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.
Crew
The Devil's Backbone
Screenplay, Director
Pan's Labyrinth
Director, Screenplay, Producer
Hellboy
Director, Screenplay, Fight Choreographer
Hellboy II: The Golden Army
Director, Screenplay, Story
Mimic
Director, Screenplay, Screenstory
The Orphanage
Executive Producer
Insignificant Things
Producer
Cronos
Screenplay, Director
Doña Herlinda and Her Son
Executive Producer
Don't Be Afraid of the Dark
Screenplay, Producer
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Screenplay
Pacific Rim
Screenplay, Director, Producer
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
Screenplay
Geometry
Director, Writer, Producer
Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark
Screenstory, Producer
Crimson Peak
Director, Writer, Producer
The Last Voyage of the Demeter
Thanks
Mrs. Lupe
Director, Screenplay, Assistant Editor, Executive Producer, Casting
Pacific Rim: Uprising
Producer
Hellboy Animated: Blood and Iron
Creative Producer
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio: Handcarved Cinema
Executive Producer
Algunas nubes
Makeup Effects
Love Lies
Makeup Effects, Special Effects Makeup Artist
Hellboy II: The Golden Army - Zinco Epilogue
Screenplay
Dying in the Gulf
Makeup Effects, Storyboard
Hellboy II: The Golden Army - Prologue
Screenplay
The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial
Thanks
Trollhunters: Rise of the Titans
Screenplay, Producer, Creator, Book
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio
Screenstory, Screenplay, Director, Producer, Lyricist
Amores Perros
Editorial Coordinator
How to Train Your Dragon 2
Thanks
Frankenstein
Director, Producer, Writer
The Shape of Water
Producer, Story, Screenplay, Director
Obdulia
First Assistant Director
The Captured Bird
Executive Producer
While She Was Out
Executive Producer
The Thin Yellow Line
Producer
The Bloody Benders
Producer
Puss in Boots
Executive Producer
Kung Fu Panda 3
Executive Producer
I Murder Seriously
Executive Producer
Kung Fu Panda 2
Creative Consultant
Rise of the Guardians
Executive Producer
Cabeza de Vaca
Makeup Effects Designer
Megamind
Creative Consultant
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
Screenplay
Roald Dahl's The Witches
Producer, Screenplay
Ayotzinapa: The Turtle's Pace
Producer
Hellboy Animated: Sword of Storms
Creative Producer
Nightmare Alley
Director, Screenplay, Producer
Goitia: A God for Himself
Special Effects Makeup Artist
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
Thanks
Biutiful
Associate Producer
Sira and the Secret of the Park
Executive Producer
The Boy in the Iron Box
Screenplay, Producer, Novel
Light in the Darkness: The Impact of Night of The Living Dead
Thanks
Back Into the Tunnels: The Making of 'Mimic'
Thanks
A Leap in Evolution: The Creatures of 'Mimic'
Conceptual Illustrator
Reclaiming 'Mimic'
Conceptual Illustrator
Guillermo del Toro Interviews Paul Williams
Thanks
Drew Struzan: An Appreciation of An Artist
Thanks
Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery
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