Filmmaker since kid

ALFONSO   CUARÓN

Here is were the odyssey started. Alfonso Cuarón was interested in the cinema and the astronauts (This explains his great space odyssey "Gravity"). Such was his interest in making films that his ambition was to know all the cinemas in Mexico City. When he was 12 years old, he received his first video camera, but since his family did not support the idea of being a filmmaker, he began his Philosophy career alternating with his film studies at "Centro Universitario de Estudios Cinematográficos" (CUEC).

In 2013 he premiered "Gravity", a film with Sandra Bullock and George Clooney that has been acclaimed by critics on both sides of the Rio Grande and who added seven statuettes of 10 nominations in the Oscars for Best Edition and Best Director, both for Cuarón, being thus the first Mexican and Latin American director in winning in this last category.

A reporter became famous for asking Alfonso Cuarón: "What were the technical and human difficulties of recording in space? I mean, how did they do it?"

Behind this question were surprising reactions and made it the center of all the jokes for a while, but that reporter said something we all had in mind, even Cuaron (yes, even those of us who knew that it was not filmed in space).

We all have goals, but only the minority accomplishes them or fights until they get what they want, no matter how difficult it may be. Cuaron is a clear example of this since he was a child he wanted to succeed in Hollywood. Resilience is the definition of Cuaron's journey from Mexico to Hollywood accomplishing all his dreams being recognized as the first Mexican to win many nominations in the Oscar's and later winning two.