Guillermo del Toro

Directing·Oct 9, 1964·Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico

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Guillermo del Toro Gómez (Spanish: [ɡiˈʝeɾmo ðelˈtoɾo]; born 9 October 1964) is a Mexican filmmaker, author, and artist. His work has been characterized by a strong connection to fairy tales, gothicism, and horror, often blending the genres to infuse visual or poetic beauty into the grotesque. He has had a lifelong fascination with monsters, which he considers symbols of great power. He is known for pioneering dark fantasy in the film industry and using insectile and religious imagery, his themes of Catholicism, and celebrating imperfection, underworld motifs, practical special effects, and dominant amber lighting. Throughout his career, del Toro has shifted between Spanish-language films—such as Cronos (1993), The Devil's Backbone (2001), and Pan's Labyrinth (2006)—and English-language films, including Mimic (1997), Blade II (2002), Hellboy (2004) and its sequel Hellboy II: The Golden Army(2008), Pacific Rim (2013), Crimson Peak (2015), The Shape of Water (2017), Nightmare Alley (2021), and Pinocchio (2022). As a producer or writer, he worked on the films The Orphanage (2007), Don't Be Afraid of the Dark (2010), The Hobbit film series (2012–2014), Mama (2013), The Book of Life (2014), Pacific Rim: Uprising (2018), Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark (2019), and The Witches (2020). In 2022, he created the Netflix anthology horror series Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities, featuring a collection of classical horror stories. With Chuck Hogan, he co-authored The Strain trilogy of novels (2009–2011), which was later adapted into a comic book series (2011–15) and a live-action television series (2014–17). With DreamWorks Animation and Netflix, he created the animated franchise Tales of Arcadia, which includes the series Trollhunters (2016–18), 3Below (2018–19), and Wizards (2020) and the sequel film Trollhunters: Rise of the Titans (2021). Del Toro is close friends with fellow Mexican filmmakers Alfonso Cuarón and Alejandro G. Iñárritu, collectively known as "The Three Amigos of Mexican Cinema". He has received several awards, including three Academy Awards, three BAFTA Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, a Daytime Emmy Award, and a Golden Lion. He was included in Time magazine's list of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2018, and he received a motion picture star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2019.

Film	Credit
THE ORIGIN OF ULTRAMAN2026 · Self	Self
The Thing Expanded2026 · Self	Self
Frankenstein: The Anatomy Lesson2025 · Self - Writer / Director	Self - Writer / Director
Mollusk2025 · Actor	Actor
The Hanging of Stuart Cornfeld2025 · Actor	Actor
Frankenstein2025 · Director, Producer, Writer	Director, Producer, Writer
Sangre del Toro2025 · Self	Self
It’s a Mad Max World2025 · Self	Self
Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story2025 · Self	Self
Netflix Tudum 20252025 · Self	Self
Surrealistic Nightmares: An In-Depth Look at Walloon Horror Cinema2025 · Self	Self
Dario Argento: Panico2024 · Self	Self
Temple of Film: 100 Years of the Egyptian Theatre2023 · Self	Self
Hideo Kojima: Connecting Worlds2023 · Self	Self
George Pal: Un Marciano De Hollywood En Argentina2023 · Actor	Actor
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio: Handcarved Cinema2022 · Self	Self
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio2022 · Director, Producer, Screenplay	Director, Producer, Screenplay
BBoris Karloff: The Rest of the Story2022 · Self	Self
Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters2022 · Self	Self
Nightmare Alley2021 · Director, Screenplay, Producer	Director, Screenplay, Producer
Antlers2021 · Producer	Producer
Boris Karloff: The Man Behind the Monster2021 · Self	Self
Trollhunters: Rise of the Titans2021 · Screenplay, Producer	Screenplay, Producer
I'm No Longer Here: A Discussion with Guillermo del Toro and Alfonso Cuarón2020 · Self	Self
Roald Dahl's The Witches2020 · Producer, Screenplay	Producer, Screenplay
Clapboard Jungle: Surviving the Independent Film Business2020 · Self	Self
Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark2019 · Producer	Producer
Love, Antosha2019 · Self	Self
Making Apes: The Artists Who Changed Film2019 · Self	Self
The House Is Alive: Constructing 'Crimson Peak'2019 · Self	Self
Guillermo del Toro: Un director y su Oscar2018 · Guillermo del Toro	Guillermo del Toro
Bloody And Groovy Baby! A Tribute to Sam Raimi's Evil Dead 22018 · Self	Self
Pacific Rim: Uprising2018 · Producer	Producer
Ayotzinapa: The Turtle's Pace2018 · Producer	Producer
Light in the Darkness: The Impact of Night of The Living Dead2018 · Self	Self
The Shape of Water2017 · Producer, Screenplay, Director	Producer, Screenplay, Director
WWhen Romero Met Del Toro2017 · Actor	Actor
78/522017 · Self	Self
Five Came Back2017 · Self	Self
The Giant's Dream: The Making of the Iron Giant2016 · Self	Self
The Light and Dark of Crimson Peak2016 · Self	Self
I Remember Crimson Peak2016 · Himself	Himself
Hand Tailored Gothic2016 · Self	Self
A Living Thing2016 · Actor	Actor
Crimson Phantoms2016 · Actor	Actor
Creature Designers: The Frankenstein Complex2015 · Self	Self
The First Hundred Feet, the Last Hundred Feet2015 · Self	Self
Crimson Peak2015 · Director, Writer, Producer	Director, Writer, Producer