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Apr 2023
1h 46m

Alejandro G. Iñárritu

Rick Rubin
About this episode

Alejandro G. Iñárritu is a five-time Academy Award-winning director, writer, and producer.

Iñárritu is known for his emotional explorations of the human psyche. Some of his most renowned films include Babel (which received seven Academy nominations), Birdman, which won the Oscars for Best Picture, Best Original Screenplay, and Best Cinematography and for which Iñárritu won Best Director, Co-Writer and Co-Producer; and The Revenant., for which he won his second Academy Award for Best Director.

In 2019, Iñárritu served as President of the Jury for the 72nd Cannes Film Festival. He released his latest film in 2022, BARDO, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths.

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