When and where was Guillermo del Toro born?
Guillermo del Toro was born on the 9th of October 1964 in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico. His full name is Guillermo del Toro Gómez, and his parents were both of Spanish descent.
Questions about Guillermo del Toro
Short answers, pulled from the story.
What Academy Awards has Guillermo del Toro won?
Guillermo del Toro has won three Academy Awards, including the Academy Award for Best Picture and the Academy Award for Best Director for The Shape of Water. His stop-motion film Pinocchio also won Best Animated Feature at the 95th Academy Awards.
What happened to Guillermo del Toro's father in 1997?
Del Toro's father, Federico del Toro Torres, was kidnapped in Guadalajara around 1997. The family paid $1 million in ransom, and filmmaker James Cameron contributed $250,000 to hire a professional negotiator. Federico was held for 72 days before being released; the kidnappers were never apprehended and the money was never recovered.
What is the significance of Pan's Labyrinth and The Devil's Backbone in Guillermo del Toro's filmography?
Both films are set in Spain during and after the Spanish Civil War under Francisco Franco, and are among del Toro's most critically acclaimed works. Alfonso Cuarón produced Pan's Labyrinth and Alejandro González Iñárritu assisted in editing it. Del Toro has noted both films share themes and settings with the 1973 Spanish film The Spirit of the Beehive.
Why did Guillermo del Toro leave The Hobbit project?
Del Toro left The Hobbit on the 30th of May 2010 due to extended delays caused by MGM's financial troubles. He had been hired by Peter Jackson in April 2008 but spent two years on a film he ultimately did not direct. He received co-writing credits on all three films in the series.
What is Guillermo del Toro's view on monsters and imperfection?
Del Toro considers monsters symbols of great power and calls them "the patron saints of imperfection." He has said that growing up in a strict Catholic household made the demand to exist in a state of grace impossible to reconcile with darker human impulses, and that the figure of the monster offered an honest acknowledgment of those impulses.