Carlos José Cuarón Orozco (born 2 October 1966) is a Mexican screenwriter, film producer, and film director. He is also brother 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 ...

Biography

Carlos Cuarón was born in

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and studied

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. He wrote the screenplay for '' Sólo con tu pareja'' in 1991 which was directed by his brother, Alfonso and won the

Ariel Award The Ariel Award ( es, Premio Ariel) is an award that recognizes the best of Mexican cinema. Given annually, since 1946, by the Academia Mexicana de Artes y Ciencias Cinematográficas, Mexican Academy of Cinematographic Arts and Sciences (AMA ...

for best original screenplay the same year. Along with his brother, he wrote the screenplay for ''

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'' (starring

Gael García Bernal Gael García Bernal (; born 30 November 1978) is a Mexican actor and producer. He is best known for his performances in the films '' Bad Education'', '' The Motorcycle Diaries'', '' Amores perros'', '' Y tu mamá también'', '' Babel'', '' Coco' ...

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and

Maribel Verdú María Isabel Verdú Rollán (; born 2 October 1970) is a Spanish actress. Some of her film credits include performances in '' Lovers'', ''Belle Époque'', ''Y tu mamá también'', ''Pan's Labyrinth'', '' The Blind Sunflowers'' and ''Snow Whi ...

) and received the

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for best original screenplay in the 2001 edition of

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. They were nominated to the BAFTA awards as well as the

in the same category. In December 2008, ''

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'' (Rude and Corny) his first movie as a director was released. It also stars

and

Incomplete filmography

* ''

Desierto ''Desierto'' is a 2015 thriller drama film co-written and directed by Jonás Cuarón. It was produced by Cuarón together with his father Alfonso and his uncle Carlos, and distributed by STXfilms. The film stars Gael García Bernal (also exec ...

'' (2015) producer * '' Besos de azúcar'' (2013) writer, director * '' The Second Bakery Attack'' (2010) writer, director * ''

'' (2008) writer, director * '' El misterio del Trinidad'' (2003) writer * ''

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'' (2001) writer * '' Who the Hell is Juliette?'' (1997) writer * '' Sólo con tu pareja'' (1991) writer

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* Mexican film directors Ariel Award winners Spanish-language film directors People from Mexico City Living people Mexican screenwriters 1966 births {{screen-writer-stub