# List of awards and nominations received by Alejandro González Iñárritu

The following is a list of awards and nominations received by Mexican film director, producer, and screenwriter Alejandro González Iñárritu. His filmography comprises feature films, short films, television and commercials. González Iñárritu has been recognized with multiple awards for his films, including four Academy Awards, three Directors Guild of America Awards, a Producers Guild of America Award, three BAFTA Awards, three AACTA Awards, three Golden Globe Award, two Independent Spirit Awards, two American Film Institute Awards, and three Cannes Film Festival awards.
González Iñárritu is the first Mexican director to be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Director and the Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing, and the first to win the Best Director Award at the Cannes Film Festival. His six feature films – Amores perros (2000), 21 Grams (2003), Babel (2006), Biutiful (2010), Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) (2014), and The Revenant (2015) – received a total of 45 Academy Award nominations. Amores perros and Biutiful received Academy Award, Golden Globe and BAFTA Award nominations for Best Foreign Language Film, with Amores perros winning the BAFTA Award. In 2015, González Iñárritu won the Producers Guild of America Award for Best Theatrical Motion Picture, the Directors Guild Award for Outstanding Directing, and the Academy Award for Best Picture, Best Original Screenplay and Best Director for Birdman, becoming the first Mexican to win three Oscars. In 2016, he won the Academy Award for Best Director for The Revenant, marking the first time in 65 years that a director has won the award in two consecutive years. Iñárritu is the third director to accomplish this feat.
In 2006, González Iñárritu was honored at the Gotham Awards' World Cinema Tribute, alongside fellow Mexican filmmakers Alfonso Cuarón and Guillermo del Toro. In June 2015, González Iñárritu received the Sundance Institute's Vanguard Leadership Award for the "originality and independent spirit" of his films. In November 2015, he was honored by the Los Angeles County Museum of Art at its Art + Film Gala.

## Major associations
### Academy Awards

Academy Awards :
| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| 2007 | Best Picture | Babel | Nominated |
| 2007 | Best Director | Babel | Nominated |
| 2015 | Best Picture | Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) | Won |
| 2015 | Best Director | Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) | Won |
| 2015 | Best Original Screenplay | Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) | Won |
| 2016 | Best Picture | The Revenant | Nominated |
| 2016 | Best Director | The Revenant | Won |
| 2018 | Special Achievement Academy Award | Flesh and Sand | Recipient |

### British Academy Film Awards

British Academy Film Awards :
| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| 2007 | Best Film | Babel | Nominated |
| 2007 | Best Direction | Babel | Nominated |
| 2015 | Best Film | Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) | Nominated |
| 2015 | Best Direction | Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) | Nominated |
| 2015 | Best Original Screenplay | Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) | Nominated |
| 2016 | Best Film | The Revenant | Won |
| 2016 | Best Direction | The Revenant | Won |

### Golden Globe Awards

Golden Globe Awards :
| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
| 2007 | Best Motion Picture – Drama | Babel | Won |
| 2007 | Best Director | Babel | Nominated |
| 2015 | Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy | Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) | Nominated |
| 2015 | Best Director | Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) | Nominated |
| 2015 | Best Screenplay | Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) | Won |
| 2016 | Best Motion Picture – Drama | The Revenant | Won |
| 2016 | Best Director | The Revenant | Won |

## Industry awards
### AACTA Awards

AACTA International Awards :
| Year | Nominated work | Category | Result |
| 2015 | Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) | Best Film | Won |
| 2015 | Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) | Best Direction | Won |
| 2015 | Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) | Best Screenplay | Won |

### American Film Institute

American Film Institute :
| Year | Nominated work | Category | Result | Ref. |
| 2000 | Amores perros | Audience Award – Best Feature Film | Won | |
| 2015 | Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) | Movie of the Year | Won | |

### Ariel Awards

Ariel Awards :
| Year | Nominated Work | Category | Result | Ref. |
| 2001 | Amores perros | Best Picture | Won | |
| 2001 | Amores perros | Best Director | Won | |
| 2001 | Amores perros | Best First Work | Won | |
| 2001 | Amores perros | Best Editing | Won | |
| 2023 | Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths | Best Picture | Nominated |
| 2023 | Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths | Best Director | Won |
| 2023 | Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths | Best Original Score | Nominated | Composed with Bryce Dessner |
| 2023 | Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths | Best Editing | Won |

