Biography
Guillermo del Toro Gómez (born 9 October 1964) is a Mexican filmmaker and author. A recipient of three Academy Awards, three BAFTA Awards, and an Emmy Award, his work has been characterized by a strong connection to fairy tales and horror, with an effort to infuse visual or poetic beauty in the grotesque. He has had a lifelong fascination with monsters, which he considers symbols of great power. He is also known for his use of insectile and religious imagery, the themes of Catholicism and celebrating imperfection, underworld and clockwork motifs, practical special effects, dominant amber lighting, and his frequent collaborations with actors Ron Perlman and Doug Jones.
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), 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). Also with DreamWorks, he executive produced Puss in Boots (2011), Kung Fu Panda 2 (2011), Rise of the Guardians (2012), and Kung Fu Panda 3 (2016).
Del Toro is close friends with fellow Mexican filmmakers Alfonso Cuarón and Alejandro G. Iñárritu, and they are collectively known as "The Three Amigos of Cinema." 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.
Filmography
all 171
Movies 149
self 72
Producer 31
TV Shows 22
Director 18
Writer 13
Screenplay 3
Voice 3
Narrator 1
Temple of Film: 100 Years of the Egyptian Theatre (2023)
The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial (2023)
Dario Argento: Panico (2023)
The Last Voyage of the Demeter (2023)
Hideo Kojima: Connecting Worlds (2023)
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio: Handcarved Cinema (2022)
Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities (2022)
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio (2022)
Boris Karloff: The Rest of the Story (2022)
Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters (2022)
Nightmare Alley (2021)
Antlers (2021)
Boris Karloff: The Man Behind the Monster (2021)
Trollhunters: Rise of the Titans (2021)
I'm No Longer Here: A Discussion with Guillermo del Toro and Alfonso Cuarón (2020)
Roald Dahl's The Witches (2020)
Wizards: Tales of Arcadia (2020)
Clapboard Jungle (2020)
Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark (2019)
Love, Antosha (2019)
Surrealistic Nightmares: An In-depth Look at Walloon Horror Cinema (2019)
Elvis Goes There (2019)
Making Apes: The Artists Who Changed Film (2019)
The House Is Alive: Constructing 'Crimson Peak' (2019)
3Below: Tales of Arcadia (2018)
Bloody And Groovy Baby! A Tribute to Sam Raimi's Evil Dead 2 (2018)
James Cameron's Story of Science Fiction (2018)
Barry (2018)
Pacific Rim: Uprising (2018)
Ayotzinapa: The Turtle's Pace (2018)
Light in the Darkness (2018)
The Shape of Water (2017)
When Romero Met Del Toro (2017)
78/52 (2017)
The Human Face (2017)
Five Came Back (2017)
Five Came Back (2017)
Trollhunters: Tales of Arcadia (2016)
The Giant's Dream: The Making of the Iron Giant (2016)
Mad Max, univers brûlant (2016)
A Living Thing (2016)
Crimson Phantoms (2016)
The Light and Dark of Crimson Peak (2016)
Hand Tailored Gothic (2016)
I Remember Crimson Peak (2016)
Kung Fu Panda 3 (2016)
Una suegra muy norteña (2016)
Creature Designers: The Frankenstein Complex (2015)
Crimson Peak (2015)
Metal Gear Solid: Legacy (2015)
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter (2015)
The Late Late Show with James Corden (2015)
The Thin Yellow Line (2015)
Lennon or McCartney (2014)
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (2014)
The Game Awards (2014)
The Book of Life (2014)
The Strain (2014)
How to Train Your Dragon 2 (2014)
The Director's Chair (2014)
Guillermo del Toro Interviews Paul Williams (2014)
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (2013)
Necessary Evil: Super-Villains of DC Comics (2013)
The Digital Artistry of Pacific Rim (2013)
Gahan Wilson: Born Dead, Still Weird (2013)
Gravity (2013)
The Fire Rises: The Creation and Impact of The Dark Knight Trilogy (2013)
Spanish Gothic (2013)
