Guillermo del Toro

Guillermo del Toro

  • Born: 1964-10-9
  • Birthplace: Guadalajana, the capital of the state of Jalisco, Mexico
  • Height: 5' 10" (1.78 m)
  • Profession: Director, screenwriter, producer, actor
  • Nationality: Mexico
  • Representative Works: El Laberinto del Fauno, Pacific Rim, The Shape of Water
  • Guillermo del Toro, born on October 9, 1964 in Guadalajana, the capital of the state of Jalisco, Mexico, is a Mexican film director, screenwriter, producer and actor.
    In 1985, he produced his first film " Dona erlinda y an Hijo ". In 1987, directed the short film "Geometría". In 1993, the horror film " Cronos " written and directed won the Mexican Ariel Gold Award and the best debut award, and Guillermo del Toro won the best director, best original story, and best screenwriter awards [1]  . In 1997, the science fiction horror film " Mimic " was filmed . In 2000, starred in the fantasy action film " The Matador ". In 2001, directed the fantasy horror film " El Espinazo del Diablo ". In 2002, directed the sci-fi horror action film " Blade 2: Bloodhunt ", which reached a global box office of 155 million US dollars [2]  . In 2004, directed the fantasy action horror film " Hellboy ". In 2006, he wrote and directed the fantasy film " El Laberinto del Fauno ". The film was nominated for Best Foreign Language Film at the 79th Academy Awards , and Guillermo del Toro was nominated for Best Original Screenplay [3]  . On July 11, 2008, the fantasy action movie " Hellboy II: The Golden Army " , directed by the director, was released, and the film reached 160 million US dollars worldwide. [4]  . June 4, 2010, served as executive producer of the sci-fi thriller " Splice " was released.
    On October 28, 2011, the animated adventure film " Puss in Boots " was released as a producer . On November 28, 2012, the fantasy adventure film " The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey " was released as a screenwriter . In 2013, he directed the sci-fi action film " Pacific Rim ", and the film's global box office reached 411 million US dollars [5-6]  . On September 9, 2017, he won the Golden Lion Award in the main competition unit of the 74th Venice International Film Festival and the Best Director Award in the film category at the 75th Golden Globe Awards with " The Shape of Water " [7-8] . On March 5, 2018, he won the 90th Oscar Award for Best Director with "The Shape of Water". [9]  

    Early Experience

    On October 9, 1964, Guillermo del Toro was born into a Catholic family in Guadalajana, the capital of the state of Jalisco, Mexico. He grew up with a nanny, who killed his time by telling scary stories to the young Guillermo del Toro. Let him show his yearning for strange power and chaos and deep hell since he was a child. At the age of four, Guillermo del Toro was going to sleep in a coffin, which frightened devout parents, who thought "this is a child blessed by the devil", and for this reason, a grand exorcism ceremony was held at Christmas. In the subsequent childhood, Guillermo del Toro came into contact with many marginal cultures, such as special Japanese films, Lovecraft's novels and so on. When I was a teenager, I became very interested in filming. I learned makeup and effects from Dick Smith , and I also started shooting short films myself.  . In the early 1980s, Guillermo del Toro, who had been a makeup supervisor for nearly 10 years, established his own production company.

