19 Facts About Guillermo Navarro

Guillermo Jorge Navarro Solares, was born on July 29,1955 and is a Mexican cinematographer and television director.

Guillermo Navarro has worked in Hollywood since 1994 and is a frequent collaborator of Guillermo del Toro and Robert Rodriguez.

Guillermo Navarro has since directed episodes of series like Hannibal and Luke Cage, and was an executive producer on the National Geographic documentary series Hostile Planet, for which he earned his first Primetime Emmy nomination.

Guillermo Navarro began taking still photographs at age 13 when took a photography workshop in middle school, and built his own darkroom.

Guillermo Navarro worked for several years as a freelance photographer, working on everything from album covers to fashion photography.

Guillermo Navarro attended the National Autonomous University of Mexico, where he graduated with a degree in Sociology.

Guillermo Navarro began working in the film industry when his sister, a producer, hired him as on-set still and continuity photographer for one of her films.

Guillermo Navarro worked for around 10 years before shooting his first feature.

Guillermo Navarro moved to the United States in 1994, where he shot several films for director Robert Rodriguez and worked with high-profile directors Renny Harlin and Quentin Tarantino.

Guillermo Navarro returned to Mexico in 2001 to shoot del Toro's The Devil's Backbone.

Guillermo Navarro's most acclaimed work to date came in 2006 when he shot del Toro's dark fantasy drama Pan's Labyrinth.

Guillermo Navarro shot the film using his personal Moviecam Compact and Arriflex 435 ES cameras and Zeiss Ultra Prime and Variable Prime lenses.

Guillermo Navarro used three different Kodak film stocks: Vision2 200T 5217, Vision2 500T 5218, and Vision 250D 5246, depending on the lighting conditions under which a scene was filmed.

Guillermo Navarro purposefully kept lighting effects that could only be attained with sunlight, which jarred the image when it passed itself as night, creating an aura of experimentation.

Guillermo Navarro's work earned him an Academy Award, a Goya Award, an Ariel Award, and Independent Spirit Award for Best Cinematography.

Guillermo Navarro began directing in 2013 with an episode of Hannibal.

Guillermo Navarro has subsequently directed episodes for shows like The Bridge, Narcos, Preacher, and Luke Cage.

Guillermo Navarro shot the pilot episode of Star Trek: Discovery, directed by David Semel.

In 2019, Guillermo Navarro made his producing debut as an executive producer on the National Geographic documentary series Hostile Planet.