Alfonso Cuarón Orozco (; born 28 November 1961 ) is a Mexican film director, screenwriter and film producer, best known for his films Children of Men, Y tu mamá también, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, and A Little Princess.

In 2003, Cuarón directed the third film in the successful Harry Potter series, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban.

Cuarón faced criticism from some of the more purist Harry Potter fans for his approach to the film.

Critically, the film was also better received than the first two instalments, with some critics remarking that it was the first Harry Potter film to truly capture the essence of the novels.

He is joined by producer David Heyman, who Cuarón worked with on Harry Potter.

* 2004: BAFTA Children's Award-Best Feature Film ( Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, won )

* 2005: Alexander Korda Award for Best British Film ( Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, nominated )

* 2011: BAFTA Children's Award-First Light Awards-Kids ' Vote for Film of the Decade ( Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, won )

* 2011: Michael Balcon Award for Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema ( Harry Potter series, joined by J. K. Rowling, David Heyman, David Barron, David Yates and Mike Newell, shared with Harry Potter cast and crew )

* 2005: Best Director ( Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, nominated )

* In the book Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Abergavenny is mentioned by Stan Shunpike, the conductor of the Knight Bus when the bus takes a detour there to drop off a passenger.

* Le Guin's comments regarding the similarities to Harry Potter

The incantation " Avada Kedavra " is known as the Killing Curse in the " Harry Potter " novel series.

Some of these games, such as Pyramid from Battlestar Galactica, become real card games as the holder of the intellectual property develops and markets a suitable deck and ruleset for the game, while others, such as " Exploding Snap " from the Harry Potter franchise, lack sufficient descriptions of rules, or depend on cards or other hardware that are infeasible or physically impossible.

If one has to name a famous wizard, the names would typically be Merlin, Gandalf or Harry Potter.

* In Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, some of the students used some Capoeira skills.

* Cassiopeia Black, a pure-blood witch from Harry Potter novels

* Harry Potter, books 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7.

* Harry Potter Lexicon article on centaurs in the Harry Potter universe

Four of the top seven highest-grossing films worldwide of all time have some British historical, cultural or creative dimensions: Titanic, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2, The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King, and Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest.

* In Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Harry Potter, still alive, was seen walking through Limbo with Professor Albus Dumbledore, who was dead at the time.

It is also responsible for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 as Warner Bros .' highest grossing movie ever ( the former was The Dark Knight ).

In 2011, Rickman again appeared as Severus Snape in the final instalment in the Harry Potter series, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2.

Rowling does not fully reveal the details of his true loyalties until the end of the final book, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.

Framestore was also nominated for Oscars in 2007 ( Superman Returns ), in 2009 ( The Dark Knight ) and again in 2010 ( Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 ).

* Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 and Part 2

" Andrew Slack and the Harry Potter Alliance compare media consolidation in the U. S. to Voldemort's regime in Deathly Hallows and its control over the Daily Prophet and other media saying that " Once Voldemort took over every form of media in the wizarding world, Dumbledore's Army and the Order of the Phoenix formed an independent media movement called ' Potterwatch '.

The seventh and final novel, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, was published 21 July 2007.

* The epilogue of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows ( 2007 ) takes place in this year.

In addition, Harry uses his Quidditch skills to capture a golden egg from a dragon called the Hungarian Horntail ( in the first task of the Tri-Wizard Tournament ), to capture a flying key in Philosopher's Stone, and on two key occasions in Deathly Hallows — getting hold of Ravenclaw's Diadem, and during the final fight with Voldemort — the " unerring skill of the Seeker " is vitally useful to him in snatching the Elder Wand out of the air.

It is also explained in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows that the Snitch has a " flesh memory ", able to recall the first person who has touched it, and will respond only to the first person who caught it.

In Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Dumbledore leaves to Harry in his will the first Snitch Harry had caught, inside of which he had hidden the Resurrection Stone.

* Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 ( 2010 )

* Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 ( 2011 )

The story " The Three Brothers " was in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows and its film adaptation.

Phillips also provided the voice for the Sorting Hat in the Harry Potter films appearing in Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone ( 2001 ) and Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets ( 2002 ) as well as reprising his role in the final movie, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 ( 2011 ).

Much work has been done on the reconstruction of Proto-Mon – Khmer in Harry L. Shorto's Mon – Khmer Comparative Dictionary.

* 1945 – U. S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt dies while in office ; vice-president Harry Truman is sworn in as the 33rd President.

* 1947 – Harry Reems, American actor

* 1913 – First production in the UK of stainless steel by Harry Brearley.

* 1884 – Harry Dean, English cricketer ( d. 1957 )

Australia resoundingly won the 1897 – 98 series by 4 – 1 under the captaincy of Harry Trott.

* 1894 – Harry Heilmann, American baseball player ( d. 1951 )

* 1956 – Jackée Harry, American actress

* 1906 – Harry Hopman, Australian tennis player and coach ( d. 1985 )

* 1945 – Physicist Harry K. Daghlian, Jr. is fatally irradiated in a criticality accident during an experiment with the Demon core at Los Alamos National Laboratory.

* 1951 – Harry Smith, American journalist

* 1950 – President Harry Truman orders the US Army to seize control of the nation's railroads to avert a strike.

* 1890 – Harry Frank Guggenheim, American businessman and publisher, co-founded Newsday ( d. 1971 )

* 1923 – Harry Reasoner, American journalist ( d. 1991 )

* 1926 – Harry Houdini performs his greatest feat, spending 91 minutes underwater in a sealed tank before escaping.

He made a series of woodcut illustrations for an edition of Vergil's Eclogues published by Harry Graf Kessler in 1926 – 27.

* 1952 – U. S. President Harry Truman calls for the seizure of all domestic steel mills to prevent a nationwide strike.

* 1948 – President Harry S. Truman signs the Marshall Plan, authorizing $ 5 billion in aid for 16 countries.

* 1949 – U. S. President Harry S. Truman signs the National Security Act Amendment, streamlining the defense agencies of the United States government, and replacing the Department of War with the United States Department of Defense.

* 1951 – Korean War: President Harry Truman relieves General of the Army Douglas MacArthur of overall command in Korea.

* 1870 – Harry Lauder, Scottish comedian and singer ( d. 1950 )

* 1957 – Harry McClintock, American singer, author, and poet ( b. 1882 )

Harry Church Whorf was an artist, intellectual and designer – first working as a commercial artist and later as a dramatist.