Mexican Director Alfonso Cuaron Nabs the Golden Globe for Best Director Daysi Calavia-Lopez - VOXXI
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Alfonso Cuaron talks Gravity, including changing the dialogue during filming and working with the new technology. (Variety)

Mexican director Alfonso Cuaron nabbed the Golden Globe for Best Director at the 71st edition of the Golden Globe awards for his directing work on the film “Gravity”.

Cuaron, who got his start at the Centro Universitario de Estudios Cinematograficos in Mexico City where he got expelled for producing a short film in English, thanked Gravity’s leading lady, actress Sandra Bullock and called her “the most incredible collaborator”.

He also jokingly apologized to her for the time that Bullock thought he wanted to give her herpes, when in reality he meant he wanted to give her an ear piece and poked fun at his Hispanic accent.

“Because of my thick accent actors end up doing what they think I said and not what I actually said,” he added in jest.

He also thanked his co-screenwriter and son, Jonas, for inspiring him and lastly thanked his mother in Spanish saying “Muchas muchas gracias a mi mama.”

The Mexican director’s big career break came in ’91 with the movie “Love in the Time of Hysteria”  which was a big winner at the Toronto Film Festival so much so that it made Hollywood producers take note of Alfonso Cuaron’s work.

In 2003, Cuaron was nominated for an Oscar for Best Writing and Original Screenplay for the controversial film Y Tu Mama Tambien and in 2007 was nominated for another Oscar in the category of Best Writing and Adapted Screenplay for his work in the film Children of Men.
Alfonso Cuaron beat out some big names

Now, Alfonso Cuaron who was up against big Hollywood names, Martin Scorcese (Wolf of Wall Street), David O. Russell (American Hustle), Steve McQueen (12 Years a Slave) and Paul Greengrass  (Captain Phillips) has come out on top at the 2014 Golden Globes Awards thanks to his directing talent in Gravity.

Alfonso Cuaron was the only Latino who was awarded a Golden Globe at the 2014 Golden Globe awards in Beverly Hills, California.

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