Guillermo del Toro

In the identical 12 months as Kristeva’s e book, the brilliant film-maker Guillermo del Toro (later to make such acclaimed films as Pan’s Labyrinth, 2006) directed Kristeva's first movie, Cronos.

del Toro's first feature film, and the first of several films on which American actor Ron Perlman collaborated with either Luppi or Perlman

Cronos is del Toro's first feature film, and the first of several films on which American actor Ron Perlman collaborated with either Luppi or Perlman.

Ron Fricke

Chronos (film) Chronos ( ) is a 1985 abstract film directed by Ron Fricke, created with custom-built time-lapse cameras.

a smaller-scale story that shows off Del Toro’s other greatest strength in Guillermo Del Toro's work - Guillermo Del Toro's characters

Part Spielberg movie, part darker take on a story out of The Twilight Zone, Cronos is a smaller-scale story that shows off Del Toro’s other greatest strength in Guillermo Del Toro's work - Guillermo Del Toro's characters.

Nestor Almendros

● More than two decades after cinematographer Nestor Almendros first charmed SFIFF audiences with cinematographer Nestor Almendros's 1994 debut feature Cronos, Mexican director Guillermo del Toro returns to claim the fest's Irving M. Levin Directing Award (f.k.a. the Founder's Directing Award and before that, the Akira Kurosawa Award) at the Castro Theatre on April 25.

Mexican-born actor Guillermo DelToro

Mexican-born actor Guillermo DelToro debuted as a director at 29 with Cronos (1993), followed by Mimic (1997), based on Donald Wollheim's short story, two films about the supernatural.

Del Toro , 43,

Del Toro, 43, spent 10 years as a makeup supervisor in Mexico before directing Cronos.

a lovely film, poignant and sophisticated, one that evidenced del Toro as a master storyteller right out of the gate

Cronos is a lovely film, poignant and sophisticated, one that evidenced del Toro as a master storyteller right out of the gate.

the culmination of del Toro’s youth­ful experiments making short monster movies, which grew progressively more elaborate and sophisticated

Cronos was the culmination of del Toro’s youth­ful experiments making short monster movies, which grew progressively more elaborate and sophisticated.

Kurt Neumann

Kronos (film) Kronos (a.k.a. Kronos, Destroyer of the Universe) is a 1957 independently made American black-and-white science fiction film from Regal Films, produced by Irving Block, Louis DeWitt, Kurt Neumann, and Jack Rabin, directed by Kurt Neumann, and starring Jeff Morrow and Barbara Lawrence.

Piranha 3DD

Piranha 3DD wrote and directed Cronos, Mimic, The Devil's Backbone, Hellboy, Pan's Labyrinth, Hellboy II: The Golden Army, Pacific Rim, Crimson Peak and The Shape Of Water.

the Oscar-winning director’s 1993 debut, a vampire film like only Cronos could make

Cronos is the Oscar-winning director’s 1993 debut, a vampire film like only Cronos could make.

Guillermo Navarro

Guillermo Navarro is a cinematographer and director, known for Pan's Labyrinth (2006), Cronos (1992) and I Am Number Four (2011).

Guillermo del

Cronos (1993) is del Toro's first feature-length film, a visually stylish vampire horror story that maverick writer/director Guillermo del also wrote.

John Landis

John Landis's directorial work includes Cronos (1993), Mimic (1997), The Devil's Backbone (2001), Blade II (2002), Hellboy (2004), Pan's Labyrinth (2006), Hellboy II (2008) and Pacific Rim (2013).

Armand Joseph Catalano

Armand Joseph Catalano was an actor and director, known for Cronos (1992), The Devil's Backbone (2001) and Pan's Labyrinth (2006).

the story of Jesús Gris (), Federico Luppi, who tragically passed eleven days agoan elderly antique dealer, who comes across a mysterious artifact with Federico Luppi's young granddaughter Aurora (Tamara Shanath)

Cronos is the story of Jesús Gris (Federico Luppi, who tragically passed eleven days ago), an elderly antique dealer, who comes across a mysterious artifact with Federico Luppi's young granddaughter Aurora (Tamara Shanath).

James Cameron

About 4 years earlier, Del Toro had met James Cameron on the set of the Mexican director’s first feature film, Cronos.

Lady Bird

Guillermo del Toro began to develop the story shortly after Lady Bird's breakout feature Cronos in 1993.

Mike Gorenstein

CEO Mike Gorenstein laid out Cronos Group's strategy in very simple terms.