Drew: The Man Behind the Poster (2013)
Pacific Rim (2013)
Extraordinary Tales (2013)
Mama (2013)
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012)
El Santos vs la Tetona Mendoza (2012)
Men in Suits (2012)
Rise of the Guardians (2012)
Horror Europa with Mark Gatiss (2012)
The Captured Bird (2012)
Ray Harryhausen: Special Effects Titan (2011)
Puss in Boots (2011)
Zombie Lover (2011)
Comic-Con Episode IV: A Fan's Hope (2011)
Don't Be Afraid of the Dark (2010)
Julia's Eyes (2010)
Megamind (2010)
Biutiful (2010)
BlackBoxTV Presents (2010)
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010)
Fasten Your Seatbelt: The Thrilling Art of Alfred Hitchcock (2009)
North by Northwest: One for the Ages (2009)
Splice (2009)
Viva la muerte! Autopsie du nouveau cinéma fantastique espagnol (2009)
Rage (2009)
District 9 (2009)
The Master's Touch: Hitchcock's Signature Style (2009)
Rudo & Cursi (2008)
El último truco (2008)
Hellboy II: The Golden Army - Zinco Epilogue (2008)
Hellboy: In Service of the Demon (2008)
Quantum of Solace (2008)
While She Was Out (2008)
Edith Head: Dressing the Master's Movies (2008)
Saul Bass: Title Champ (2008)
Pure Cinema: Through the Eyes of Hitchcock (2008)
In the Master's Shadow: Hitchcock's Legacy (2008)
Bernard Herrmann: Hitchcock's Maestro (2008)
Insignificant Things (2008)
Lovecraft: Fear of the Unknown (2008)
Hellboy II: The Golden Army (2008)
Starz Inside: Comic Books Unbound (2008)
The Masterpiece That Almost Wasn't (2008)
Drew Struzan: An Appreciation of An Artist (2008)
Hellboy II: The Golden Army - Prologue (2008)
The Power of Myth (2007)
The Color and the Shape (2007)
The Melody Echoes the Fairy Tale (2007)
Pan and the Fairies (2007)
Dangerous Days: Making 'Blade Runner' (2007)
Nexus Generation: Fans & Filmmakers (2007)
Deck-A-Rep: The True Nature of Rick Deckard (2007)
Diary of the Dead (2007)
The Orphanage (2007)
Year of the Nail (2007)
Hellboy Animated: Blood and Iron (2007)
07 Spaceys (2007)
Hellboy Animated: Sword of Storms (2006)
Pan's Labyrinth (2006)
Shadows in the Dark: The Val Lewton Legacy (2005)
Torrente 3: The Protector (2005)
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia (2005)
100 Scariest Movie Moments (2004)
Hellboy: The Seeds of Creation (2004)
Crónicas (2004)
Hellboy (2004)
Que es un Fantasma?: The Making of 'The Devil's Backbone' (2004)
Jimmy Kimmel Live! (2003)
The Blood Pact: The Making of 'Blade II' (2002)
Masters of Horror (2002)
I Murder Seriously (2002)
HypaSpace (2002)
Blade II (2002)
Mimic 2 (2001)
Y Tu Mamá También (2001)
The Devil's Backbone (2001)
Bullfighter (2000)
Amores Perros (2000)
Under a Spell (1999)
Mimic (1997)
Algunas nubes (1995)
Cronos (1993)
Cabeza de Vaca (1991)
Sólo con tu pareja (1991)
Dying in the Gulf (1990)
The Simpsons (1989)
Love Lies (1989)
Goitia: A God for Himself (1989)
Obdulia (1987)
Geometry (1987)
Mrs. Lupe (1986)
Doña Herlinda and Her Son (1985)
The Oscars (1953)
The Buried Giant
Frankenstein
The Bloody Benders
The Autopsy
George Pal: Un Marciano De Hollywood En Argentina
Scary Stories 2 Tell in the Dark
Matilde
Zanbato
The Marked Hour
Slaughterhouse-Five
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Known ForDirecting
GenderMale
Birthday1964-10-09 (59 years old)
Birth PlaceGuadalajara, Mexico
Religionagnosticism
CitizenshipsMexico
ResidencesGuadalajara, Mexico, Los Angeles, United States of America
Also Known As기예르모 델 토로, Γκιγιέρμο Ντελ Τόρο, ギレルモ・デル・トロ, ギジェルモ・デル・トーロ, Guillermo del Toro Gómez
AwardsScience Fiction Hall of Fame, star on Hollywood Walk of Fame, Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award for Best Director, The George Pal Memorial Award, Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form, Golden Globe Award, BAFTA Award for Best Direction, Time 100, Golden Lion, Nebula Award, Academy Award for Best Animated Feature, Saturn Award, Academy Award for Best Director
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