Born in Mexico City, Iñárritu began his career as a host on the radio station WFM, before taking a job as a producer for Televisa. He co-founded a production company, Z Films, in the early 1990s, where he wrote, produced and directed short films and advertisements. His debut film, "Amores Perros", premiered at the Cannes Film Festival and won the Critics' Week Grand Prize and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 2000. His next and first American film, "21 Grams", was presented in competition at the 60th Venice International Film Festival, where Sean Penn won the Volpi Cup for Best Actor; the film was critically and commercially successful and was nominated for two Academy Awards. In 2006, "Babel" was presented in competition at the 59th Cannes Film Festival where Iñárritu won the Best Director Award. That same year, "Babel" went on to win the Golden Globe Award for Best Picture Drama, was nominated for the Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing, and was nominated for seven Academy Awards, including two for Iñárritu for Best Picture and Best Director. Iñárritu's fourth film, "Biutiful", received the Best Actor Award at the Cannes Film Festival for Javier Bardem's lead performance. Additionally, the film was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, and Javier Bardem was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor.