Mexicans Rock at the Golden Globes

Mexican director Alejandro González Iñárritu and actor Gael García Bernal were two of the top winners at the 73rd edition of the Golden Globes. González Iñárritu won two Golden Globes, for Best Motion Picture - Drama, and for Best Director, Motion Picture for The Revenant; and García Bernal won the Golden Globe Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series - Comedy or Musical for Mozart in the Jungle.

With the two new accolades, González Iñárritu’s has received four Golden Globe total, after winning in 2007 for Best Motion Picture for Babel, and last year for Best Screenplay for Birman. Leonardo DiCaprio won Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama, also for The Revenant.

This was García Bernal’s first nomination and first win. He made his feature film debut in 2000 in Amores Perros, directed by González Iñárritu.

Other Latino winner of the evening was Guatemalan-American actor Oscar Isaac who was presented the Golden Globe for Best Performance by an Actor in a Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television for Show Me a Hero.

The 73rd edition of the Golden Globes Awards, presented by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, took place this evening in Beverly Hills, California.