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Guillermo del Toro

Autor(a) de The Strain

64+ Works 16,286 Membros 570 Críticas 22 Favorited

About the Author

Guillermo del Toro was born October 9, 1964 in Guadalajara Jalisco, Mexico. He is a Mexican director, producer, screen- writer and designer. He studied at the Instituto de Ciencias , University of Guadalajara. He was first exposed to film making when he was 8 years old and studied special effects mostrar mais and make-up with SFX artist Dick Smith. He spent 8 years as a special effects make-up designer and formed his own company, Necropia. He also founded the Guadalajara Film festival. Later he formed his own production company, The Tequila Gang. Guillermo del Toro has directed a variety of films from action hero comic book adaptations like Hellboy and Blade II to historical fantasy films. He has stated in interviews that he has a sort of fetish for insects, monsters, and dark places and is in love with monsters. On June 2, 2009 he released his first novel, The Strain, which he co-authored with Chuck Hogan. It is intended to be the first book in a vampire trilogy. in September 2010 he released his book, Fall, which made The New York Times Bestseller list. He made Publisher's Weekly Bestseller List in 2011 with his title The Night Eternal, Book III of the Strain Trilogy. He and Daniel Kraus are the authors of , The Shape of Water (2018). It was made into a feature film and won four Academy Awards, a Golden Globe, and was awarded the Golden Lion for Best Film at the74th Annual Venice International Film Festival. (Bowker Author Biography) mostrar menos
Image credit: Guillermo Del Toro. Photo courtesy Canadian Film Centre.

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Obras por Guillermo del Toro

The Strain (2009) 4,407 exemplares
The Fall (2010) 2,067 exemplares
The Night Eternal (2011) 1,406 exemplares
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey [2012 film] (2012) — Screenwriter — 939 exemplares
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug [2013 film] (2013) — Screenwriter — 758 exemplares
Pan's Labyrinth [2006 film] (2006) — Director — 675 exemplares
The Shape of Water [novelization] (2018) 628 exemplares
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies [2014 film] (2014) — Screenwriter — 568 exemplares
Pacific Rim [2013 film] (2013) — Director/Screenwriter — 518 exemplares
Hellboy II: The Golden Army [2008] (2008) — Director; Screenplay — 455 exemplares
Hellboy [2004 Film] (2004) — Director — 432 exemplares
The Hollow Ones (2020) 346 exemplares
Blade II [2002 film] (2002) — Director — 319 exemplares
The Shape of Water [2017 film] (2017) — Director — 308 exemplares
Trollhunters (2015) 231 exemplares
Crimson Peak [2015 film] (2004) — writer/director — 172 exemplares
The Devil's Backbone [2001 film] (2001) — Director — 138 exemplares
Cronos [1993 film] (1993) 90 exemplares
4 Film Favorites: Blade Collection (2009) — Director — 77 exemplares
Blade Trilogy (2007) — Director — 50 exemplares
Mimic [1997 film] (1997) — Director — 50 exemplares
Hellboy II: The Art of the Movie (2008) 49 exemplares
Hellboy: The Art of the Movie (2004) 43 exemplares
Nightmare Alley {2021 film} (2021) — Director — 43 exemplares
Pan's Labyrinth: Screenplay (2006) 19 exemplares
The Strain: The Complete First Season (2015) — Director — 17 exemplares
The Complete Strain Trilogy (2012) 17 exemplares
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio [2022 film] (2022) — Director — 15 exemplares
The Art of The Strain (2016) — Concept creator — 8 exemplares
The Strain: The Complete Second Season (2014) — Director — 8 exemplares
The Making of Pan's Labyrinth (2016) 8 exemplares
Trollhunters: The Complete First Season (2017) — Director — 7 exemplares
The Strain: The Complete Third Season (2017) — Director — 6 exemplares
The Strain: The Complete Fourth Season (2017) — Director — 5 exemplares
Double Feature: Godzilla [and] Pacific Rim — Director — 3 exemplares
Alfred Hitchcock (1990) 3 exemplares
Upadek (2015) 2 exemplares
Öscura 1 exemplar
Wieczna noc (2018) 1 exemplar
Sieluttomat (2021) 1 exemplar
Tasty Teeth 1 exemplar

