Guillermo Arriaga

Guillermo Arriaga

Actor · Director · Producer · Writer

Mexico City, Mexico
March 13, 1958

Biography

Guillermo Arriaga Jordán (Spanish pronunciation:[ɡiˈʎeɾmo aˈrjaɣa]; born 13 March 1958) is a Mexican novelist, screenwriter, director and producer. Self-defined as "a hunter who works as a writer," he is best known for his Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay and BAFTA Award for Best Original Screenplay nominations for Babel and his screenplay for The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada, which received the 2005 Cannes Best Screenplay Award. Description above from the Wikipedia article Guillermo Arriaga, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Representative Works

Babel
Babel
7.2
/ English
Amores Perros
Amores Perros
7.6
/ Spanish
21 Grams
21 Grams
7.3
/ English
The Burning Plain
The Burning Plain
6.6
/ English
From Afar
From Afar
6.1
/ Spanish
Rio, I Love You
Rio, I Love You
4.8
/ Portuguese
Broken Night
Broken Night
5.0
/ English
On the Milky Road
On the Milky Road
6.5
/ Serbian
Dreamers
Dreamers
6.0
/ French
Upon Open Sky
Upon Open Sky
7.5
/ Spanish
The Night Buffalo
The Night Buffalo
4.6
/ Spanish

Awards and Honors

Critical Favorites

Babel
2006Nominee

Best Writing

Babel

Amores Perros
2000Winner

Best Writing

Amores Perros

21 Grams
2003Nominee

Best Writing

21 Grams

Career Highlights

The Burning Plain
2008Highlight

Best Director

The Burning Plain

The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada
2005Highlight

Best Performance

The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada