Guillermo de Toro's 'Shape of Water' Wins Big At 90th Academy Awards

THE SHAPE OF WATER is a fantasy film, starring Sally Hawkins, Octavia Spencer, Michael Shannon and Richard Jenkins, set against the Cold War era circa 1962.  Elisa (Hawkins), a mute and lonely woman, works as a janitor in a high-security government laboratory with her friend Zelda (Octavia Spencer). Her life is changed when they discover a classified experiment in the shape of a creature. Elisa must save this fish-like creature from a monster of a human kind -  government agent Strickland (Michael Shannon).

Director Guillermo del Toro (HELLBOY, PAN’S LABYRINTH) fascination with monsters has come full circle with THE SHAPE OF WATER. All of the Mexican-native’s films have led to what he calls his passion project THE SHAPE OF WATER. Here’s what he reveals about his journey in bringing a very personal film to the big screen.

OSCAR WINNERS

Best Picture

The Shape of Water (WINNER)
Guillermo del Toro and J. Miles Dale, Producers

 

Directing

The Shape of Water (WINNER)
Guillermo del Toro


Actor in a Leading Role

Gary Oldman (WINNER)
Darkest Hour

 

Actor in a Supporting Role

Sam Rockwell (WINNER)
Three Billboards outside Ebbing, Missouri

 

Actress in a Leading Role

Frances McDormand (WINNER)
Three Billboards outside Ebbing, Missouri

 

Actress in a Supporting Role

Allison Janney (WINNER)
I, Tonya


Writing (Adapted Screenplay)

Call Me by Your Name (WINNER)
Screenplay by James Ivory

 


Writing (Original Screenplay)

Get Out (WINNER)
Written by Jordan Peele

 

Animated Feature Film

Coco (WINNER)
Lee Unkrich and Darla K. Anderson

 

Cinematography

Blade Runner 2049 (WINNER)
Roger A. Deakins

 

Costume Design

Phantom Thread (WINNER)
Mark Bridges

 


Documentary (Feature)

Icarus (WINNER)
Bryan Fogel and Dan Cogan


Documentary (Short Subject)

Heaven Is a Traffic Jam on the 405 (WINNER)
Frank Stiefel


Film Editing

Dunkirk (WINNER)
Lee Smith


Foreign Language Film

A Fantastic Woman (Chile) (WINNER)


Makeup and Hairstyling

Darkest Hour (WINNER)
Kazuhiro Tsuji, David Malinowski and Lucy Sibbick

 


Music (Original Score)

The Shape of Water (WINNER)
Alexandre Desplat


Music (Original Song)

Remember Me (WINNER)
from Coco; Music and Lyric by Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez


Production Design

The Shape of Water (WINNER)
Production Design: Paul Denham Austerberry; Set Decoration: Shane Vieau and Jeff Melvin


Short Film (Animated)

Dear Basketball (WINNER)
Glen Keane and Kobe Bryant


Short Film (Live Action)
Nominees

The Silent Child (WINNER)
Chris Overton and Rachel Shenton


Sound Editing
Nominees

Dunkirk (WINNER)
Richard King and Alex Gibson


Sound Mixing

Dunkirk (WINNER)
Mark Weingarten, Gregg Landaker and Gary A. Rizzo


Visual Effects
Nominees

Blade Runner 2049 (WINNER)
John Nelson, Gerd Nefzer, Paul Lambert and Richard R. Hoover

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