“Frankenstein” director Guillermo del Toro is set to receive a BFI Fellowship, the film organization’s highest honor.

The award will celebrate del Toro’s “extraordinary contribution to film and the distinctive artistry that runs through his work across animation and live action, and as a Mexican filmmaker, in both Spanish and English,” according to a press release. “Fusing dark horror and gothic fantasy, drawing on folklore, fairytales, literature, sci-fi, religion and comic books, del Toro creates lavish fantastical cinematic worlds and characters, often monsters and creatures, of deep emotional complexity.”

Del Toro, who won the Oscar for best picture and director for 2017’s “The Shape of Water,” will be honored with the fellowship at the annual BFI Chair’s dinner in May 2026. He w

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