Alfonso Cuarón Orozco (English: /kwɑːˈroʊn/ kwar-OHN; Spanish: [alˈfonso kwaˈɾon]; born 28 November 1961) is a Mexican film director. His awards include four Academy Awards, seven BAFTA Awards and three Golden Globe Awards.

Cuarón made his feature film debut with the romantic comedy Sólo con tu pareja (1991) and directed the adaptations A Little Princess (1995) and Great Expectations (1998). His breakthrough came with the coming-of-age film Y Tu Mamá También (2001), which earned him a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay. He gained even greater recognition as the director of 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 films earned him Academy Awards for Best Director. He also received the award for Best Film Editing for Gravity and for Best Cinematography for Roma.

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