
Guillermo del Toro
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Biography
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.
Known For

Golden Globe Awards

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

The Simpsons

It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia

The Oscars

The Late Late Show with James Corden

Futurama

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

Barry

The Game Awards

James Cameron's Story of Science Fiction

Quantum of Solace

Hellboy

Hellboy II: The Golden Army

The Book of Life

The Masterpiece That Almost Wasn't

Puss in Boots

Shadows in the Dark: The Val Lewton Legacy

Five Came Back

I'm No Longer Here: A Discussion with Guillermo del Toro and Alfonso Cuarón

Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities

The Digital Artistry of Pacific Rim
Production Credits

The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug

Megamind

Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark

Trollhunters: Tales of Arcadia

The Apprentice

Blade II

The Book of Life

Disclaimer

3Below: Tales of Arcadia

The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies

Pan's Labyrinth

Puss in Boots

Hellboy II: The Golden Army

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

The Last Voyage of the Demeter

The Strain

Frankenstein

Rise of the Guardians

Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities

Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio

Roald Dahl's The Witches

Wizards: Tales of Arcadia

Zanbato

Kung Fu Panda 2

Kung Fu Panda 3

Mama

District 9

Antlers

The Shape of Water

Splice

Nightmare Alley

Trollhunters: Rise of the Titans

Pacific Rim

Hellboy

Megalopolis

Pacific Rim: Uprising

Y Tu Mamá También

Gravity

The Monkey

Scott Pilgrim vs. the World

The Orphanage

Mimic

How to Train Your Dragon 2
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