Associated Works

The Haunting of Hill House (1959) — Introdução, algumas edições9,632 exemplares
The Thing on the Doorstep and Other Weird Stories (2001) — Introdução, algumas edições957 exemplares
Ancient Sorceries and Other Weird Stories [9 stories, ed. Joshi] (1908) — Editor, algumas edições525 exemplares
American Supernatural Tales (2007) — Series Editor — 441 exemplares
The White People and Other Weird Stories (2011) — Prefácio, algumas edições416 exemplares
The Book of Life [2014 film] (2015) — Producer — 241 exemplares
The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2011 (2011) — Introdução — 237 exemplares
The Orphanage [2007 film] (2007) — Producer — 110 exemplares
Adventure Time: The Art of Ooo (2014) — Introdução — 85 exemplares
Pacific Rim: Man, Machines, and Monsters (2013) — Prefácio — 75 exemplares
Crimson Peak: The Art of Darkness (2015) 72 exemplares
The Strain, Book One (2014) — Creator — 25 exemplares
Trollhunters: Tales of Arcadia--The Secret History of Trollkind (2018) — Contribuidor — 22 exemplares
Lovecraft: Fear of the Unknown [2008 film] (2008) — Self — 15 exemplares
Antlers [2021 Film] (2021) — Producer — 11 exemplares
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio: A Timeless Tale Told Anew (2022) — Prefácio — 8 exemplares
The Art of Trollhunters: Tales of Arcadia (2019) — Prefácio — 8 exemplares
Rod Serling's Night Gallery: The Art of Darkness (2020) — Introdução — 5 exemplares
Dark Horse Does Vampires Right (2015) — Contribuidor — 5 exemplares
Extraordinary Tales [2013 film] (2015) — Narrador — 5 exemplares
Trollhunters: Tales of Arcadia--The Felled (2018) — Contribuidor — 4 exemplares
The Dark Side 246 — Featured Artist — 1 exemplar
The Dark Side 248 — Featured Artist — 1 exemplar

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Conhecimento Comum

Data de nascimento
1964-10-09
Sexo
male
Nacionalidade
Mexico
Local de nascimento
Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico
Locais de residência
Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico
Los Angeles, California, USA
Ocupações
director
producer
writer

Membros

Críticas

Started well, was extremely filmic in style (which is suspect is wherer Del Toro comes in) reads like and episode of the X files. But is too long. Could have been edited better, the sheer amount of words begins to drag on the otherwise addictive narrative. It's the first novel with an actual clear cut narrative I've read in a while and this actually came as a welcome relief.
 
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kimlovesstuff | 290 outras críticas | Dec 31, 2023 |
A lovely co-adaptation, though now I feel like I need to rewatch the film. The novel is a little too neat in connecting side characters' crossed paths, but it takes us along Strickland's journey to the heart of his darkness in the Amazon seeking Deus Branquia.
 
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Daumari | 21 outras críticas | Dec 28, 2023 |
Por este libro sus autores no ganarán un premio Nobel de literatura, pero cumple sobradamente con la función de entretener. Aunque previsible en algunas ocasiones y con un argumento y narración que parecen prepararlo para una serie de televisión, logra mantener el interés de forma continua durante todo el libro, haciéndote querer leer siempre una página más antes de tener que parar.
 
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marinocarlos | 290 outras críticas | Dec 26, 2023 |
Absolutely stunning novel! I loved the gradual unfolding of just how deep everything goes throughout. Odessa gives me Agent Scully vibes on more than just the FBI level, with her constant search for the truth tempting her closer to the unknown than she's comfortable with. I'm dying to know more about Hugo Blackwood, I haven't looked yet, but by god I hope this becomes a series!
 
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truffaloo | 9 outras críticas | Dec 22, 2023 |

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Associated Authors

Chuck Hogan Creator, Concept creator
Fran Walsh Screenwriter, Producer, Author
Philippa Boyens Screenwriter
Peter Jackson Screenwriter, Producer
Mike Mignola Concept creator, Author
David S. Goyer Director, Screenwriter
Travis Beacham Screenwriter
Andrew Lesnie Photographer
David Muñoz Screenwriter
Antonio Trashorras Screenwriter
Troy Nixey Illustrator
Patrick McHale Screenwriter
Guy Davies Illustrator
Roeban Katz Lyricist
Sergei Bodrov Director
Howard Shore Composer, Actor
Ken Stott Actor
Lee Pace Actor
Wesley Snipes Actor & Producer, Actor
Guillermo Navarro Cinematographer
John Hurt Actor
Luke Goss Actor
Ian Holm Actor
Allen Williams Illustratore, Illustrator
John Tui Actor
John Bell Actor
Zane Weiner Producer
Carolyn Blackwood Executive producer
Danny Elfman Composer
Lloyd Levin Producer
Wendy Partridge Costume designer
Gabriel Beristain Director of photography
Marv Wolfman Screenwriter
Gene Colan Screenwriter
Carol Spier Production designer
Dan Hennah Designer
Keith Thompson Cover artist
Tim Blake Nelson Actor, Performer
Christoph Waltz Actor, Performer
Carlo Collodi Original book
Tom Kenny Actor
Jack Kesy Actor
Ron Pearlman Narrator
Becky Cloonan Cover artist
Jenna Lamia Narrator
Sean Murray Illustrator
James Jean Cover artist

Estatísticas

Obras
64
Also by
25
Membros
16,286
Popularidade
#1,394
Avaliação
3.8
Críticas
570
ISBN
426
Línguas
23
Marcado como favorito
22

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