Wednesday 12 July 2017

Guillermo del Toro


Guillermo del Toro with birthname as Guillermo del Toro Gómez is a Mexican film Director, Screenwriter,Producer and Novelist.He was born on October 9,1964 in Guadalajara,Jalisco, Mexico.He has a residence at Agoura Hills,California,USA.He's been active in the field since 1985. He studied at Centro de Investigación y Estudios Cinematográficos in Guadalaraja.He also studied Special Effects and Make-up.

He is known for his works like Dark Fantansy,The Devil's Backbone, Pan's Labyrinth,Blade II, Hellboy:The Golden Army and Pacific Rim.

Guillermo del Toro  Religion

Guillermo del Toro was raised as a Catholic and thus he might be practicing the belief and rituals as that of a catholic.

Guillermo del Toro Political Views

Guillermo del Toro seems to be an Anarchist.In a statement he said that "I hate Politicians.I hate Structure.I'm completely Anti-structural in terms of believing in Institutions.I hate them.I hate any institutionalized social,religious or economic holding".

Who is he/she dating?

Guillermo del Toro was married to Lorenzo Newton,Cousin of Mexican Singer Guadalupe Pineda in 1986.He was dating her when they were studying at the Guadalajara School of Science.The couple have 2 daughters namely Mariana and Marisa.

Guillermo del Toro  Hobbies

Guillermo del Toro is a fan of Video-games.His favorite video-games are P.T,Silent Hills,Death Stranding,Insane.Being a Novelist he might be spending his spare time in writing novels also.

Interesting Facts

Guillermo del Toro's father was kidnapped and held for 72 days.He was released after paying the ransom.Guillermo del Toro spent 10yrs in Special Effect-makeup designing field and then started his own Company, "Necropia".He also owns a production company,"The Tequila gang". 

Guillermo del Toro won 49 awards in his career which includes 9 Academy Awards in Mexico and an International Critics week Prize at Cannes.He was nominated twice at Oscars for his work Pan's Labyrinth.

In most of his films,he used to mention Catholicism and uses a lot of religious items like relics, Archangels,Symbols etc.He has a Photographic memory.


Sources
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guillermo_del_Toro
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0868219/bio?ref_=nm_ov_bio_sm