Alfonso Cuarón named one of top 100 influential people by “Time”

Time has named director Alfonso Cuarón as one of the 100 most influential people. Alfonso, who appears under the “Pioneer” category, directed Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004) and has since won numerous awards for the film Gravity. The list also includes young adult author and LeakyCon regular John Green as well as many other well-known names.

Director, writer, and producer J.J. Abrams (Star Trek) has written a short piece about Alfonso for Time:

There is much to admire in Alfonso Cuarón. His talent, his humor, his “What? I just woke up looking this handsome!” demeanor. We can certainly admire his tenacity, which has allowed him to make some of the most arresting, visually stunning work in recent cinema. Or perhaps mostly, we can admire the fact that in addition to bringing authenticity and emotion to pre-existing universes (Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban), Alfonso is making original films, creating new worlds and introducing us to characters not based on a corporation’s fave existing IP (intellectual property). Like a certain character you may have seen floating alone in space, Alfonso doesn’t have much company in the rarefied air in which he, lucky for us all, lives and creates. Here’s to his staying in orbit.

Check out the full list here.

Congratulations, Alfonso – a wonderful achievement!