in France. Directed Academy Award performances Personal life Iñárritu is married to Maria Eladia Hagerman, an editor and graphic designer. They have a daughter, Maria Eladia, and a son, Eliseo. In 2009, Iñárritu, along with several filmmakers and actors, signed a petition in support of director Roman Polanski following his arrest in relation to his 1977 sexual abuse charges, who had been detained while traveling to a film festival, which the petition argued would undermine the tradition of film festivals as a place for works to be shown "freely and safely", and that arresting filmmakers traveling to neutral countries could open the door "for actions of which no-one can know the effects." See also Cinema of Mexico Cha Cha Cha Films List of directors with two or more Academy Awards for Best Director Notes References External links 1963 births Living people Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Director winners Best Directing Academy Award winners Best Director AACTA International Award winners Best Director Ariel Award winners Best Director BAFTA Award winners Best Director Golden Globe winners Best Original Screenplay Academy Award winners Best Screenplay AACTA International Award winners Best Screenplay Golden Globe winners Directors Guild of America Award winners Filmmakers who won the Best Film BAFTA Award Filmmakers who won the Best Foreign Language Film BAFTA Award Producers who won the Best Picture Academy Award English-language film directors Spanish-language film directors Film directors from Mexico City Mexican film producers Mexican filmmakers Mexican screenwriters Mexican people of Basque descent Mexican people of Spanish descent Universidad Iberoamericana alumni Writers from Mexico City 20th-century Mexican male writers 21st-century Mexican male writers 20th-century Mexican writers 21st-century Mexican writers