Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu is the First Mexican to Win the Best Director Oscar Two Consecutive Years

Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, Oscars 2015 (Latin Trends)

Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, Oscars 2015 (Latin Trends)

Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu has a new record under his belt: He’s the first Mexican to win the Oscar for Best Director two consecutive years in a row. He won this year for “The Revenant,” and won for “Birdman.”

Inarritu joins two other directors in this distinction: John Ford (1940 and 1941) and Joseph L. Mankiewicz (1949 and 1950).

Congrats to Inarritu, and I can’t wait to see what else he does.