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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.
Guillermo del Toro
Director
for Director in SPIRITED AWAY (Live Action Remake)
Suggested by heavyweaponsguy98
Based on the anime film, this live action remake could have an all Japanese cast or have Japanese and American actors, like the "Ghost in the Shell" remake. Chihiro is a sullen 10-year-old girl who is moving to a new house with her parents. Her dad takes a wrong turn and the family encounters an abandoned amusement park. The whole place kinda sort of resembles the Forbidden City. The whole village looks abandoned but the parents smell food that are fresh from the oven. Since they're hungry from the long drive, they stop to eat while Chihiro explores. At sunset a teenage boy named Haku tells her that she has to leave. But it's too late! Her parents have TRANSFORMED INTO PIGS! Haku gives her instructions to get a job at a bathhouse for spirits and monsters, and the guests are not-so-welcoming to humans, especially the head honcho: the witch Yubabba. But since the witch is under oath to give a job to anyone who asks, she gives the job to Chihiro (now named "Sen"). It's all in attempt to see her parents again and set them free. She does manage to get along with some of the locals. But then, a grub-like spirit in a Kabuki mask, simply named "No-Face", stalks Sen and attacks the bathhouse.