### Directors Guild of America Awards

Directors Guild of America Award :
| Year | Nominated work | Category | Result |
| 2007 | Babel | Outstanding Directing – Feature Film | Nominated |
| 2013 | Best Job | Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Commercials | Won |
| 2015 | Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) | Outstanding Directing – Feature Film | Won |
| 2016 | The Revenant | Outstanding Directing – Feature Film | Won |

### Independent Spirit Awards

Independent Spirit Awards :
| Year | Nominated work | Category | Result |
| 2002 | Amores perros | Best Foreign Film | Nominated |
| 2004 | 21 Grams | Special Distinction Award | Won |
| 2015 | Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) | Best Film | Won |
| 2015 | Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) | Best Director | Nominated |

### National Board of Review

National Board of Review :
| Year | Nominated work | Category | Result |
| 2002 | Amores perros | Best Foreign Language Film | Won |
| 2002 | Amores perros | Top Foreign Films | Won |
| 2003 | 21 Grams | Top 10 Films | Won |
| 2007 | Babel | Top 10 Films | Won |
| 2014 | Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) | Top 10 Films | Won |

### Producers Guild of America Awards

Producers Guild of America Award :
| Year | Nominated work | Category | Result |
| 2007 | Babel | Outstanding Theatrical Motion Picture | Nominated |
| 2015 | Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) | Outstanding Theatrical Motion Picture | Won |
| 2016 | The Revenant | Outstanding Theatrical Motion Picture | Nominated |

### Satellite Awards

Satellite Awards :
| Year | Nominated work | Category | Result |
| 2015 | Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) | Best Film | Won |
| 2015 | Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) | Best Director | Nominated |
| 2015 | Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) | Best Original Screenplay | Nominated |
| 2016 | The Revenant | Best Film | Nominated |
| 2016 | The Revenant | Best Director | Nominated |
| 2016 | The Revenant | Best Adapted Screenplay | Nominated |

### Saturn Award

Saturn Award :
| Year | Nominated work | Category | Result |
| 2015 | Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) | Best Fantasy Film | Nominated |
| 2015 | Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) | Best Director | Nominated |
| 2016 | The Revenant | Best Action or Adventure Film | Nominated |

## Film festival awards
### Cannes Film Festival

Cannes Film Festival :
| Year | Nominated work | Category | Result |
| 2000 | Amores perros | Critics Week Grand Prize | Won |
| 2006 | Babel | Palme d'Or | Nominated |
| 2006 | Babel | Prize of the Ecumenical Jury | Won |
| 2006 | Babel | Best Director | Won |
| 2010 | Biutiful | Palme d'Or | Nominated |

### Palm Springs International Film Festival

Palm Springs International Film Festival :
| Year | Nominated work | Category | Result |
| 2000 | Amores perros | FIPRESCI Award for Best Foreign Language Film | Won |
| 2006 | Babel | Director of the Year | Won |
| 2015 | Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) | Director of the Year | Won |

### Venice Film Festival

Venice Film Festival :
| Year | Nominated work | Category | Result |
| 2002 | 11'09"01 September 11 | UNESCO Award | Won |
| 2003 | 21 Grams | Golden Lion | Nominated |
| 2014 | Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) | Golden Lion | Nominated |
| 2022 | Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths | Golden Lion | Nominated |

## Critics awards
### Critics' Choice Movie Awards

Critics' Choice Movie Awards (Broadcast Film Critics Association Award) :
| Year | Nominated work | Category | Result |
| 2011 | Biutiful | Best Foreign Language Film | Nominated |
| 2015 | Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) | Best Director | Nominated |
| 2015 | Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) | Best Original Screenplay | Won |
| 2016 | The Revenant | Best Director | Nominated |
| 2022 | Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths | Best Foreign Language Film | Nominated |

### Los Angeles Film Critics Association

Los Angeles Film Critics Association :
| Year | Nominated work | Category | Result | Ref. |
| 2014 | Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) | Best Screenplay | Runner-up | |