Guillermo del Toro biography

Latest news biography Guillermo del Toro - a cult Mexican director, screenwriter, producer and writer. The distinctive features of the work of a horror lover - an expertly selected visual series, skillfully created oppressive atmosphere, non -obvious plots and a message - made the director a recognized genius of mysticism. Childhood and youth were born the future master of cinema on October 9 in the city of Guadalahahar, by nationality of the Mexican.

The grandmother of Guillermo, a convinced Catholic, raised her grandson in severity, trying to instill in him Christian values. She insisted that the young man study at a Catholic school for boys. However, the director from a young age was seriously interested in paranormal phenomena and mysticism. Favorite films of the director in childhood - “The Night of the Living Dead”, “Black Sunday” and other fantastic thrillers and horrors.

In his youth, the screenwriter was educated at the University of Guadalahahar, the second of the oldest universities in Mexico, founded in the year. At the same time, the Mexican studied the art of makeup and create special effects from Dick Smith - the famous makeup artist, who created the images of the heroes of the paintings “Exorcist”, “Hunger”, “Little Big Man” and others.

Having graduated from the university, Guillermo del Toro for 10 years worked as a make -up artist and even opened the Necrotopia special effects studio. The effects developed by the studio can be seen in the series "Stials from the crypt." The first film - “Don Erlind and her son” - the author produced in the year. He also directed Mexican television shows and shot short -terms.

The latter did not find a special response in the hearts of the audience. Critics praised the work of a young author. The picture was nominated for the main prize of the Moscow Film Festival, it received the Mercedes-Benz award at the Cannes festival and Saturn-an American award that is awarded by the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films.

Guillermo Del Toro immigrated in the USA in the year. There, in Hollywood, he shot the following cinema-a horror movie called "mutants", telling about the invasion of mutant insects on New York. The Creator received useful experience in the Hollywood studios, but he was not to his liking outside the homeland. The project was not as successful as Chronos, but received 3 American awards and 2 sequels.

The director returned to Mexico and founded his own producer center Tekila-Gang. Here he developed some of his next projects. In the year, Guillermo Del Toro shot the painting “The Range of the Devil”, the producers of which were Augustine and Pedro Almodovars. The thriller was conceived as the first part of the future trilogy. The films "Labyrinth Favna" and "" were supposed to include it.

The premiere of the latter was planned in the year, but did not take place. The script of the "Devil Range" was invented by the filmmaker 15 years before the filming, even during the college. The basis for history was the emotions and memories personally experienced by the Creator. The premiere in Spain took place in the year. In Russia, the cinema was shown only in M ​​thanks to the success of the Labyrinth Faun.

But the Mexican gained real recognition in the year with the release of the fantasy "Labyrinth Favna", the script for which he wrote himself. In the year, the director shot Hellboy II: Golden Army, who repeated the success of the predecessor. The following year, the Drama "Beutiful", shot by the compatriot Guillermo Alejandro Gonzalem Injarrita, fell under the producing.

The director was awarded the nomination "Best Foreign Language Film" from the American Film Academy, and Javier Bardem - a silver prize for the best male role in Cannes. Then Del Toro tried himself in a fundamentally new genre - he became the producer of the cartoon "Cat in Boots". Animated fantasy "Keepers of Dreams" is also produced by Mexican talent. The next blockbuster “Pacific Rubezh”, written and shot by the talented native of Mexico, due to exciting battles and spectacular special effects, became one of the most memorable projects of his time.

It is noteworthy that the team developed about a hundred kaizu and huntsmen, but only a small part of them appeared on the screens. The premiere of another Hollywood work of the author - the “crimson peak” - took place in the year. The Gothic melodrama received the Saturn prize for the best horror film, the 2nd plan actress and the work of the artist. The director called the "crimson peak" with his most beautiful work.

Embed from getty images Guillermo del Toro at the Oscar Awards later the Creator again began to create cartoons. The animated series “Troll Hunters” was released by order of the American company Netflix. Tragic events are associated with the project. The voice acting of the protagonist was the last work of Anton Yelchin, who died as a result of an accident. The artist did not have time to get all the remarks of the character.

