Alejandro González Iñárritu

Alejandro González Iñárritu is a Mexican film director, producer, screenwriter, and former composer. His nickname is El Negro ("The Black", in spanish), which comes from his dark skin. He is the first Mexican director to be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Director and the Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing, for Babel (2007). He is also the first Mexican-born director to have won the Best Director Award at the Cannes Film Festival.