
Guillermo del Toro
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Biography
Guillermo del Toro Gómez (Spanish: [ɡiˈʝeɾmoðel ˈtoɾo]; born 9 October 1964) is a Mexican filmmaker, author, and artist. His work has been characterised by a strong connection to fairy tales, gothicism, and horror, often blending the genres 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, his themes of Catholicism, anti-fascism, 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), 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, and they are 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.
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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

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

Barry

Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities

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

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

The Apprentice

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark

Trollhunters: Rise of the Titans

How to Train Your Dragon 2

Hellboy

The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies

Megamind

Blade II

Pan's Labyrinth

Mama

Y Tu Mamá También

Disclaimer

Mimic

Hellboy II: The Golden Army

Puss in Boots

Nightmare Alley

Roald Dahl's The Witches

The Strain

Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities

The Shape of Water

Pacific Rim: Uprising

Antlers

Zanbato

Rise of the Guardians

The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug

Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio

The Last Voyage of the Demeter

Scott Pilgrim vs. the World

Trollhunters: Tales of Arcadia

Megalopolis

Splice

3Below: Tales of Arcadia

District 9

Wizards: Tales of Arcadia

Pacific Rim

Gravity

Kung Fu Panda 2

Kung Fu Panda 3

The Book of Life

The Monkey
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