This story is from March 9, 2018

Director Guillermo del Toro announces divorce

PTI / Updated: Mar 9, 2018, 16:46 IST

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Few days after taking home two Oscars at the 90th Academy Awards, director Guillermo del Toro has revealed that he divorced his wife of three decades Lorenza Newton last year.

Director Guillermo del Toro announces divorce

"The greatest thing art does, our industy does, is to erase the lines in the sand - we should continue doing that - when the world tells us to make them deeper," Del Toro said in accepting the Academy award for Directing 'The Shape of Water'. Del Toro was favored to win the directing prize after picking up the Directors Guild of America Award last month. He received Academy Awards nominations in 2007 for 'Pan's Labyrinth', but this was the first time he was nominated in the directing category.

Few days after taking home two Oscars at the 90th Academy Awards, director Guillermo del Toro has revealed that he divorced his wife of three decades Lorenza Newton last year.
Del Toro said , "I separated in February (of 2017) and divorced in September. But few people knew."
Speculation began to swirl about del Toro's marriage when he walked the Oscars red carpet arm-in-arm with screenwriter Kim Morgan, who penned the director's upcoming project, 'Nightmare Alley'.
Del Toro, who won Oscars for Best Director and Best Picture for his film, "The Shape of Water', also thanked Morgan in his acceptance speech.

In the interview, the director, however, said he is just good friends with Morgan and she was not a factor in his divorce.
"She is working with me, we have a nice friendship. In case some news appear, let's clarify that I separated in February. I started working with her at the end of the summer."
Del Toro shares daughters Marisa and Mariana with Newton.

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