 Ramba uchiverenga ndima ino - Akazvarwa muMexico City, Iñárritu akatanga basa rake semubati panhepfenyuro yeredhiyo yeWFM, asati atora basa semugadziri weTelevisa. Akabatana nekambani yekugadzira, Z Mafirimu, mukutanga kwema1990, kwaakanyora, kugadzira uye kutungamira mafirimu mapfupi uye kushambadzira. Firimu rake rokutanga, Amores Perros, rakatanga kuratidzwa paCannes Film Festival uye rakakunda Critics Week Grand Prize uye rakasarudzwa kuti ripiwe mubairo weOscar weBest Foreign Language Film muna 2000. Firimu rake rakatevera uye rokutanga reAmerica, 21 Grams, rakaiswa mumakwikwi pa60th Venice International Film Festival, uko Sean Penn akakunda Volpi Cup ye Best Actor; firimu racho rakanga rakabudirira zvikuru uye rakashambadzirwa uye rakasarudzwa nokuda kweZvikomborero zveAcademy zviviri. Muna 2006, Babel yakaratidzwa mumakwikwi pa59th Cannes Film Festivaluko Iñárritu akakunda Mubayiro woMutungamiriri Akanakisisa. Mugore iroro, Babel yakaenderera mberi kuhwina mubairo weGolden Globe weBest Picture Drama, yakasarudzwa kuDirectors Guild of America Award yeOutstanding Directing, uye yakasarudzwa kune manomwe maAcademy Awards, kusanganisira maviri eIñárritu yeBest Picture uye Best Director. Firimu rechina raIñárritu, Biutiful, rakagamuchira Mubairo weMutambi Akanakisisa paCannes Film Festival nokuda kwekutamba kwaJavier Bardem. Mukuwedzera, firimu racho rakasarudzwa kuti ripiwe mubayiro weOscar weBest Foreign Language Film, uye Javier Bardem akasarudzwa kuti apiwe mubayiro weOscar weBest Actor. 