    Performing Experience

    In 1985, 21-year-old Guillermo del Toro, as a producer, supervised his first film " Dona erlinda y an Hijo "   ; after that, he also produced film programs for Mexican television and began to teach film courses   .
    In 1987, he directed the short film "Geometría", which lasted about 7 minutes and was about a man who paid a heavy price in order to realize his wish   . On December 3, 1993, the horror film " Cronos " directed by the director was released. The film won the Mexican Ariel Gold Award and the best debut award, and Guillermo del Toro won the best director, best original story, and best screenwriter awards.   .
    In 1997, Guillermo del Toro went to Hollywood to shoot the sci-fi horror film " Mimic " starring Mira Katherine Davis Sorvino , Jeremy Northam, etc. However, because of the excessive intervention of Hollywood studios, the entire production process was very difficult for Guillermo del Toro. Not happy, he returned to Mexico after filming the film and founded his own production company The Tequila Gang  .
    In 2000, starred in the fantasy action film "The Matador" starring Olivier Martinez , Michelle Forbes , Assumpta Serna, etc. In 2001, directed the fantasy horror film " El Espinazo del Diablo " starring Eduardo Noriega , Fernando Tielve , Federico Luppi and others . 
    In 2002, Guillermo del Toro came to Hollywood again and directed the sci-fi horror action film " Blade 2: Bloodhunt " starring Wesley Snipes and Kris Kristofferson . The film's global box office reached 155 million US dollars . 
    In 2004, he directed the fantasy horror action film " Hellboy " starring Ron Perlman , Selma Beitner Blair , and Luke Goss , with a global box office of 99.32 million US dollars . 
    In 2006, he wrote and directed the fantasy film " El Laberinto del Fauno " starring Dougie , Ivana Baquero Macías , Sergi López i Ayats, etc. The film was nominated for Best Foreign Language Film at the 79th Academy Awards , and Guillermo del Toro won the Best Original Screenplay. Nominate . 
    In 2007, he was the producer of the thriller and suspense film " The Orphanage " directed by JA Bayona . On February 15, 2008, the horror movie " Diary of the Dead " starred in was released; on July 11, the fantasy action film " Hellboy II: The Golden Army ", which was directed by the director, was released. Reached 160 million U.S. dollars ; on October 31, the participating action movie " Quantum of Solace " was released. 
    On September 14, 2009, Guillermo del Toro's feature film " Mother And Child " premiered at the Toronto Film Festival   . On June 4, 2010, the sci-fi thriller " Splice " was released as executive producer   ; on October 29, the thriller and suspense film " Los ojos de Julia " was released as executive producer   ; on November 5, the comedy animated film " " Megamind " was released with Guillermo del Toro as the film producer   .
    On August 26, 2011, the thriller " Don't Be Afraid of the Dark " directed by Troy Nicci was released. In addition to being the producer and screenwriter, Guillermo del Toro also starred in the film himself   ; 10 On the 28th, the animated adventure film " Puss in Boots " was released as a producer   .
    On November 21, 2012, the animated film " Rise of the Guardians " was released as a producer   ; on November 28, the fantasy adventure film "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey" was released as a screenwriter.
    In 2013, he directed the science fiction action film " Pacific Rim " starring Charles Matthew Hunnam , Rinko Kikuchi; きくちりんこ, Idris Elba, etc. The film's global box office reached 411 million US dollars . 
    On October 16, 2015, the directed horror film " Crimson Peak " was released, starring Mia , Tom Hiddleston , Charles Matthew Hunnam, etc., and was nominated for the best horror film at the 42nd Saturn Awards   .
    On January 29, 2016, the animated film " Kung Fu Panda 3 " , which was the producer, was released   ; on December 23, the animated series " Troll Hunter " , which he participated in the director and producer of , was broadcast   .
    On February 3, 2017, the horror film " Midnight Ring 3 " directed by F. Javier Gutierrez was released with Guillermo del Toro as the producer; August 31, directed the fantasy drama " The Shape of" Water "premiered at the Venice film Festival, the film won the 74th Venice International film Festival for best film Golden Lion Award, the 23rd critics choice movie Awards category for best film as well as the 90th Annual Academy Award nominations for best Picture   ,   , Guillermo del Toro won the 43rd Los Angeles film critics Association Award for best director, 75th Golden Globe Awards movie Award for best director, 23th critics choice Award for best film director award   ,   and won the 90th Nominated for Best Director at the Academy Awards   .
    In 2018, directed the third season of "Troll Hunter". 
    In 2019, directed and wrote the second season of "Three Heroes". 
    In October 2019, a new film "Jade Faced Demon" was prepared. 
    In 2020, director "The Wizard". 
    On October 29, 2021, the film " Antlers " , which served as the producer and producer, was released   ; on December 3, the film "Jade Faced Love Demon" directed by Guillermo del Toro was released in North America. 

    Personal Life

    Hobby
    Guillermo del Toro is a DVD collector who claims to have collected more than 7000 DVDs   .
    emotion
    Guillermo del Toro and his wife Lorenza Newton secretly divorced in 2017. 

    Character Evaluation

    Guillermo del Toro is not only obsessed with warcraft and phantoms, but also good at integrating horror, science fiction, magic and other types of elements in its movie world. This "geek" director builds a space for the audience to travel through real time and space and legends of gods and monsters. Movie world  . He has a talent for creating imaginative and impactful visual performances that is higher than that of ordinary directors   .
    Guillermo del Toro has become a school of its own in the field of bizarre horror movies, creating a diverse horror mood where darkness and poetry coexist, science fiction and reality intertwined, bringing people a pinnacle experience beyond the borders of imagery. The alternative horror style he pursues fills the gaps in many horror movies, whether it is alienation and survival horror under the warmth theme, war and sci-fi horror under the theme of children, darkness and evil horror under the romantic theme, or disaster horror under the theme of peace. , Have broken the traditional horror movie model. Guillermo del Toro is infiltrating horror movies with poetic artistic sentiment, becoming a "black fairy tale" in the adult world   .
    For the audience, the most talked about is the magical and coquettish tones in the Guillermo del Toro lens. Even though the darkness is boundless and evil is spreading, there is still quite a poetic touch through it. The fascination with mutants and high-tech has emerged from his earliest works. The concepts expounded in "Mimic" are closely related to the propositions of David Cronenberg's works; while "Blade Warriors" and " Movies such as "Hellboy" perfectly blend Hollywood technology with his imagination. He has mastered the key to the demon realm of human nature, from "El Espinazo del Diablo", "Cronos" to "El Laberinto del Fauno", has always created that unique and enchanting gorgeous horror   .
    Guillermo del Toro's work has a very strong personal style, and his films more or less bear the shadow of old-fashioned horror films. He combined the essence of traditional monster movies with modern stories, and became an indispensable figure in the subject of Hollywood. His films are black fairy tales. In most of his works, children will appear, and they can experience the real world through the children's perspective, which contains innocent fantasy and the cruelty of reality   .