“I understood my faith or my dogmas better through Frankenstein than through Sunday mass.”
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Guillermo del Toro
Guillermo del Toro Gómez is a Mexican filmmaker. His work has been characterized by a strong connection to fairy tales, gothicism, and horror, often blending the genres, with an effort to infuse visual or poetic beauty in the grotesque. He has had a lifelong fascination with monsters, which he considers symbols of great power. del Toro is known for pioneering dark fantasy in the film industry and…
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entertainment · Mexican filmmaker (born 1964) · film director · screenwriter · novelist · film producer · film actor · television actor · television producer · visagiste · make-up artist · director · also Guillermo del Toro, Toro
Born 9 October 1964 · Q219124
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And the two characters that [do not have] the power of speech — they are mute or wordless — they are actually communicating beautifully.
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2026· 20 entries
“And the two characters that [do not have] the power of speech — they are mute or wordless — they are actually communicating beautifully.”
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“s connection as a window to how people should communicate with one another.”
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“Success is fucking up on your own terms.”
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“I never liked horses, but after this scene, I hate them. I hate them, they are nasty animals, and I hate cows. Cows are evil. Cows are absolutely evil, I tell you. They look, like, inoffensive, but they're perverted creatures, and so are horses, they are absolutely evil motherfuckers.”
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“We're here to entertain you while you wonder why the fuck this channel has two asshole talking while you're trying to watch your movie.”
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“'Less is more' my ass. I mean, 'less is more' on atmospheric movies. In ACTION/horror movies, more is more baby!”
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“This movie closes the cycle. If you look at the lineage, from Cronos to The Devil”
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“I think people are getting used to horror subjects done as found footage or B-value budgets. I wanted this to feel like a throwback.”
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The Guardian: Tour de France 2026: Mexican debutant Isaac del Toro wins stage two in Catalonia – as it happened
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“The winners of the 2026 Animayo Gran Canaria animation festival have been announced, including Oscar-qualifying prizes for '18 Months' and 'Because Today Is Saturday.' #Animayo #18Months #BecauseTodayIsSaturday”
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The Guardian: Guillermo del Toro: ‘When you see a UFO, it causes a crack. The mystery of the universe rushes towards you’
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The Guardian: Guillermo del Toro’s ‘jazz hands’ at Oscar lunch a recreation of Shining photo, director says
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“Created a piece inspired by Auguste Toulmouche’s “The Reluctant Bride” for del Toro’s #Frankenstein If y’all haven’t seen it yet this is your sign to. It’s on #Netflix @realgdt.bsky.social”
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“¡Mi princesa insecto! ¡Mi amor! ¡Elizabeth! 🪲 @realgdt.bsky.social #elizabethharlander #Frankenstein #frankenstein2025 #GuillermodelToro #miagoth”
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“In a world gone mad, I couldn't have imagined the solace and inspiration I would find in this film. Thank you @realgdt.bsky.social ! ❤️🍁 #Frankenstein #Frankenstein2025”
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“Little storyboard study of @realgdt.bsky.social 's #Frankenstein”
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“I haven't drawn anything in forever and I never seem to finish anything but @realgdt.bsky.social 's Frankenstein has pulled me out of an artistic rut and The Creature has consumed me. #Frankenstein #GuillermoDelToro #TheCreature”
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“No matter how many times I watch it, the ending still makes me cry. A lot. I hate crying, but I'll do it for @realgdt.bsky.social's creations any day ────────── · · · · ✦ #Frankenstein2025 #GDTFrankenstein #Frankenstein”
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“Couldn't decide which I liked best and I'm ride-or-die for tintypes and daguerreotypes but I wanted to play dress-up with @realgdt.bsky.social 's Creature. He deserves some fancy new togs. #Frankenstein”
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2025· 3 entries
The Guardian: The Devil’s Backbone review – rich, rousing ghost story is early gothic gem from Guillermo del Toro
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The Guardian: Frankenstein review – Guillermo del Toro reanimates a classic as a monstrously beautiful melodrama
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The Guardian: Cronos review – Guillermo del Toro’s signature wit and gore on show in 1992 debut
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2024· 2 entries
The Guardian: ‘Something is in that room’: Guillermo del Toro disturbed by ‘ghosts’ in Scottish hotel
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The Guardian: Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio co-director Mark Gustafson dies aged 64
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2023· 1 entry
Awarded Academy Award for Best Animated Feature for Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio (2023).
