Alfonso Cuarón
Film director · 8 films (1995–2018)
Alfonso Cuarón is a director whose work here spans A Little Princess (1995) to Roma (2018), across drama and romance. 5 of those films were photographed by Emmanuel Lubezki. The work runs wide — 31% of frames across the 8 films indexed here, against 20% library-wide. All 429 frames from 8 films are indexed here, searchable by lighting, lens, shot size, colour and mood.
Alfonso Cuarón Orozco is a Mexican filmmaker. His accolades include four Academy Awards, seven BAFTA Awards, and three Golden Globe Awards.
Born 28 November 1961 · Mexico City, Mexico
Directing style
Cuarón anchors his narratives in wide and medium shots framed almost exclusively at eye-level, maintaining a grounded, objective perspective that balances deep and shallow depths of field across day and night exteriors. His lighting relies heavily on natural and motivated sources, utilizing the sun, window light, and practical fixtures to shape a visual world that feels tactile and lived-in. This naturalism is rendered through a color palette dominated by cool, desaturated tones, stark black-and-white, and deep, dark blues and earthy browns, evoking a prevailing mood of tension, loneliness, and quiet oppression.
Awards
- Academy Award for Best Director · 2019
- Academy Award for Best Cinematography · 2019
- Academy Award for Best Film Editing · 2014
- Academy Award for Best Director · 2014
- Golden Globe Award for Best Director · 2014
- BAFTA Award for Best Cinematography · 2019
- BAFTA Award for Best Direction · 2019
- BAFTA Award for Best Direction · 2014
- BAFTA Award for Best British Film · 2014
- BAFTA Award for Best Film Not in the English Language · 2007
- British Academy Children's Awards · 2004
- Best Screenplay Award (Venice Film Festival) · 2001
Films directed by Alfonso Cuarón
About Alfonso Cuarón
When was Alfonso Cuarón born?
Alfonso Cuarón was born on 28 November 1961 in Mexico City, Mexico.
What films has Alfonso Cuarón directed?
FrameThrower holds stills from 8 of them: A Little Princess (1995), Great Expectations (1998), Y Tu Mamá También (2001), Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004), Children Of Men (2006), Paris, Je T’Aime (2006), Gravity (2013) and Roma (2018).
What awards has Alfonso Cuarón won?
Academy Award for Best Director (2019), Academy Award for Best Cinematography (2019), Academy Award for Best Film Editing (2014) and Academy Award for Best Director (2014).
Search every frame of Alfonso Cuarón’s films
All 429 indexed frames from 8 films directed by Alfonso Cuarón — searchable by lighting, lens, shot size, mood or plain language.