A Mexican director who has had a rapid rise in Hollywood, Alfonso Cuaron became established in Mexican TV and made a heralded film about AIDS, "Solo Con Tu Pareja/Love in the Time of Hysteria" (1991). Hollywood, in the form of Sydney Pollack, took notice and brought Cuaron to the US to helm an episode of the Showtime series "Fallen Angels". The director earned a CableACE Award for his work and moved into features with "The Little Princess" (1995), a critically-acclaimed box office dud that was the third go-around for the Frances Hodgson Burnett story. First shot in 1917 as a silent starring
Made first feature, a comedy about AIDS, "Solo Con Tu Pareja/Love in the Time of Hysteria"
1993
Directed episode of Showtime series "Fallen Angels"
1995
Won widespread critical acclaim for "A Little Princess"
1997
Directed version of Dickens' "Great Expectations"
2002
Co-wrote (with brother Carlos) and directed "Y Tu Mama Tambien/And Your Mother Too", first Spanish-language film in more than a decade; received nominations for a BAFTA for for Best Screenplay (Original) and an Oscar nomination for Original Screenplay
