'' Babel '' received seven nominations at the 79th Academy Awards , including Best Picture and Best Director . Gustavo Santaolalla , the film 's composer , won the Academy Award for Best Original Score . The film won the Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Drama in 2007 . Iñárritu became the first Mexican director to be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Directing and the Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing . After this third feature film collaboration with writing partner Arriaga , Iñárritu and he professionally parted ways , following Iñárritu 's barring of Arriaga from the set during filming . Arriaga told the '' Los Angeles Times '' in 2009 , " It had to come to an end , but I still respect González Iñárritu . " In 2010 , Iñárritu directed and produced '' Biutiful '' , starring Javier Bardem , written by Iñárritu , Armando Bó Jr. , and Nicolás Giacobone . The film premiered at the Cannes Film Festival in May 2010 . Bardem went on to win Best Actor ( shared with Elio Germano for '' La nostra vita '' ) at Cannes . '' Biutiful '' is Iñárritu 's first film in his native Spanish since his debut feature '' Amores perros '' . The film was nominated at the 2011 Golden Globes for Best Foreign Language Film , and at the BAFTA Awards for Best Film Not in the English Language and Best Actor . For the second time in his career , Iñárritu 's film was nominated for Best Foreign Language Film at the Academy Awards ; Javier Bardem 's performance was also nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor
2011 Golden Globes
68th Golden Globe Awards
Alejandro González Iñárritu