
Person
Guillermo Arriaga
Writing · Born 1958-03-13 · Mexico City, Mexico
Biography
Guillermo Arriaga Jordán (Spanish pronunciation:[ɡiˈʎeɾmo aˈrjaɣa]; born 13 March 1958) is a Mexican novelist, screenwriter, director and producer. Self-defined as "a hunter who works as a writer," he is best known for his Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay and BAFTA Award for Best Original Screenplay nominations for Babel and his screenplay for The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada, which received the 2005 Cannes Best Screenplay Award. Description above from the Wikipedia article Guillermo Arriaga, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for

Babel
Writer

Amores Perros
Writer

The Hire
Writer

21 Grams
Associate Producer

The Burning Plain
Director

Léemelo
Self

The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada
Juan

From Afar
Producer

Rio, I Love You
Director

Dreamers
Self
Filmography
- 2025A Wolf Among the SwansCreative Producer
- 2024Upon Open SkyWriter
- 2022LéemeloSelf
- 2019No One Left BehindDirector
- 2019Zero HourScreenplay
- 2018B-167-980-098Screenplay
- 2017GuiltlessScreenplay
- 2016On the Milky RoadExecutive Producer
- 2015From AfarProducer
- 2015In Self DefenseScreenplay
- 2014Words with GodsDirector
- 2014Rio, I Love YouDirector
- 2013Broken NightWriter
- 2012DreamersSelf
- 2008The Burning PlainDirector
- 2007The Night BuffaloScreenplay
- 2006BabelWriter
- 2005The Three Burials of Melquiades EstradaJuan
- 2004Elephants Never ForgetProducer
- 200321 GramsAssociate Producer
- 2001Powder KegWriter
- 2001The HireWriter
- 2001RogelioDirector
- 2000Amores PerrosWriter
- 1999A Sweet Scent of DeathNovel
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