After his latest win, the “Pinocchio” director also reaffirmed his commitment to fund scholarships for aspiring Mexican animators for another decade.
The film, based on Ishiguro’s “The Buried Giant,” follows Del Toro’s acclaimed “Pinocchio” animated feature.
“If you hear Beethoven or Mozart on your headphones, does it stop being great music?” the director of Netflix’s “Bardo” said.
Jennifer Coolidge, Eddie Murphy, and Ana de Armas are among those being feted tonight.
In a conversation moderated by Alfonso Cuarón, del Toro and Alejandro G. Iñárritu opened up about the motifs that have defined their careers.
“The decisions that I make now are not based on my personal taste, but based on what the story requires,” the Oscar-winning production designer told IndieWire. “That’s when you realize the narrative power of the craft.”
Blanchett was ultimately cast as her “spirit animal” Spazzatura, a talking monkey whose Italian name translates to “garbage.”
The animators behind “Kung Fu Panda,” “Tales of Arcadia,” and “The Book of Life” reflect on working in the “Pinocchio” director’s “protected playground”s.
Cinematographer Frank Passingham tells IndieWire about being inspired by Gordon Willis and Russell Metty, and bringing a naturalism to a stop-motion world.
The “All Too Well” director wants to trade places with the Oscar-winning filmmaker.
From “Nosferatu” to recent Alfonso Cuarón and Thomas Vinterberg masterpieces, here are films that have earned del Toro’s stamp of approval.
“We have to execute the same level of precision, realism, but in miniature,” the director said of the stop-motion process that brought his Best Picture contender and Best Animated Feature frontrunner to life.
