The statement of talented people is quite suitable for Guillermo del Toro. His filmography is worthy of attention. He was born on October 9, 1964 in Guadalajara in the Mexican state of Jalisco. The well-known producer proved himself as a screenwriter, as well as a director and actor.
Biography
The education of the future celebrity, whose full name is Guillermo del Toro Gomez, was engaged in by her grandmother. She was distinguished by religiosity and was an ultra-conservative Catholic. The guy studied at the Institute of Sciences. Cinema attracted him from his youth. The first experiments - the film "Miscalculation", which was shot by him at age 21, in 1985. The director is married, has two daughters. Now lives in the USA in the state of California, the city of Los Angeles.
Creative luggage
Most of all he likes to make films Guillermo del Toro. The list of works in the creation of which he took part as a director totals twelve points. By sixteen he was writing scripts; at twenty-eight he was a producer. He wrote the scripts for twenty-two films.
In ten works, he was noted as an actor. Moreover, among the films there is a series that is popular. Its name is "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia." He was shot in the style of a sitcom, tightly flavored with black humor.
Carier start
Work in the movie attracted the future celebrity from a young age. But Guillermo began his career as a make-up artist. Moreover, he studied with Dick Smith, who participated in creating special effects for such films as “Scanners”, “Exorcist”, “Hunger”. Already in the 1980s, a novice director created his own film company, which he called Necropia. At the same time, he began to engage in journalism and lectured on cinematography. As a writer, he proved himself in writing screenplays for films. Released a book on the work of Alfred Hitchcock. He started making films in his homeland, in Mexico City. As director Guillermo del Toro in 1993 created the film "Chronos" and deserved success. This is a modern interpretation of the vampire story. At this time, the director developed a collaboration with actor Ron Perlman, whom they later met on the set of Blade 2 and Hellboy. The film was awarded nine prizes in Mexico City. In the wake of popularity, the director was able to go to Hollywood, where he directed the film "Mutants" in 1997.
The picture is about humanoid cockroaches. At home, the director opened the Tequila Ganga film company and became the founder of the Mexican Film Festival in Guadalajara. That was the beginning of the path to the success of Guillermo del Toro. His filmography today contains interesting and high-quality works. This is mainly
fiction and thrillers. But the master himself says that he does not consider them a low genre. After all, cinema was born from fantasy stories. Moreover, they have always been presented as dramatic stories. According to the director, science fiction and horror help distract from reality and get closer to poetry.
Top movies
The beginning of success was not even laid in Mexico, but in Spain, where in 2001 he received an offer to work Guillermo del Toro. The director’s best films are, first of all, “The Devil’s Ridge” - the horror film he shot at that time. This picture received good reviews from critics and received many awards. Then the director moved to Hollywood. Here he shot the sequel to the popular film about vampires "Blade" - "Blade-2." The film received a good box office and became popular with the public. The following works became just as successful. In 2004, his movie Hellboy: The Hero of the Hell was screened in cinemas. The director impressed the public in 2006 with the painting “Labyrinth of the Faun”, and after 2 years, in 2008, “Hellboy 2: The Golden Army” appeared.
In Russia, Guillermo del Toro, whose filmography at that time was already quite rich, became known in 2006 thanks to his painting “The Labyrinth of the Faun”. This gloomy, but in its own way attractive tale conveys the peculiarities of the master’s handwriting. The director is a fan of horror and science fiction. His favorite writers are Borges and Lovecraft. In his works, del Toro combines reality and fantastic images. In the "Labyrinth" two worlds were contrasted: the horrors of fascist Spain during the Civil War and the tale populated by monsters. This film was well received by both the public and critics, was awarded an Oscar nomination for the script. The motion picture received the Nebula Award. At the moment, there are several more interesting works by Guillermo del Toro, his filmography has replenished with new films. So, for example, the film “Pacific Rim” appeared, which was shown in 2013. Scenarios were written based on the works of Tolkien. As a result, two films were made that were very well received by the public.
Creative plans
Guillermo del Toro is not going to rest on his laurels. Films, the list of which continues to grow, will still make you talk about yourself. The master has new plans. In 2014, the television series “Strain” was released, which he creates according to his own book. It will talk about the virus of vampirism. A group of people enters into battle with him, whose success is hard to believe at first. The launch of the project is scheduled for July. This year, the premiere of the sequel to the premiere of the hobbit adventure is scheduled.