Age: 61
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Guillermo del Toro Gómez (Spanish: [ɡiˈʝeɾmo ðelˈtoɾo]; born 9 October 1964) is a Mexican filmmaker, author, and artist. His work has been characterized by a strong connection to fairy tales, gothicism, and horror, often blending the genres to infuse visual or poetic beauty into the grotesque. He has had a lifelong fascination with monsters, which he considers symbols of great power. He is known for pioneering dark fantasy in the film industry and using insectile and religious imagery, his themes of Catholicism, and celebrating imperfection, underworld motifs, practical special effects, and dominant amber lighting. Throughout his career, del Toro has shifted between Spanish-language films—such as Cronos (1993), The Devil's Backbone (2001), and Pan's Labyrinth (2006)—and English-language films, including Mimic (1997), Blade II (2002), Hellboy (2004) and its sequel Hellboy II: The Golden Army(2008), Pacific Rim (2013), Crimson Peak (2015), The Shape of Water (2017), Nightmare Alley (2021), and Pinocchio (2022). As a producer or writer, he worked on the films The Orphanage (2007), Don't Be Afraid of the Dark (2010), The Hobbit film series (2012–2014), Mama (2013), The Book of Life (2014), Pacific Rim: Uprising (2018), Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark (2019), and The Witches (2020). In 2022, he created the Netflix anthology horror series Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities, featuring a collection of classical horror stories. With Chuck Hogan, he co-authored The Strain trilogy of novels (2009–2011), which was later adapted into a comic book series (2011–15) and a live-action television series (2014–17). With DreamWorks Animation and Netflix, he created the animated franchise Tales of Arcadia, which includes the series Trollhunters (2016–18), 3Below (2018–19), and Wizards (2020) and the sequel film Trollhunters: Rise of the Titans (2021). Del Toro is close friends with fellow Mexican filmmakers Alfonso Cuarón and Alejandro G. Iñárritu, collectively known as "The Three Amigos of Mexican Cinema". He has received several awards, including three Academy Awards, three BAFTA Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, a Daytime Emmy Award, and a Golden Lion. He was included in Time magazine's list of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2018, and he received a motion picture star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2019.
Set against the neon-lit, jazz-infused backdrop of a magical New Orleans underworld, FILTHY RICH FAE is a dark, high-stakes romantic fantasy thriller. Cate Holloway is a fiercely independent trauma nurse living by one strict rule: stay far away from the Gages, a lethal and obscenely wealthy crime family that secretly controls the city's supernatural elements. But when her reckless brother falls deep into debt with them, Cate is forced to confront the family's enigmatic and ruthless heir, Prince Lachlan Gage. Instead of demanding a cash repayment she can never afford, the chillingly beautiful fae prince proposes a sinister alternative: a thirty-day soul bargain that binds her directly to him.Plunged headfirst into a glamorous yet terrifying hidden world of rival courts, blood magic, and ancient grudges, Cate is thrust into the center of a deadly supernatural power struggle. As a human outsider navigating the treacherous politics of the magical elite, she must survive cutthroat court intrigue and the terrifying specter of the Wild Hunt. As the days tick down, the sharp, hostile tension between Cate and her captor morphs into a scorching, forbidden attraction. Lachlan represents everything she fears, yet his protective instincts and hidden depths become impossible to ignore. In a world where every glittering promise hides a lethal trap, Cate must discover if she can outsmart the immortal prince, or if surrendering her heart to a monster is the most dangerous gamble of all.
