- Wrote Alejandro G. Iñárritu's first three feature films: Amores Perros (2000), 21 Grams (2003) and Babel (2006).
- In 2007, he was one of 10 Mexican Oscar-nominees. The others were Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Adriana Barraza, Guillermo del Toro, Alfonso Cuarón, Guillermo Navarro, Emmanuel Lubezki, Eugenio Caballero, Pilar Revuelta and Fernando Cámara.
- His novel El Bufalo de la Noche (The Night Buffalo) was adapted into a feature film by director Jorge Hernandez Aldana.
- Member of the 'Official Competition' jury at the 67th Venice International Film Festival in 2010.
- One of 115 invitees to join AMPAS in 2007.
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