Alfonso Cuaron
Alfonso Cuaron
Alfonso Cuarón Orozcois a Mexican film director, screenwriter, producer and editor best known for his dramas A Little Princessand Y Tu Mamá También, the fantasy film Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, and science fiction thrillers Children of Menand Gravity. Cuarón is the first Latin American director to win an Oscar for Best Directing...
NationalityMexican
ProfessionDirector
Date of Birth28 November 1961
CountryMexico
princess littles would-be
If I would rescue one of my movies, it would be 'A Little Princess.'
past long different
The long takes process doesn't allow for that many takes. In the past I have shot over 50 takes of different shots. Sometimes you end up using take 64, sometimes take four.
guy india ifs
What's the point of being an Australian guy traveling through India if you are going to go to India to meet other Australians?
nice people wonder
No 'rules.' What are you, British or something? I guess I'm too nice... No wonder people take advantage of me.
ipods dancing sound
I have my set rigged with the biggest sound system possible and have a mini jack for my iPod attached to my director's chair. I find playing music is a very direct way to communicate with actors and the crew, especially those crew members who are on the periphery of the set. I like dancing on set too, it's a good way to release tension.
important stories theme
Story is important but the most important is the theme and how you're going to convey theme cinematically. I'm a believer also
trying want sticks
There is a certain thing that you have to just stick to the plan, stick to what you want to do, and you try to work with studios and executives that they get it.
focused
You have to be very focused about the music that you have inside.
teenager stupid trying
I find it very stupid that teenagers could only see caricatures of teenagers but they couldn't see films that you try to be a truthful context, a truthful portrayal of teenagers.
challenges film problem
Every film is difficult. Making films, you're always going to have problems, there's always going to be challenges.
mom philosophy careers
My mom, she was, she studied chemistry. And later on she changed and majored, she changed later in her career, in her life and studied philosophy and then she did a perfect clash, connection between chemistry and philosophy and she became a witch.