Guillermo del Toro
![Guillermo del Toro](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/gldeyCtKcaqnK1v4Vu9vqayhzUQ.jpg)
Known For: Directing
Gender: Male
Date of Birth: October 9, 1964 (60 years old)
Place of Birth: Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico
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.
2023
2022
![Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/u7WodL9oK3jL1qndrJVefRcojK3.jpg)
Actor Self
Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters
Actor Self
Boris Karloff: The Rest of the Story
![Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio: Handcarved Cinema](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/pEd6yeA27vEoliWq1nfJHrmSiug.jpg)
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Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio: Handcarved Cinema
![Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/vx1u0uwxdlhV2MUzj4VlcMB0N6m.jpg)
Director
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio
![Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/vx1u0uwxdlhV2MUzj4VlcMB0N6m.jpg)
Producer
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio
![Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/vx1u0uwxdlhV2MUzj4VlcMB0N6m.jpg)
Screenplay
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio
![Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/vx1u0uwxdlhV2MUzj4VlcMB0N6m.jpg)
Screenstory
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio
![Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio: Handcarved Cinema](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/pEd6yeA27vEoliWq1nfJHrmSiug.jpg)
Executive Producer
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio: Handcarved Cinema
2021
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2013
![Necessary Evil: Super-Villains of DC Comics](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/5dpgzyJvwDTXYN6ZPsA3w5yzlNY.jpg)
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Necessary Evil: Super-Villains of DC Comics
![Drew: The Man Behind the Poster](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/3hpSSMwwGYIAKqAJpxsbebd4cfZ.jpg)
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Drew: The Man Behind the Poster
![Extraordinary Tales](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/mGETWBPMDHgpdFVsJf8cYGsPWnz.jpg)
Actor Narrator (voice) (segment 'The Pit and the Pendulum')
Extraordinary Tales
![Spanish Gothic](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/9hI0ulnySgMvk7qVpvDYPAjjHyw.jpg)
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Spanish Gothic
![The Digital Artistry of Pacific Rim](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/7lIG7uIsNUARbARTuVOTP1Mm0mj.jpg)
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The Digital Artistry of Pacific Rim
![The Fire Rises: The Creation and Impact of The Dark Knight Trilogy](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/y78UlBU4Y2HnEuvSW4V0A5DzP3C.jpg)
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The Fire Rises: The Creation and Impact of The Dark Knight Trilogy
![Pacific Rim](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/8wo4eN8dWKaKlxhSvBz19uvj8gA.jpg)
Director
Pacific Rim
![Pacific Rim](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/8wo4eN8dWKaKlxhSvBz19uvj8gA.jpg)
Screenplay
Pacific Rim
![The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/xQYiXsheRCDBA39DOrmaw1aSpbk.jpg)
Screenplay
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
![Mama](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/eo8BhR8Q5STmWE9sMLsEPagxmy6.jpg)
Executive Producer
Mama
![Pacific Rim](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/8wo4eN8dWKaKlxhSvBz19uvj8gA.jpg)
Producer
Pacific Rim
![Gravity](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/kZ2nZw8D681aphje8NJi8EfbL1U.jpg)
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Gravity
2012
2011
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2009
2008
![Lovecraft: Fear of the Unknown](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/2pQUzBpALk2aSApgQW43xJE7l1H.jpg)
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Lovecraft: Fear of the Unknown
![El último truco](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/7zbhCfLJ4CBrRTH5Y0BypUB4mHl.jpg)
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El último truco
![Starz Inside: Comic Books Unbound](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/ksYysbC6iUIQSRqztszT5Xpumj5.jpg)
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Starz Inside: Comic Books Unbound
![Saul Bass: Title Champ](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/oXQmIQySdbMDLQcHwOXcwnmjB9Z.jpg)
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Saul Bass: Title Champ
