03 · 05 · 18 Doug Jones: the face behind Guillermo del Toro's monsters Share with twitter Share with facebook Share with mail Copy to clipboard The shape of the water gave Guillermo del Toro the Oscars of the most important categories: Best Film and Best Director. In total, the film won four awards including Best Score (Alexandre Desplat) and Best Production Design (Paul D. Austerberry, Jeffrey A. Melvin and Shane Vieau). The "love story for difficult times," as del Toro defines it, mixes science fiction with drama and romance, all set during the Cold War in the United States. The soul of the film is undoubtedly the mysterious sea creature played by Doug Jones, an American actor specialized in mimicry, frequent collaborator of Guillermo del Toro. To date, Jones has accumulated more than 150 film credits that include monsters and villains such as the creature in The Shape of Water, Abe Sapien in Hellboy and the Faun and the Pale Man in The Pan's Labyrinth. Know the characters that Doug Jones has played and maybe you didn't know: Check out the complete list of Oscar 2018 winners.
