Jonás Cuarón


Jonás Cuarón Elizondo is a Mexican film director, screenwriter, producer, editor and cinematographer. He is the son of the Academy Award-winner Alfonso Cuarón and his first wife, Mariana Elizondo.
Cuarón studied film at Vassar College. His first feature film, Year of the Nail which he directed, wrote and produced, was released in 2007. He co-wrote the 2013 film Gravity with his father, who directed it.
His uncle, Carlos Cuarón, is also a writer and director and his half-brother, Diego Cataño, is an actor. His first film credit is a cameo as a child in the 1991 film Sólo con tu pareja, which was directed by his father.

Filmography

Film
YearTitleDirectorWriterProducerEditorNotes
2007Año uñaAlso art director and cinematographer
2013Gravity
2015Desierto
2023Chupa

Short film
YearTitleDirectorWriterProducerEditorNotes
2007The Shock DoctrineDocumentary short;
Also cinematographer
2013Domingo
2014AningaaqSpin-off of Gravity, included as a bonus on the DVD

Television
YearTitleDirectorWriterExecutive
Producer
Note
TBAHombrePilot episode

Acting roles
YearTitleRoleNotes
1991Sólo con Tu ParejaKid at Wedding
1995A Little PrincessJim Uncredited;
Also credited as staff assistant