Guillermo del Toro

Guillermo del Toro

Guillermo del Toro (Guillermo del Toro Gómez ) was born on October 9th, 1964 and is currently 61 years old. Guillermo del Toro was born in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico. del Toro attended University of Guadalajara's Centro de Investigación y Estudios Cinematográficos (Film Studies Center).

Guillermo del Toro is known for writing in the Fantasy, Horror, Thriller, and Literary Fiction genres.

Guillermo del Toro is best known as a filmmaker, artist, and author. He made his name with his works, which typically feature monsters, a lush aesthetic, and Gothic fantasies.

Brought up in a Catholic home, he began writing gruesome short films at the age of eight. He has said that his love for this type of story was inspired by maternal stories of martyrs and saints, as well as a childhood enchantment.

During the early 1980s, del Toro founded Necropia, a company where he continued to hone his special effects makeup skills as a makeup artist.

Working with Inarritu and Cuaron, they formed the Three Amigos of Nuevo Cine Mexicano. The group found success on the global stage, creating popular Spanish-language works, such as Pan’s Labyrinth, which won several Academy Awards.

Del Toro’s best work is the 2017 release The Shape of Water, which won Best Director and Picture at the Oscars. The work was a showcase of his lifelong love for monsters.

Guillermo del Toro published the work The Strain in 2009.

It kicks off with the landing of an eerie plane in New York, in which all the passengers are dead. Called in to investigate is the CDC’s Dr. Eph Goodweather, who detects a dark, virulent strain in the bodies. Soon, a deadly form of vampirism is spreading across the city.

Dr. Eph collaborates with Setrakian, among several other allies, to attempt to halt the infection. As legend and science converge, humanity must contend with an enemy driven by a hunger for total control and bloodshed.

In 2010, Del Toro published the follow-up to The Strain, titled The Fall.

In this work, the vampire plague has taken over New York, with Dr. Eph Goodweather hoping to find the source of the virus leak, even as zombies roam the streets. Meanwhile, Setrakian, his partner, is hoping to locate the Occido Lumen, a sort of incantation that could help banish the vampires.

Amid escalating dread, feral skirmishes, and betrayals, humans are on the edge of annihilation and subjugation. But they are not going to take it lying down.

In The Shape of Water, Guillermo del Toro tells the story of a mute janitor named Elisa Esposito who finds himself in a dull job working at a secret lab.

One night, she finds a strange creature in the lab, brought in from the Amazon, that is part human, part fish, and both scary and beautiful. She communicates with it through sign language, and it is not long before they have developed a strong bond.

But as their fledgling love grows, Russian agents and Colonel Strickland threaten to destroy her lover for Cold War gains.

Guillermo del Toro: Awards & Accolades

Guillermo del Toro books have been nominated for multiple awards, The Strain was nominated for the Goodreads Awards, Best Fantasy, in 2009. The Night Eternal was nominated for the Goodreads Awards, Best Horror, in 2011. The Shape of Water was nominated for the Goodreads Awards, Best Fantasy, in 2018. The Hollow Ones was nominated for the Goodreads Awards, Best Horror, in 2020.

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Guillermo del Toro: F.A.Q