Alejandro González Iñárritu is a Mexico City born Mexican film director, producer as well as a screenwriter who is best known for his work ion the Hollywood movie “Birdman”. Born on 15 August, 1963, Alejandro is the first Mexican director to be nominated for Academy awards. One of the most critically acclaimed filmmakers in Hollywood; he has been active in the field of entertainment since 1984.
One of the highly regarded filmmaker in Hollywood, Alejandro counts his net worth at $20 million as of early 2016. Of course, this wealth he has amassed is due to his involvement in the Mexican film industry as well as Hollywood. His highly acclaimed and commercially successful movies like “Birdman”, “The Revenant”, “Babel” and “Amores Perros” among others have been the most significant in earning millions of dollars to Alejandro during his career.
Alejandro González Iñárritu Net Worth $20 Million
Raised in Mexico City, Alejandro traveled across Europe and Africa in his teenage years while working. When he returned to Mexico, he attended the Universidad Iberoamerica majoring in Communications. After college, Alejandro started his career as a radio host and worked at WFM and later at Televisa as its youngest producer. During this time, he was very influenced by music and he used to compose melodies and music for Mexican movies. Meanwhile, he met Guillermo Arriaga, a popular screenwriter and started collaborating with him to start his journey as a filmmaker in Mexican film industry. These were solid starts to his net worth.
Alejandro’s movie debut was “Amores Perros” which was released in 2000, earning him a lot of critical acclaim for his directing skills. This movie was nominated for Best Foreign Language Film in Academy Awards and was also the debut movie of Mexican actor Gael García Bernal. Eventually, Alejandro also wrote, produced and directed the movie “Babel”, “21 Grams” and “Biutiful”. More recently, his movies “Birdman” and “The Revenant” were released and have been commercially successful in the market. All of these projects have not only made Alejandro a top filmmaker in Hollywood at the present, but have also helped him in raising his net worth with every movie he releases.
During his career as a filmmaker, Alejandro has been honored several times with prestigious awards and critical acclaims. He is the first Mexican citizen to have won three Academy Awards and all of the feature films that he has produced, directed and written have been nominated for Academy Awards in different categories. To count, Alejandro has already been rewarded with three Golden Globe Awards, three Academy Awards, a BAFTA Award and three Cannes Film Festival Awards. Most noted for his originality and independent spirit in his films, he was honored with Vanguard Leadership Award for the same thing from Sundance Institute in 2015.
As for his personal life, Alejandro is married to Maria Eladia Hagerman and is the father of three children, one of who was deceased as a newborn. At the present, Alejandro has been enjoying his career as one of the highly regarded directors in Hollywood while his present net worth of $20 million has been catering to his daily life.
