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7 unusual facts about Guillermo del Toro


Arthur Rackham

In one of the featurettes on the DVD of Pan's Labyrinth, and in the commentary track for Hellboy, director Guillermo del Toro cites Rackham as an influence on the design of "The Faun" of Pan's Labyrinth.

Digital versus film photography

There also are many film directors such as Peter Jackson, Guillermo del Toro, George Lucas, and James Cameron who are adamant supporters of digital cinema and the potential for higher frame rates that it brings.

Eugenia Silva

Silva has also ventured into the business world with BRAVEN Films, a production company she founded in 2010 together with Frida Torresblanco (who produced Pan's Labyrinth, directed by Guillermo del Toro and winner of 3 Oscars).

Lobster Johnson

Guillermo del Toro has, however, stated that Johnson may appear in Hellboy III and that he wants Bruce Campbell to play him.

Rupert Evans

Evans' first major film role was as FBI Agent John Myers in director Guillermo del Toro's 2004 adaptation of the Mike Mignola comic book Hellboy.

Tenome

Pan's labyrinth (El laberinto del Fauno, "Faun's Labyrinth"): In the Spanish movie directed by Guillermo del Toro, the main character (Ofelia) is given a second task which consists in retrieving an ornate dagger from the dungeon of a character known as "the Pale man", which resembles the Tenome.

The War of the Gargantuas

Filmmaker Guillermo del Toro has said in an interview that War of The Gargantuas is one of his favorite Kaiju films.


Bob Schreck

Sharing the stage with him from left to right: emcee Chris Hardwick, Matt Wagner, Guillermo del Toro and Travis Beacham.

Emilio Ruiz del Río

Among Ruiz del Río's achievements was to consistently work with a number of higher profile directors, including with Stanley Kubrick on Spartacus (1960), George Cukor on Travels with My Aunt (1970), Orson Welles on Mr. Arkadin (1955), and Guillermo del Toro on Pan's Labyrinth (El Laberinto del Fauno) (2006).

Jorge Dorado

He began his career working in the department director of films like Bad Education and Talk to Her, Pedro Almodóvar, The Devil's Backbone, Guillermo del Toro or Moulin Rouge!, Baz Luhrmann.

Juan Carlos Vellido

Among his most recent film appearances were as the protagonist of (No somos nadie) and has worked with directors like Guillermo del Toro (El espinazo del diablo), María Ripoll (Utopía) and Manuel Huerga (Salvador).

Mirada Studios

Mirada Studios is a multiplatform storytelling company in Marina del Rey, California, formed by directors Guillermo del Toro and Mathew Cullen, cinematographer Guillermo Navarro, and executive producer Javier Jimenez, to spearhead a new creative production model that integrates classic narrative tradition, and the art of storytelling, with emerging technologies.

Temporada de patos

The movie has been praised in all of these festivals as well as by directors such as Alfonso Cuarón (Y tu mamá también) and Guillermo del Toro (Hellboy).


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Belchite

The remains of the old village have been used as filming locations in films including Terry Gilliam's 1988 film The Adventures of Baron Munchausen and Guillermo Del Toro's Pan's Labyrinth.