Jonás Cuarón Elizondo (born 1983) is a Mexican

film director A film director controls a film's artistic and dramatic aspects and visualizes the screenplay (or script) while guiding the film crew and actors in the fulfilment of that vision. The director has a key role in choosing the cast members, pr ...

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, producer,

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and

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. He is the son of the

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-winner

Alfonso Cuarón Alfonso Cuarón Orozco ( , ; born 28 November 1961) is a Mexican filmmaker. He is known for directing films in a variety of genres including the family drama ''A Little Princess'' (1995), the romantic drama ''Great Expectations'' (1998), the c ...

by the latter's first wife, Mariana Elizondo. Jonás Cuarón studied film at

Vassar College Vassar College ( ) is a private liberal arts college in Poughkeepsie, New York, United States. Founded in 1861 by Matthew Vassar, it was the second degree-granting institution of higher education for women in the United States, closely foll ...

. His first feature film, '' Año uña'' which he directed, wrote and produced, was released in 2007. It is known in English as ''Year of the Nail''. He co-wrote the highly acclaimed 2013 film ''

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''. The film was co-written and directed by his father. His uncle,

Carlos Cuarón Carlos José Cuarón Orozco (born 2 October 1966) is a Mexican screenwriter, film producer, and film director. He is also brother of the Academy Award-winner Alfonso Cuarón. Biography Carlos Cuarón was born in Mexico City and studied Eng ...

, is also a writer and director and his half-brother, Diego Cataño, is an actor. His first film credit is a cameo as a child in the 1991 film '' Sólo con tu pareja'', which was directed by his father.

Filmography

Short films Television Acting credits

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Cuaron, Jonas 1981 births Hugo Award-winning writers Living people Nebula Award winners Mexican film directors Mexican film producers Mexican screenwriters Place of birth missing (living people) Spanish-language film directors Vassar College alumni