The Shape of Water director just inked a deal with Dreamworks Animation to write, produce, and direct animated family films for the studio.
We'll of course get Meryl Streep in not one, but two films this year, while it will be a bit longer for
The Shape of Water director Guillermo del Toro to return with his next project.
The Shape of Water director Guillermo del Toro says his upcoming adventure fantasy was inspired by the 1954 horror film classic Creature from the Black Lagoon.
Shape of Water director Guillermo del Toro signs overall deal with Fox Searchlight in creating a new genre division.
THE SHAPE OF WATER Director: Guillermo del Toro Starring: Sally Hawkins, Doug Jones, Richard Jenkins, Octavia Spencer, Michael Shannon, Michael Stuhlbarg
«And here are the all - male nominees,» Portman slipped in as she and Ron Howard were about to announce the nominees before awarding the prize to
The Shape of Water director Guillermo del Toro.
Oscar nominations 2018: While
The Shape of Water director said he would celebrate by working, Lady Bird director nominee Greta Gerwig was happy to be the fifth woman to be nominated.
The inclusion speech by
The Shape of Water director Guillermo del Toro was one of the highlights of the event.
THE SHAPE OF WATER Director: Guillermo del Toro Starring: Sally Hawkins, Doug Jones, Richard Jenkins, Octavia Spencer, Michael Shannon, Michael Stuhlbarg The Shape of Water will be unlike any other movie you see this year.
Film:
Shape of Water Director: Guillermo del Toro Cast: Sally Hawkins, Octavia Spencer, Doug Jones, Richard Jenkins, Michael Shannon Oscar Nominations (13): Best Picture, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actress, Best Supporting Actor, Best Director, Best Original Music Score, Best Original Screenplay, Best Cinematography, Best Film Editing, Best Costume Design, Best Sound Mixing, Best Production Design, Best Sound Editing Where to Stream: Will be available Feb. 27
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The Shape of Water director Guillermo del Toro on how he will celebrate the film's leading 13 nominations, in an Associated Press interview.
Inside the awards show, Octavia «s
The Shape of Water director Guillermo del Toro won the award for Best Director.
Not exact matches
Still, Hollywood trade outlets Variety and The Hollywood Reporter, along with Entertainment Weekly, all predict a Best Picture win for The
Shape of Water (and for that movie's
director, Guillermo del Toro) out
of the category's nine - movie field.
Part
of that likely has to do with the absence
of many truly great movies this year, and the fact key contenders — like «The
Shape of Water» (the pick by the
directors and producers guilds) and «Get Out» (the WGA's original screenplay winner)-- come from genres that seldom receive top awards recognition.
Best Picture: «The
Shape of Water» Lead Actor: Gary Oldman, «Darkest Hour» Lead Actress: Frances McDormand, «Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri» Supporting Actor: Sam Rockwell, «Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri» Supporting Actress: Allison Janney, «I, Tonya»
Director: «The
Shape of Water,» Guillermo del Toro Animated Feature: «Loving Vincent,» Animated Short: «Revolting Rhymes» Adapted Screenplay: «The Disaster Artist» Original Screenplay: «The Big Sick» Cinematography: «Blade Runner 2049» Roger Deakins Best Documentary Feature: «Last Men in Aleppo» Best Documentary Short Subject: «Traffic Stop» Best Live Action Short Film: «The Silent Child» Best Foreign Language Film: «The Insult» (Lebanon) Film Editing: «Baby Driver» Sound Editing: «Dunkirk» Sound Mixing: «Dunkirk» Production Design: «The
Shape of Water» Original Score: «Star Wars: The Last Jedi Original Song: «This Is Me» from «The Greatest Showman» Makeup and Hair: «Darkest Hour» Costume Design: «Phantom Thread» Visual Effects: «Star Wars: The Last Jedi»
First
of all, let's take a look at the list for best
director: Guillermo del Toro for The
Shape of Water; Martin McDonagh for Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri; Christopher Nolan for Dunkirk; Ridley Scott for All the Money in the World; and Steven Spielberg for The Post.
Director Guillermo del Toro talks about what it was like to collaborate with his Oscar - nominated cast and discusses voicing the creature in The
Shape of Water.
This might explain why
director Guillermo del Toro felt the need to tweet last year that The
Shape of Water is not a horror movie but a fairy tale.
I figured Nolan would get Best
Director and
Shape of Water would win Best Picture.
Guillermo del Toro also took home his first ever Oscar in the Best
Director category for The
Shape Of Water earlier in the night
Best
Director - Motion Picture Martin McDonagh — Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri Christopher Nolan — Dunkirk Ridley Scott - All the Money in the World Steven Spielberg — The Post Guillermo del Toro — The
Shape of Water Winner
In maybe the Oscars one big surprise, The
Shape of Water took both Best
Director and Best Picture.
The power
of women has been the theme this season and only three films have female writers — Lady Bird (Greta Gerwig), The
Shape of Water (Vanessa Taylor is the co-writer with
director Guillermo del Toro) and The Big Sick «s Emily V. Gordon (co-writer with husband Kumail Nanjiani).
I'd argue that it's not better at all, but that «The
Shape of Water,» in its eye - candy pageantry, its guild - happy technical bravura, its embrace
of the saintly outsider, and in the 20 - year industry track record
of its
director, veers closer to being a classic safe middlebrow Oscar choice.
«Hillbilly Elegy» «The
Shape of Water» took home the biggest award at last night's Oscars ceremony, and while it didn't take home the statue for best original screenplay, writer -
director Guillermo del Toro earned a nomination, and it's no surprise that his co-writer Vanessa Taylor is already prepping to write a new script.
Del Toro's The
Shape of Water, which earned four Oscars this year, including Best Picture, Best
Director for del Toro, Best Original Score and Best Production Design.
