Guillermo del Toro
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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.
Known For
The Oscars
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
The Simpsons
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
The Late Late Show with James Corden
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Barry
Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities
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
Five Came Back
Shadows in the Dark: The Val Lewton Legacy
I'm No Longer Here: A Discussion with Guillermo del Toro and Alfonso Cuarón
The Digital Artistry of Pacific Rim
Production Credits
Gravity
Disclaimer
The Shape of Water
Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark
Kung Fu Panda 3
Pan's Labyrinth
Nightmare Alley
Trollhunters: Tales of Arcadia
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
The Strain
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio
Wizards: Tales of Arcadia
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
Puss in Boots
The Last Voyage of the Demeter
Trollhunters: Rise of the Titans
Pacific Rim
District 9
Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities
Hellboy II: The Golden Army
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
Splice
How to Train Your Dragon 2
Hellboy
Pacific Rim: Uprising
Rise of the Guardians
Blade II
Megamind
The Book of Life
Antlers
3Below: Tales of Arcadia
Y Tu Mamá También
Kung Fu Panda 2
Roald Dahl's The Witches
Mimic
Zanbato
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