Guillermo del Toro just won the Oscar for Best Director at the 2018 Academy Awards .

He won for The Shape of Water , a beautiful picture show about a cleaning lady who falls in love with a Pisces the Fishes man . More than that though , it ’s a flick that balances tenderness , humor , government , kin and so much more in a visually arresting manner well - deserve of the laurels .

Del Toro has been a sports fan favorite director ever since his first moving picture , Cronos , Mimic and Devil ’s Backbone . After that , he made a few studio cinema like Blade 2 and Hellboy follow by an unabashed masterpiece called Pan ’s Labyrinth . And yet , despite his long trip , del Toro ’s heart was always in the weird , small genre films , and that really showed with The Shape of Water .

Argentina’s President Javier Milei (left) and Robert F. Kennedy Jr., holding a chainsaw in a photo posted to Kennedy’s X account on May 27. 2025.

scan more about his amazing film below .

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