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Guillermo Arriaga

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Guillermo Arriaga

Born March 13, 1958 in Mexico City, Mexico20 films

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.

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Amores Perros posterFirst watchAmores Perros20007.6A fatalistic car crash in Mexico city sets off a chain of events in the lives of three people: a supermodel, a young man wanting to run off with his sister-in-law, and a homeless man.View film

Essential films

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Babel poster7.2Babel200621 Grams poster7.321 Grams2003The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada poster7.0The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada2005The Burning Plain poster6.6The Burning Plain2008Powder Keg poster6.9Powder Keg2001From Afar poster6.1From Afar2015Rio, I Love You poster4.8Rio, I Love You2014

Filmography

20 films
  1. 2025A Wolf Among the SwansCreative Producer
  2. 2024Upon Open SkyWriter
  3. 2019No One Left BehindWriter
  4. 2019Zero HourScreenplay
  5. 2018B-167-980-098Screenplay
  6. 2017GuiltlessScreenplay
  7. 2015From AfarWriter
  8. 2015In Self DefenseWriter
  9. 2014Words with GodsWriter
  10. 2014Rio, I Love YouWriter
  11. 2013Broken NightWriter
  12. 2008The Burning PlainScreenplay
  13. 2007The Night BuffaloScreenplay
  14. 2006BabelWriter
  15. 2005The Three Burials of Melquiades EstradaWriter
  16. 200321 GramsWriter
  17. 2001Powder KegWriter
  18. 2001RogelioWriter
  19. 2000Amores PerrosWriter
  20. 1999A Sweet Scent of DeathNovel