Biutiful (2010), Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) (2014), and The Revenant (2015) – received a total of 33 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 Directors Guild Award for Outstanding Directing, and the Academy Award for Best Picture, 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' World Cinema Tribute, alongside fellow Mexican filmmakers Alfonso Cuarón and Guillermo del Toro. 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 Academy Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 2007 Best Picture Babel Best Director 2015 Best Picture Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) Best Director Best Original Screenplay 2016 Best Picture The Revenant Best Director 2018 Special Achievement Academy Award Flesh and Sand
British Academy Film Awards British Academy Film Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 2007 Best Film Babel Best Direction 2015 Best Film Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) Best Direction Best Original Screenplay 2016 Best Film The Revenant Best Direction
Golden Globe Awards Golden Globe Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 2007 Best Motion Picture – Drama Babel Best Director 2015 Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) Best Director Best Screenplay 2016 Best Motion Picture – Drama The Revenant Best Director
Industry awards AACTA Awards AACTA International Awards Year Nominated work Category Result 2015 Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) Best Film Best Direction Best Screenplay
American Film Institute American Film Institute Year Nominated work Category Result 2000 Amores perros Audience Award – Best Feature Film 2015 Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) Movie of the Year
Ariel Awards Ariel Awards Year Nominated Work Category Result 2001 Amores perros Best Picture Best Director Best First Work Best Editing 2023 Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths Best Picture Best Director Best Original Score Composed with Bryce Dessner Best Editing
Directors Guild of America Awards Directors Guild of America Award Year Nominated work Category Result 2007 Babel Outstanding Directing – Feature Film 2013 Best Job Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Commercials 2015 Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) Outstanding Directing – Feature Film 2016 The Revenant
Independent Spirit Awards Independent Spirit Awards Year Nominated work Category Result 2002 Amores perros Best Foreign Film 2004 21 Grams Special Distinction Award 2015 Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) Best Film Best Director
National Board of Review National Board of Review Year Nominated work Category Result 2002 Amores perros Best Foreign Language Film Top Foreign Films 2003 21 Grams Top 10 Films 2007 Babel 2014 Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
Producers Guild of America Awards Producers Guild of America Award Year Nominated work Category Result 2007 Babel Outstanding Theatrical Motion Picture 2015 Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) 2016 The Revenant
Satellite Awards Satellite Awards Year Nominated work Category Result 2015 Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) Best Film Best Director Best Original Screenplay 2016 The Revenant Best Film Best Director Best Adapted Screenplay
Saturn Award Saturn Award Year Nominated work Category Result 2015 Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) Best Fantasy Film Best Director 2016 The Revenant Best Action or Adventure Film
Film festival awards Cannes Film Festival Cannes Film Festival Year Nominated work Category Result 2000 Amores perros Critics Week Grand Prize 2006 Babel Palme d'Or Prize of the Ecumenical Jury Best Director 2010 Biutiful Palme d'Or
Capri Hollywood International Film Festival Capri Hollywood International Film Festival Year Nominated work Category Result 2014 Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) Capri Visionary Award 2022 Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths
Palm Springs International Film Festival Palm Springs International Film Festival Year Nominated work Category Result 2000 Amores perros FIPRESCI Award for Best Foreign Language Film 2006 Babel Director of the Year 2015 Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
Venice Film Festival Venice Film Festival Year Nominated work Category Result 2002 11'09"01 September 11 UNESCO Award 2003 21 Grams Golden Lion 2014 Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) 2022 Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths
Critics awards Critics' Choice Movie Awards Critics' Choice Movie Awards Year Nominated work Category Result 2011 Biutiful Best Foreign Language Film 2015 Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) Best Director Best Original Screenplay 2016 The Revenant Best Director 2022 Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of TruthsBest Foreign Language Film
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Los Angeles Film Critics Association Year Nominated work Category Result 2014 Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) Best Screenplay
See also Cha Cha Cha Films
References
External links
Academy Awards Best Director Facts & Trivia at Filmsite.org, AMC