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Frankenstein director Guillermo del Toro is to receive a British Film Institute (BFI) Fellowship to recognise his “extraordinary” contribution to film.
The Fellowship is the highest honour bestowed by the BFI, and will be presented to the Mexican filmmaker next month.
The BFI said del Toro is being recognised for a body of work that includes Oscar-winning films The Shape Of Water, Pinocchio and Pan’s Labyrinth, as well as Hellboy, Crimson Peak and Pacific Rim.
His most recent film Frankenstein, starring Jacob Elordi, was released last year and won multiple Oscars and Bafta awards.
The Fellowship forms part of a wider BFI celebration of del Toro’s work, including a major season at London’s BFI Southbank and BFI Imax spanning screenings, conversations and special events with the director that will take place next month.
It will also see his 1992 film debut Cronos be re-released in cinemas in the UK and Ireland from May 15.
Del Toro previously said it is the “honour of a lifetime and a thrilling moment” to be recognised by the BFI.
He joins other BFI Fellows including Bette Davis, Elizabeth Taylor, Orson Welles, Spike Lee and Martin Scorsese.
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