Best
Director Christopher Nolan, Dunkirk Guillermo Del Toro,
Shape of Water Steven Spielberg, The Post Jordan Peele, Get Out Martin McDonagh, Three Billboards
Best
Director Guillermo del Toro, The
Shape of Water Luca Guadagnino, Call Me By Your Name Martin McDonagh, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri Christopher Nolan, Dunkirk Joe Wright, Darkest Hour Spoilers: Paul Thomas Anderson, Phantom Thread; Steven Spielberg, The Post; Greta Gerwig, Lady Bird
I was thrilled that the trophy for
Director, Motion Picture went to the maker
of a different film, Guillermo Del Toro, for one
of my favorites
of 2017, the highly imaginative art house horror The
Shape of Water.
The two biggest question marks were Original Screenplay and Best Picture — Jordan Peele took Original Screenplay for «Get Out,» while «The
Shape of Water» grabbed Best Picture as well as Best
Director, Production Design and and Original Score.
Mexican
director Guillermo del Toro (L) accepts the Oscar for Best Film for «The
Shape of Water» from US actors Faye Dunaway and Warren Beatty during the 90th Annual Academy Awards show on March 4, 2018 in Hollywood, California.
«The
Shape of Water» leads all films this year with 14 nominations including Best Picture, Sally Hawkins for Best Actress, Richard Jenkins for Best Supporting Actor, Octavia Spencer for Best Supporting Actress, Guillermo del Toro for both Best
Director and Best Original Screenplay alongside Vanessa Taylor, Dan Laustsen for Best Cinematography, Paul Denham Austerberry, Shane Vieau, and Jeff Melvin for Best Production Design, Sidney Wolinsky for Best Editing, Luis Sequeira for Best Costume Design, Best Hair and Makeup, Best Visual Effects, Best Sci - Fi or Horror Movie, and Alexandre Desplat for Best Score.
23rd Annual Critics» Choice Awards / / «The
Shape of Water» named BEST PICTURE and takes home four awards: Best Picture, Best
Director (Guillermo del Toro), Best Production Design, Best Score
56 - year old Frenchman Alexandre Desplat is nominated for his work on two scores —
director Guillermo Del Toro's critically acclaimed monster movie romance «The
Shape of Water,» and
director Luc Besson's epic space fantasy «Valerian and the City
of a Thousand Planets» — and is one
of the five nominees for Composer
of the Year.
Best Picture, Winner: CALL ME BY YOUR NAME Runner - up: THE FLORIDA PROJECT BEST
DIRECTOR: Guillermo del Toro, THE
SHAPE OF WATER and Luca Guadagnino, CALL ME BY YOUR NAME (tie) Best Actress, Winner: Sally Hawkins, THE
SHAPE OF WATER...
Other categories in which «The
Shape of Water» is competing include actress (Sally Hawkins), supporting actor (Richard Jenkins), supporting actress (Octavia Spencer), and
director.
GUILLERMO del TORO The
Shape of Water (Fox Searchlight Pictures) Mr. del Toro's Directorial Team: Unit Production Manager: J. Miles Dale Production Manager: Dennis Chapman First Assistant
Director: Pierre Henry Second...
And Best
Director swam its way into the arms
of Guillermo Del Toro for The
Shape of Water, which also took a nod for Best Score.
«The
Shape of Water,» which stars nominee Sally Hawkins as a mute cleaning lady who falls for a soulful, otherworldly beast, tops all movies with seven nominations, including best
director, best screenplay and best motion picture, drama.
«The
Shape of Water,» the most nominated film
of the evening, took home four awards, the most
of the night, including Best Picture, Best
Director for Guillermo del Toro, Best Production Design for Paul Denham Austerberry, Shane Vieau and Jeff Melvin, and Best Score for Alexandre Desplat.
The
Shape of the
Water (*** 1/2) It takes a genius writer /
director (Guillermo del Toro, Pan's Labyrinth) who loves monsters and a creative co-writer (Vanessa Taylor) to concoct a love story between a man - like amphibian (Doug Jones) and a mute lady janitor (Sally Hawkins, Maudie).
NEW YORK (AP)-- Guillermo del Toro's lavish monster romance «The
Shape of Water» fished out a leading 13 nominations, Greta Gerwig became just the fifth woman nominated for best
director and «Mudbound» cinematographer Rachel Morrison made history...
Guillermo del Toro's The
Shape of Water wins Best Picture as well as Best Actress, Best Male
Director, and Best Score.
At the
Director's Guild
of America's Los Angeles Theater on February 3, 2018, Guillermo del Toro (The
Shape of Water), Greta Gerwig (Lady Bird), Martin McDonagh (Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri), Christopher Nolan (Dunkirk), and Jordan Peele (Get Out) all sat down for a three - hour conversation for the annual Meet the Nominees symposium.
Guillermo del Toro's romantic fairy tale «The
Shape of Water» has claimed Best Picture, along with Best
Director (Del Tor...
Best
Director Christopher Nolan, DUNKIRK Greta Gerwig, LADY BIRD Guillermo del Toro, THE
SHAPE OF WATER Jordan Peele, GET OUT Martin McDonagh, THREE BILLBOARDS OUTSIDE EBBING, MISSOURI
The
Shape of Water (Guillermo del Toro,
director & co-writer) With 13 Oscar nominations, this is obviously a heavyweight contender.
He's the favorite to win the best
director Academy Award for his film «The
Shape of Water.»
The Mexican writer /
director delivers all that and more in his newest feature, The
Shape of Water, a fable ultimately about the desire to be heard, understood, and loved.
In the other individual categories, Guillermo del Toro won best
director for The
Shape of Water, the most nominated film
of the night.