And animation is ready to be taken to the next step,” Del Toro said when he received the award.
Notes: With this win, del Toro became the first person to win Oscars for both best picture ( The Shape of Water) and best animated feature film ( Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio). del Toro co-wrote, co-directed and co-produced Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio. “Animation is cinema. Animation is not a genre. And animation is ready to be taken to the next step,” Del Toro said when he received the award.