May 30, 2024

Guillermo del Toro Gómez is a Mexican filmmaker, His work has been identified by a strong link to horror and fairy tales, as well as an attempt to give the grotesque an expressive or visual beauty. Throughout his life, he has been fascinated by monsters, which he believes as powerful symbols.

Dick Smith, a special effects artist, taught Del Toro makeup and special effects techniques. After working for ten years as a special effects makeup designer, he founded Necropia and The Guadalajara International Film Festival was also co-founded by him.

Throughout his career, del Toro has shifted between Spanish language films such as Cronos (1993), and Pan’s Labyrinth (2006), and English language films, including Hellboy (2004), Pacific Rim (2013), Crimson Peak (2015), The Shape of Water (2017), and Pinocchio (2022).

He worked on the films like The Orphanage (2007), Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark (2010), The Hobbit (2012–2014), Mama (2013), and a lot more.

The movie Y tu mamá también (2001) marked the nomonation of this mexican filmmaker breakthrough and led to a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay. His directing of the fantasy picture Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004) brought him greater recognition.

Y tu mamá también(2001) , starring Gael García Bernal, Diego Luna and Maribel Verdú. The story of two sexually obsessive teens who go on a long road journey with a beautiful married woman who is much older than them is presented in this colorful and controversial road comedy.

Highly recommended.

One of his latest movies is called Roma, which its production began in fall 2016$, a tale of a housekeeper for a middle class Mexican family in 1970s Mexico City, based on the life of his own family.

Famous Mexican filmmaker and producer who pioneered the early 21st-century Mexican film revival with his films, which frequently have interconnected stories and a nonlinear narrative

González Iñárritu gained fame as a DJ at Mexico’s highest-rated radio station in 1984, piecing together playlists into a vague storyline. He attributed his interest in storytelling to this experience.

Iñárritu flew to the United States to learn filmmaking. Amores perros (2000), González Iñárritu’s feature directorial debut, was based on one of their early ideas, which involved three interrelated stories set in a gloomy yet realistic Mexico City.

Iñárritu became the first Latin American to serve as president of the jury for the 72nd Cannes Film Festival. Iñárritu and Mexican filmmakers Alfonso Cuarón and Guillermo del Toro are known in the film industry as “The Three Amigos”.