Guillermo del Toro is a filmmaker with a large body of work. He is known for his mastery of the gothic and period genres that mix with horror tropes. Some of his films include Pan's Labyrinth, The Shape of Water, and the recently released Frankenstein.The latter was an adaptation of Mary Shelley's namesake novel and dropped on Netflix on November 7, 2025. It has met with mostly positive responses from critics and audiences.He has been making films since the 1990s and is finally receiving a BFI Fellowship honor for his contribution to the arts. Let's explore all the details.Frankenstein director Guillermo del Toro to receive BFI FellowshipGuillermo del Toro will be getting a Fellowship from the British Film Institute (BFI). According to a press release, the award is given for his contribution to films and the arts.“[It's being given for 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. 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.”The Frankenstein director will be given this fellowship in May next year at the yearly BFI Chair dinner. The event will feature his retrospective films as well as his conversation at the BFI Southbank. Del Toro is also expected to program his own work at the BFI.Subsequently, the filmmaker will be conducting several masterclasses for aspiring directors at the BFI Academy. Del Toro will also visit the BFI National Archive, where his debut film Cronos will be screened in 4k format.In an official statement, del Toro expressed his excitement and said,“This is the honor of a lifetime and a thrilling moment in a storyteller’s life: to join a rarefied pantheon and to be recognized by the BFI. I have been greatly influenced by British film and have enjoyed a long and fruitful collaboration with great talent on both sides of the camera going back decades. I thank everyone at the BFI for this great distinction. I will endeavor myself to work hard to prove myself worthy of their faith in me.”Jay Hunt, the BFI chairman, also made a statement."Guillermo del Toro is an extraordinary filmmaker with a long relationship with the BFI who has consistently championed British talent. His collaborations here speak to the strength of our wider screen industries and the skilled people who power them. His body of work is instantly recognisable as boldly imaginative and fantastical. In awarding a BFI Fellowship to Guillermo del Toro, we recognize his remarkable contribution to cinema and the inspiration and magic he has brought to filmmakers and audiences here and around the world.”Del Toro is working on an animated film called The Buried Giant for Netflix.Stay tuned to Soap Central for more such stories.