Guillermo del Toro
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.
Filmography (56)
Digger
Frankenstein
The Monkey
Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery
Megalopolis
The Apprentice
The Last Voyage of the Demeter
The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio
Nightmare Alley
Antlers
Trollhunters: Rise of the Titans
Roald Dahl's The Witches
Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark
Pacific Rim: Uprising
The Shape of Water
Kung Fu Panda 3
Crimson Peak
The Book of Life
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
How to Train Your Dragon 2
Gravity
Pacific Rim
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
Mama
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Rise of the Guardians
Puss in Boots
Kung Fu Panda 2
Don't Be Afraid of the Dark
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
Megamind
Splice
Julia's Eyes
Biutiful
District 9
Quantum of Solace
Hellboy II: The Golden Army
While She Was Out
Rudo & Cursi
Diary of the Dead
The Orphanage
Hellboy Animated: Blood and Iron
Pan's Labyrinth
Hellboy Animated: Sword of Storms
Torrente 3: The Protector
Hellboy
Blade II
Mimic 2
The Devil's Backbone
Y Tu Mamá También
Torrente 2: Mission in Marbella
Amores Perros
Torrente: The Dumb Arm of the Law
Mimic
