Guillermo del Toro
Guillermo del Toro
Guillermo del Toro Gómezis a Mexican film director, screenwriter, producer, and novelist. In his filmmaking career, del Toro has alternated between Spanish-language dark fantasy pieces, such as the gothic horror film The Devil's Backbone, and Pan's Labyrinth, and more mainstream American action movies, such as the vampire superhero action film Blade II, the supernatural superhero film Hellboy, its sequel Hellboy II: The Golden Army, and the science fiction monster film Pacific Rim...
NationalityMexican
ProfessionDirector
Date of Birth9 October 1964
CountryMexico
I love the idea of creating a sort of nuanced portrait of kids that they're not all perfect. They're kind of misfits but not in a picturesque, hip way, they're really, really kids that are not entirely great.
I think there are movies that are so gigantic that you need a second unit
I think that The Eye is a particularly Americanized take on horror
Well I think effects are tools
I would much rather see somebody bring something new to a genre than produce something that seems safe.
I like actors that are good with pantomime and that can transmit a lot by their presence and attitude more than through their dialogue
I started when I was eight, doing super 8 films
I think there is a very quiet power in things that are not on screen
Hellboy is the first movie where both ends of the spectrum are combined
They're getting more and more experience on what to expect, and the Hellboy audience is such a faithful and fanatic audience as I am, and you have to really be very open about what you do
Your heart is uncomplicated. It knows what it knows and acts accordingly. Greater wisdom is hard to find.
And yet one carries the sins of his forebears as one carries their features in his face. One bears their blood, and their honor or their blight.
If you get bored with nothing to do, you are not a writer ... We are in the business of reproducing reality from nothing. We are the biggest liars in the world, seeking truth.
I believe, as a producer/director, your duty is to create a beautiful horror film that really resonates.