Alejandro González Iñárritu (Spanish pronunciation: [aleˈxandɾo gonˈsales iˈɲaritu]; credited since 2014 as Alejandro G. Iñárritu; born August 15, 1963) is a Mexican film director, producer, screenwriter, and former composer. He 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, for Babel (2007). He is also the first Mexican-born director to have won the Best Director Award at the Cannes Film Festival.
His six feature films—Amores perros (2000), 21 Grams (2003), Babel (2006) (comprising the "Death Trilogy"), Biutiful (2010), Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) (2014), and The Revenant (2015)—have garnered critical acclaim and numerous accolades, including Academy Award nominations. Iñárritu won the Academy Award for Best Director, Best Original Screenplay, and Best Picture for Birdman.
Alejandro González Iñárritu was born in Mexico City, the son of Luz María Iñárritu and Héctor González Gama. Crossing the Atlantic Ocean on a cargo ship at the age of 16 and 18, Iñárritu worked his way across Europe and Africa. He has noted that these early travels as a young man have had a great influence on him as a filmmaker. The settings of his films have often been in the places he visited during this period. After his travels, Iñárritu returned to Mexico City and majored in communications at Universidad Iberoamericana.
Wish I had concentrated
They said love was complicated
But it's something I just fell into
And it was overrated
But just look what I created
I came out alive, but I'm black and blue
But boy, you ask me if I'm all right
Think about what I had to do, yeah
Wake up and smell the break-up
Fix my heart, put on my make-up
Another mess I didn't plan
And I bet you thought you beat me
Wish you could only see
I got an 'I Heart'
Written on the back of my hand
I'd be fine if you just walked by
But you had to talk about why
You were wrong and I was right
But I can't believe you made me sit at home
Cry like a baby
Wait right by the phone every night
And now you ask about you and I
There's no you and I
Remember what you put me through
I had to
Wake up and smell the break-up
Fix my heart, put on my make-up
Another mess I didn't plan
And I bet you thought you beat me
Wish you could only see
I got an 'I Heart'
Written on the back of my hand
And when you're home all alone at night
You still wonder why
You took everything I had away
But I haven't thought about you and I
There's no you and I
And I know someday you will
Wake up and smell the break-up
Realize that we won't make-up
It didn't go the way you planned
And you'll know you didn't beat me
When you look down and see
I got an 'I Heart'
Written on the back of my hand
Written on the back of my hand
An "I Heart?"
Yeah, written on the back of my hand