Alejandro González Iñárritu is the first Mexican director to be nominated
for the Academy Award for Best Director and by the Directors Guild of America for
Best Director. He is also the first and only Mexican born director to have won
the Prix de la mise en scene or best director award at Cannes 2006. His four
feature films Amores Perros (2000), 21 Grams (2003), Babel (2006), and Biutiful
(2010) have gained critical acclaim worldwide including 12 Academy Award nominations.
Iñárritu is clearly influenced by existential thought. In all his films he
explores the subject of death and misfortune. And yet, the Mexican director
himself seems to try to enjoy whatever he does, and tries not to waste his time
for things he does not care about. And most of all - he tries to follow what he
thinks is right. Problems? Life is full of them, but we can try to use them
like a lesson, they can challenge us and and test our humanity.
In one of his interviews, Alejando Gonzalez Iñárritu says: ‘In this film, as
in every film I have done, I try to explore human nature and the decisions made
by a character under the toughest circumstances’.
The Mexican director’s first three features create what critics labelled as
“death trilogy” – Amores Perros, 21 Grams, and Babel. Oscar nominated Biutiful continues the subject, said Agata Lulkowska.
These are his tetralogy of death, a series of films that share the theme of death:
Amores Perros (Love's Bitch)
21 Grams
Babel
Biutiful
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