The Mexican refused to rewrite them in memory of the actor. Then the networks appeared that the game designer Hideo Kojima convinced Guillermo to collaborate with him of creating a video game Death Stranding. Initially, the Creator thought that fate itself covered him from this sphere, because the 2 games that the film made was being created canceled.But in the end, he nevertheless accepted the invitation of the developer.

However, in an interview with the IGN portal, the Hollywood master said that he participated in the project exclusively as an actor.

In August, at the Venice Film Festival, the premiere of the Form of Water took place. As a result, the Creator left the event with the main prize. The work was highly appreciated by critics. The love story of a dumb woman and an amphibian man, over whom experiments in the laboratory were nominated for prestigious awards. In the spring of next year, the news received that especially for Netflix, the director took up the producing of the horror anthology “10 hours after midnight”.

Later, the project was renamed the “Cabinet of Rares”. In the media there was information that the debut series of the show should take place no later than the winter of the year. In parallel, the author worked in the animated series “Three from Heaven: The Stories of Arcadia” simultaneously in three positions: director, screenwriter and producer. The Hollywood Creator acted as a specialist and producer.

Despite the talented names on the poster, the fantasy failed at the box office, received negative reviews and nomination for the Golden Raspberry anti -aircraft. Further, the master put his hand to the animated mini-series Magic. The television show was positively appreciated by critics and spectators. After the “magicians” was followed by a full -length cartoon “Troll Hunters: The uprising of the Titans”, who set the point in the franchise that began in the year.

Since then, the creation of the Mexican has been enlisted by the support of the fan community, which was looking forward to the completion of the favorite story. In the year, the author’s filmography was replenished with the mystical thriller of the Alley of Nightsmares with Bradley Cooper and Kate Blanchett in the lead roles. Initially, he was conceived as a script for the series, but the writer could not find sponsors for a new project.

The author’s agent insisted on turning the script into a full -fledged book. The screenwriter understood that he did not have the necessary writing experience, and proposed co -authorship Chuck Hogan - an American novelist, known as the author of the novel “Prince of Thieves”. The book has a sequel - “Stam. Sunset ”and“ Eternal Night ”Guillermo's plans have been implemented in the year.

The FX channel released the series "Stam", taking as a basis a novel. He directed the project. Filted 4 seasons of the show. The last part was broadcast from July to September. Personal life in the year a tall and stately director married Lorentz Newton, with whom he built personal life during the time of student. Del Toro has two children: Mariana and Marisa. It is common that American film actor Benisio del Toro is a relative of a horror connoisseur, but this is erroneous.

Benisio is a Puerto Rican, and the Guillermo is a Mexican, and they cannot be brothers. The photo shows that the actor and producer do not have a family resemblance. In March, the author gave an interview, during which he said that last winter he broke up with his wife. The Hollywood Creator chose not to spread about the reasons for the break with his wife.

Journalists suspected that not everything in the family is smooth, when the director came to the Oscar not with his wife, but with the screenwriter of the painting “Form of Water” Kim Morgan. In thanksgiving, the triumph mentioned the same Kim and the children, not saying a word about his wife. Embed from getty images Guillermo del Toro and Lorents Newton, however, the artist immediately stopped the journalists' attempts to attribute to him an affair with Morgan, saying that only friendly and working relations associate him with his colleague.

The media staff has a verified account in Instagram, the social network is prohibited in the Russian Federation, it belongs to the META corporation, which is recognized in the Russian Federation, where hundreds of thousands of followers have been signed on the idol. However, a creative person does not deal with this social network. The first and only post was posted on December 4.

But Twitter is popular with the director. There, a millionth audience is following the records of the favorite of the public. Del Toro is known for his love of collecting. So, earlier in the director’s house several rooms cherished the memory of all the creatures once created by the author. And then the collector bought another living space, which now represents a cross between the museum, the library and the office.

Guillermo del Toro is now the Hollywood star continues to delight fans with new projects. So, in December, the animated film "Pinocchio Guillermo del Toro" was released in wide rental. The director announced the work on the picture in the distant year and initially planned to release to M, but constantly transferred the premiere.