![Hellboy: In Service of the Demon](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/AkXG0RTpa2qOKvsqd2ZyRzOq1xY.jpg)
Actor Self
Hellboy: In Service of the Demon
![In the Master's Shadow: Hitchcock's Legacy](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/zEUSIdPRipZUAfV9ClgWju40u8E.jpg)
Actor Self
In the Master's Shadow: Hitchcock's Legacy
![Drew Struzan: An Appreciation of An Artist](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/ssaYsVtqDPzwvKr5v6p409Yj3xp.jpg)
Actor Himself
Drew Struzan: An Appreciation of An Artist
![Hellboy II: The Golden Army](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/582tPE3faoiVpECMdGCNFxVwe70.jpg)
Actor Creature Vocals (voice) (uncredited)
Hellboy II: The Golden Army
![Quantum of Solace](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/e3DXXLJHGqMx9yYpXsql1XNljmM.jpg)
Actor Additional Voices (voice)
Quantum of Solace
![Edith Head: Dressing the Master's Movies](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/pD7XLwdsZIZSpWHjNL2mjw45l4.jpg)
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Edith Head: Dressing the Master's Movies
![Bernard Herrmann: Hitchcock's Maestro](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/c9Nt28vKuXAN6B9Hj0EyWFXlILY.jpg)
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Bernard Herrmann: Hitchcock's Maestro
![The Masterpiece That Almost Wasn't](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/AddlT7WXb8YUbd4HLt7QvRCGIa6.jpg)
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The Masterpiece That Almost Wasn't
![Pure Cinema: Through the Eyes of Hitchcock](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/bfPjJLkaSDGCUX57AzyGjp14q7B.jpg)
Actor Self
Pure Cinema: Through the Eyes of Hitchcock
![Rudo & Cursi](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/xFGuhPSe1mCRcOllLlJYoNUknNt.jpg)
Producer
Rudo & Cursi
![Hellboy II: The Golden Army](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/582tPE3faoiVpECMdGCNFxVwe70.jpg)
Director
Hellboy II: The Golden Army
![Hellboy II: The Golden Army](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/582tPE3faoiVpECMdGCNFxVwe70.jpg)
Screenplay
Hellboy II: The Golden Army
![Insignificant Things](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/uM27P8FtwSTEXmyJ6dTrQ7jNZVD.jpg)
Producer
Insignificant Things
![Hellboy II: The Golden Army - Prologue](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/hGFmq8LGsebs3t8mdyRJyGLy9ak.jpg)
Screenplay
Hellboy II: The Golden Army - Prologue
![Hellboy II: The Golden Army - Zinco Epilogue](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/9tjaPYT8ayZAaugv5YmFxg0QeBy.jpg)
Screenplay
Hellboy II: The Golden Army - Zinco Epilogue
![While She Was Out](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/ehhJzxVV566RxPKmotY4E6xU477.jpg)
Executive Producer
While She Was Out
2007
![The Power of Myth](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/7C6AyqrBFYwPqFAZHZXni3i0M25.jpg)
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The Power of Myth
Actor Self
The Melody Echoes the Fairy Tale
![The Color and the Shape](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/boRQU4OnJ3Vd7L0OyEo9dWQi8SM.jpg)
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The Color and the Shape
![Pan and the Fairies](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/c6E7cUreZkTrMJssosRX30trVqC.jpg)
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Pan and the Fairies
![Diary of the Dead](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/tGktSJW5dPf8QIjmcqum4KOEZPZ.jpg)
Actor Newsreader (voice) (uncredited)
Diary of the Dead
![Dangerous Days: Making 'Blade Runner'](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/9XmaBvpxrONJyJtzNXtaveEtci3.jpg)
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Dangerous Days: Making 'Blade Runner'
![07 Spaceys](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/7koSNa4fMTBCabwnikql3RKk5Tt.jpg)
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07 Spaceys
![Deck-A-Rep: The True Nature of Rick Deckard](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/49dfDzLRj8KZslHs8RXZMzFh1OJ.jpg)
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Deck-A-Rep: The True Nature of Rick Deckard
Actor Self
Nexus Generation: Fans & Filmmakers
![The Orphanage](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/vIpi1KtHLXUOfSVC2m6MqpjSPgL.jpg)
Executive Producer
The Orphanage
![Hellboy Animated: Blood and Iron](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/itj3KXrYL6iSa7eBDLYIVWZuZtW.jpg)
Creative Producer
Hellboy Animated: Blood and Iron
![Year of the Nail](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/ybc1SXBewCHQJL7e1q1D64FHBz9.jpg)
Thanks
Year of the Nail
![Diary of the Dead](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/tGktSJW5dPf8QIjmcqum4KOEZPZ.jpg)
Thanks
Diary of the Dead