Alejandro González Iñárritu

Alejandro  González Iñárritu is a critically acclaimed Mexican filmmaker. Born in 1963 to a professional class family before settling into his own working-class job as a dockworker. at 18, he traveled the world, the event he cites as being what got him into the idea of filmmaking. Since getting involved with film-making, Iñárritu has made a number of critical and box office hits such as: Amores Perros (2000), 21 Grams (2003), Babel (2006),  Birdman (2014), and The Revenant (2015)  just to name some of the larger works. 

A black spot on Iñárritu's record is his support of the 2009 petition released in support of Roman Polanski, a known sex criminal in Hollywood. Although this is a significant detriment to his historical record, the power and significance of his work stand apart due to its quality and the separation between subject matters.