GUILLERMO DEL TORO

Highly acclaimed director, Guillermo del Toro (Pan’s Labyrinth, Hell Boy) curates a special retrospective of Mexican cult cinema. Classics never before seen in Australia, we delve into the iconic director’s influences with The Vampire (1957), Brainiac (1967) and Cabeza de Vaca (1991).

Admired by some of the coolest and most respected filmmakers, like Tarantino, who confesses to being one of his fans, the exceptionally talented Guillermo del Toro has managed to maintain his cult following of hard core fans while becoming one of the most successful Hollywood filmmakers with high grossing, superb films such as the Hellboy saga. His film, Pan´s Labyrinth, was an enormous success worldwide and won Academy Awards for Best Foreign Film and Best Original Screenplay.

Guillermo del Toro was born in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico in 1964. He grew up in a very strict Catholic household. Del Toro’s first foray into the art of filmmaking came when he was just eight years old and studied special effects and make-up with artist Dick Smith. In early adulthood del Toro spent eight years working as a special effects make-up designer which lead him to forming his own company, Necropia. This preceded del Toro forming his own production company, Tequila Gang, later on in his career.

It is a true privilege to screen Guillermo del Toro´s favourite Mexican films, providing an extraordianary opportunity for film lovers to tap into his vast knowledge of underground culture, cinema and pop culture in general.

 FILMOGRAPHY

 - At the Mountains of Madness (pre-production) (2013)

- Hellboy 2: The Golden Army (2008)

- Pan's Labyrinth (2006)

- Hellboy (2004)

- Blade II (2002)

- The Devil's Backbone (2001)

- Mimic (1997)

- Cronos (1993)

- Hora Marcada (TV series) (1986-1989)

- Geometria (short) (1987)

- Doña Lupe (short) (1985)