Every second counts when you work in stop-motion animation. Connecting with The Times over email this weekend, Mexican director Guillermo del Toro called Gustafson “a faithful storyteller who had much to add to a medium in need of true believers.” Del Toro and Gustafson co-directed the 2022 stop-motion feature “Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio” for which they received the animated feature …