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2022· 1 entry
Created the Netflix anthology horror series Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities, featuring a collection of classical horror stories
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2021· 1 entry
Married Kim Morgan, an American film historian who was formerly married to Canadian filmmaker Guy Maddin
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2019· 3 entries
Del Toro appeared in Hideo Kojima's video game Death Stranding, providing his likeness for the character Deadman
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It was reported that Bradley Cooper, Cate Blanchett, Toni Collette and Rooney Mara had closed deals to star in the film, which went into production in January 2020
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Del Toro paid for the flights of the Mexican teams to attend the 60th International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO) in South Africa and the United Kingdom, after the Mexican chapter of the IMO announced the government had su
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2018· 6 entries
Won Golden Globe Award for Best Director for The Shape of Water (2018).
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Awarded BAFTA Award for Best Direction for The Shape of Water (2018).
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Awarded Academy Award for Best Picture for The Shape of Water (2018).
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Awarded Time 100 (2018).
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Awarded Academy Award for Best Director for The Shape of Water (2018).
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And received a motion picture star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2019
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2017· 5 entries
Awarded Science Fiction Hall of Fame (2017).
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Won Golden Lion (2017).
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Awarded Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award for Best Director for The Shape of Water (2017).
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Del Toro had an exhibition of work titled Guillermo del Toro: At Home with Monsters, featuring his collection of paintings, drawings, maquettes, artifacts, and concept film art
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Del Toro announced that Patrick McHale is co-writing the script of the film
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2016· 3 entries
Awarded Saturn Awards for Crimson Peak (2016).
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"A lot of Mexican Catholic dogma, the way it's taught, it's about existing in a state of grace, which I found impossible to reconcile with the much darker view of the world and myself, even as a child
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“A lot of Mexican Catholic dogma, the way it”
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2010· 1 entry
Del Toro revealed that he was a fan of video games, describing them as "the comic books of our time" and "a medium that gains no respect among the intelligentsia"
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2009· 2 entries
His Double Dare You production company and Disney announced a production deal for a line of darker animated films
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Del Toro signed a petition in support of director Roman Polanski after Polanski was detained while traveling to a Switzerland film festival in relation to his 1977 charges of drugging and raping a 13-year-old girl
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2008· 1 entry
Del Toro announced he was working on a dark stop-motion film adaptation of the Italian novel The Adventures of Pinocchio, co-directed by Adam Parrish King, with The Jim Henson Company as production company, and music by
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2007· 3 entries
Awarded Nebula Award for Pan's Labyrinth (2007).
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Awarded Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form for Pan's Labyrinth (2007).
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“The point of being over 40 is to fulfill the desires you've been harboring since you were 7.”
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2004· 2 entries
“There is beautiful in the grotesque.”
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“Translation: For me these things are like an onion, as you discover more layers, you cry even more. There are no winners in wars, only blood and losers.”
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2002· 1 entry
Awarded Time Machine Award (2002).
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1997· 1 entry
At the age of 33, Guillermo was given a $30 million budget from Miramax (then owned by Disney) to shoot another film, Mimic
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1986· 1 entry
And had two daughters together before divorcing in September 2017
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1969· 1 entry
His father won a lottery worth $6 million, enabling del Toro to be raised among books and exotic animals; he described their home as "an enchanted castle"
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1964· 1 entry
Born 1964-10-09.
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