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Michael Shannon and Guillermo del Toro in Shape of Water: Das Flüstern des Wassers (2
Turned down a chance to direct Blade: Trinity (2004), Alien vs. Predator (2004) and Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004) to work on his dream project: Hellboy (2004).
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Guillermo del Toro in Shape of Water: Das Flüstern des Wassers (2017)
He is friends with fellow successful Mexican directors Alfonso Cuarón and Alejandro G. Iñárritu.
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David Hewlett, Michael Shannon, Michael Stuhlbarg, etc.
Has a photographic memory.
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Guillermo del Toro in Shape of Water: Das Flüstern des Wassers (2017)
Following his international breakthrough, his father was kidnapped for ransom in Mexico in 1997, and held for seventy-two days until the money was paid. Fellow filmmaker James Cameron helped secure the ransom money. Although del Toro still frequently works in Mexico, he has relocated his family to the USA out of fear of more kidnappings.
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Guillermo del Toro in Shape of Water: Das Flüstern des Wassers (2017)
In a January 2007 interview on the radio program "Fresh Air with Terry Gross," said that his strictly Catholic grandmother was a "Piper Laurie in Carrie (1976)" figure in his childhood. He told Gross that his grandmother would require him to mortify himself in self-punishment, in one case placing metal bottle caps into his shoes so that the soles of his feet were bloodied while walking to school. She also tried to exorcise him twice because of his persistent interest in fantasy and drawing monsters from his imagination.
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Octavia Spencer, Guillermo del Toro, etc.
His favorite movie monsters are Frankenstein's Monster and the Creature of the Black Lagoon.
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Guillermo del Toro and Jessica Chastain in Crimson Peak (2015)
Turned down the chance to direct Hellraiser: Bloodline (1996).
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Guillermo del Toro and Mia Wasikowska in Crimson Peak (2015)
He regards Mimic (1997) as the weakest of his films and blames constant interference from the producers Bob Weinstein and Harvey Weinstein as the main reason, because they didn't respect his artistic vision. He later made peace with the film after creating a new Director's Cut.
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Guillermo del Toro in Crimson Peak (2015)
Ranked #37 on EW's The 50 Smartest People in Hollywood. [December 2007]
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Robert Rodriguez and Guillermo del Toro in The Director's Chair (2014)
Was asked to direct End of Days (1999), but he turned it down.
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Andy Muschietti and Guillermo del Toro in Mama (2013)
His movie and comic book collection is so huge that he had to buy an extra home to accommodate it.
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Idris Elba and Guillermo del Toro in Pacific Rim (2013)
Is good friends with director Robert Rodriguez.
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Guillermo del Toro in Hellboy 2 - Die goldene Armee (2008)
Cites Bride of Frankenstein (1935) as his favorite movie.
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Ron Perlman, Selma Blair, Doug Jones, etc.
His favorite albums are "The Wall" by Pink Floyd and "Security" by Peter Gabriel.
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Guy Pearce and Guillermo del Toro in Don't Be Afraid of the Dark (2010)
Children with Lorenza Newton: Daniel del Toro and Marisa Del Toro.
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Guillermo del Toro and Bailee Madison in Don't Be Afraid of the Dark (2010)
Inducted into the Texas Film Hall of Fame during their gala held on March 12, 2015 in Austin, Texas.
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Guillermo del Toro in Pans Labyrinth (2006)
Has extensive knowledge and practical experience playing video-games, and is very good friends with Japanese video-game designer/director Hideo Kojima, with whom he shares many interests, including 1960s classic movies and Japanese TV shows, and rare toys.
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Guillermo del Toro in Hellboy 2 - Die goldene Armee (2008)
Used to work as an orderly at a mental institution and would eat lunch in a morgue next to it.
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Guillermo del Toro, Tom Hiddleston, and Mia Wasikowska in Crimson Peak (2015)
Was attached to direct The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012) but dropped out due to repeated delays in the production and the project stalling due to MGM declaring bankruptcy. He still received screenwriting credit on the film and its sequels: The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (2013) and The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (2014).
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Dan Laustsen and Guillermo del Toro
Directed three Oscar nominated performances: Richard Jenkins, Sally Hawkins and Octavia Spencer.
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Sergi López and Guillermo del Toro in XXI Premios Anuales de la Academia (2007)
The third Mexican nominated for the Academy Award for Best Director, after Alejandro G. Iñárritu and Alfonso Cuarón.
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Alec Baldwin and Guillermo del Toro
As of 2018, is one of 10 directors to win the Golden Globe, Director's Guild, BAFTA, and Oscar for the same movie, winning for The Shape of Water (2017) . The other directors to achieve this are Danny Boyle for Slumdog Millionaire (2008), Mike Nichols for The Graduate (1967), Milos Forman for One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975), Richard Attenborough for Gandhi (1982), Oliver Stone for Platoon (1986), Steven Spielberg for Schindler's List (1993), Ang Lee for Brokeback Mountain (2005), Alfonso Cuarón for Gravity (2013), and Alejandro G. Iñárritu for The Revenant (2015).
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André Øvredal, Guillermo del Toro, Zoe Margaret Colletti, Gabriel Rush, Michael Garza, etc.
He is one of 10 directors to win the Golden Globe, Director's Guild, BAFTA, and Oscar for the same film. The others to achieve this are Mike Nichols for The Graduate (1967), Milos Forman for One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975), Richard Attenborough for Gandhi (1982), Oliver Stone for Platoon (1986), Steven Spielberg for Schindler's List (1993), Ang Lee for Brokeback Mountain (2005), Danny Boyle for Slumdog Millionaire (2008), Alfonso Cuarón for Roma (2018) and Gravity (2013), and Alejandro G. Iñárritu for The Revenant (2015).
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Gary Oldman and Guillermo del Toro at an event for The Oscars (2019)
His name translates to English as "William of the Bull".
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Alfonso Cuarón and Guillermo del Toro at an event for The Oscars (2019)
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Alfonso Cuarón and Guillermo del Toro at an event for The Oscars (2019)
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J. Miles Dale and Guillermo del Toro at an event for The Oscars (2018)
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J. Miles Dale and Guillermo del Toro at an event for The Oscars (2018)
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Guillermo del Toro at an event for Shape of Water: Das Flüstern des Wassers (2017)
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