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Alejandro GonzΓ‘lez IΓ±Γ‘rrituΒ (born August 15, 1963) is a Mexican filmmaker, primarily known for makingΒ psychological dramaΒ films about theΒ human condition. His films Amores PerrosΒ (2000) andΒ BiutifulΒ (2010) each received nominations for theΒ Academy Award for Best International Feature Film, and be earned critical and commercial success for his filmsΒ 21 Grams (2003) andΒ BabelΒ (2006). ForΒ BirdmanΒ (2014), he personally won three Academy Awards (Best Picture,Β Best Director, andΒ Best Original Screenplay). The following year he again won Best Director forΒ The RevenantΒ (2015), making him the third director to win back-to-back afterΒ John FordΒ andΒ Joseph L. Mankiewicz. IΓ±Γ‘rritu was later awarded a Special Achievement Academy Award for hisΒ virtual realityΒ installationΒ Carne y ArenaΒ (2017).
IΓ±Γ‘rritu became the first Mexican filmmaker to be nominated as director or producer in the Academy Awards' history and the first to win for Best Original Screenplay and Best Picture. He was the first Mexican filmmaker to receive the Best Director Award at Cannes, and the first to win a DGA Award for Outstanding Directing. In 2019, IΓ±Γ‘rritu became the first Latin American to serve as jury president for theΒ 72nd Cannes Film Festival. IΓ±Γ‘rritu and Mexican filmmakersΒ Alfonso CuarΓ³nΒ andΒ Guillermo del ToroΒ are known in the film industry as "The Three Amigos."
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