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ON THE MOVE
Guillermo
del Toro
Master Filmmaker
G uillermo del Toro is a film was awarded the Academy Awards for
director, screenwriter, Best Director and Best Picture.
producer, and novelist.
Filmmaking has been Fox Searchlight Pictures has signed on
his passion since he was a child in Guillermo del Toro with a contract that
Guadalajara, México, making short covers live-action feature films, as well
films with his father’s Super 8. as a new label in the horror, sci-fi and
fantasy genres, which will be produced
Del Toro first became known in 1993 and curated by the director. Guillermo
for the film Cronos which he directed. del Toro was recently named one of
He continues to direct and produce. TIME’s 100 most influential people in
In 2006, his film, Pan’s Labyrinth, was the world.
nominated for six Academy Awards.
He also directed Hell Boy, Blade II, “He is an auteur whom artists
and Pacific Rim. In addition, he has adore. We look up to him because
produced many well-received movies he doesn’t compromise in his
including: The Orphanage, Julia's Eyes, mission to burrow down into the
Biutiful, Kung Fu Panda 2, Puss in Boots, craggy pit of love and fear and
and Mamá. invite us down there with him.”
-Jordan Peele
In 2017, del Toro’s achievement was
honored for his masterfully executed
film, The Shape of Water for which he
Photos Courtesy Of: afp, Reuters, Guillermo Del Toro’s Church of Monsters
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