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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.
Personal Info
Known For
Directing
Filmography
The Thing Expanded
Self
2026Movie
THE ORIGIN OF ULTRAMAN
Self
2026Movie
The Anatomy Lesson: Director’s Cut
Self
2026Movie
I Love Boosters
Thanks
2026Movie
Surrealistic Nightmares: An In-Depth Look at Walloon Horror Cinema
Self
2025Movie
Mollusk
2025Movie
Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story
Self
2025Movie
Netflix Tudum 2025
Self
2025Movie
Sangre del Toro
Self
2025Movie
It’s a Mad Max World
Self
2025Movie
The Hanging of Stuart Cornfeld
2025Movie
Frankenstein: The Anatomy Lesson
Self - Writer / Director
2025Movie
Frankenstein
Director
2025Movie
Frankenstein
Producer
2025Movie
The Monkey
Thanks
2025Movie
Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery
Thanks
2025Movie
Frankenstein
Writer
2025Movie
Dario Argento: Panico
Self
2024Movie
Leonardo da Vinci
Self
2024TV
The Apprentice
Thanks
2024Movie
Megalopolis
Thanks
2024Movie
Disclaimer
Thanks
2024TV
Hideo Kojima: Connecting Worlds
Self
2023Movie
George Pal: Un Marciano De Hollywood En Argentina
2023Movie
Temple of Film: 100 Years of the Egyptian Theatre
Self
2023Movie
The Last Voyage of the Demeter
Thanks
2023Movie
The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial
Thanks
2023Movie
Boris Karloff: The Rest of the Story
Self
2022Movie
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio: Handcarved Cinema
Self
2022Movie
Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters
Self
2022Movie
Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities
Self - Host (uncredited)
2022TV
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio: Handcarved Cinema
Executive Producer
2022Movie
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio
Screenstory
2022Movie
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio
Director
2022Movie
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio
Producer
2022Movie
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio
Screenplay
2022Movie
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio
Lyricist
2022Movie
Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities
Executive Producer
2022TV
Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities
Short Story
2022TV
Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities
Teleplay
2022TV
Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities
Creator
2022TV
Boris Karloff: The Man Behind the Monster
Self
2021Movie
Directors on Directors
Self
2021TV
Trollhunters: Rise of the Titans
Screenplay
2021Movie
Trollhunters: Rise of the Titans
Producer
2021Movie
Antlers
Producer
2021Movie
Trollhunters: Rise of the Titans
Book
2021Movie
Trollhunters: Rise of the Titans
Creator
2021Movie
Nightmare Alley
Director
2021Movie
Nightmare Alley
Screenplay
2021Movie
Nightmare Alley
Producer
2021Movie
The Hobbit - M4 Book Edit
Screenplay
2021Movie
I'm No Longer Here: A Discussion with Guillermo del Toro and Alfonso Cuarón
Self
2020Movie
Clapboard Jungle: Surviving the Independent Film Business
Self
2020Movie
Roald Dahl's The Witches
Producer
2020Movie
Roald Dahl's The Witches
Screenplay
2020Movie
Wizards: Tales of Arcadia
Writer
2020TV
Wizards: Tales of Arcadia
Teleplay
2020TV
Wizards: Tales of Arcadia
Executive Producer
2020TV
Wizards: Tales of Arcadia
Creator
2020TV
The House Is Alive: Constructing 'Crimson Peak'
Self
2019Movie
Love, Antosha
Self
2019Movie
Making Apes: The Artists Who Changed Film
Self
2019Movie
Elvis Goes There
Self
2019TV
Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark
Screenstory
2019Movie
Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark
Producer
2019Movie
Light in the Darkness: The Impact of Night of The Living Dead
Self
2018Movie
Guillermo del Toro: Un director y su Oscar
Guillermo del Toro
2018Movie
Bloody And Groovy Baby! A Tribute to Sam Raimi's Evil Dead 2
Self
2018Movie
Barry
El Toro
2018TV
James Cameron's Story of Science Fiction
Self
2018TV
Konbini Vidéo Club
2018TV
Pacific Rim: Uprising
Producer
2018Movie
Ayotzinapa: The Turtle's Pace
Producer
2018Movie
Light in the Darkness: The Impact of Night of The Living Dead
Thanks
2018Movie
3Below: Tales of Arcadia
Executive Producer
2018TV
3Below: Tales of Arcadia
Director
2018TV
3Below: Tales of Arcadia
Creator
2018TV
78/52
Self
2017Movie
Five Came Back
Self
2017Movie
When Romero Met Del Toro
2017Movie
Five Came Back
Self
2017TV
The Shape of Water
Producer
2017Movie
The Shape of Water
Story
2017Movie
The Shape of Water
Screenplay
2017Movie
The Shape of Water
Director
2017Movie
The Giant's Dream: The Making of the Iron Giant
Self
2016Movie
The Light and Dark of Crimson Peak
Self
2016Movie
I Remember Crimson Peak
Himself
2016Movie
Hand Tailored Gothic
Self
2016Movie
A Living Thing
2016Movie
Crimson Phantoms
2016Movie
WIRED's Autocomplete Interviews
Self - Guest
2016TV
Kung Fu Panda 3
Executive Producer
2016Movie
Trollhunters: Tales of Arcadia
Executive Producer
2016TV
Trollhunters: Tales of Arcadia
Director
2016TV
Trollhunters: Tales of Arcadia
Story
2016TV
Trollhunters: Tales of Arcadia
Teleplay
2016TV
Trollhunters: Tales of Arcadia
Creator
2016TV
Metal Gear Solid: Legacy
Self
2015Movie
Extraordinary Tales
Narrator (voice) (segment 'The Pit and the Pendulum')
2015Movie
Creature Designers: The Frankenstein Complex
Self
2015Movie
The First Hundred Feet, the Last Hundred Feet
Self
2015Movie
The Late Late Show with James Corden
Self - Guest
2015TV
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
Self
2015TV
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self
2015TV
Crimson Peak
Director
2015Movie
Crimson Peak
Writer
2015Movie
Crimson Peak
Producer
2015Movie
The Thin Yellow Line
Producer
2015Movie
Lennon or McCartney
Self
2014Movie
The Book of Life
Land of the Remembered Captain's Wife (voice)
2014Movie
Guillermo del Toro Interviews Paul Williams
Self
2014Movie
The Director's Chair
Self
2014TV
The Game Awards
Self
2014TV
The Book of Life
Producer
2014Movie
How to Train Your Dragon 2
Thanks
2014Movie
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
Screenplay
2014Movie
Guillermo del Toro Interviews Paul Williams
Thanks
2014Movie
The Strain
Writer
2014TV
The Strain
Director
2014TV
The Strain
Creator
2014TV
Necessary Evil: Super-Villains of DC Comics
2013Movie
Drew: The Man Behind the Poster
Self
2013Movie
Spanish Gothic
Self
2013Movie
The Digital Artistry of Pacific Rim
Self
2013Movie
The Fire Rises: The Creation and Impact of The Dark Knight Trilogy
Self
2013Movie
Pacific Rim
Director
2013Movie
Pacific Rim
Screenplay
2013Movie
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
Screenplay
2013Movie
Mama
Executive Producer
2013Movie
Pacific Rim
Producer
2013Movie
Gravity
Thanks
2013Movie
Ray Harryhausen: Special Effects Titan
Self
2012Movie
Men in Suits
Self
2012Movie
El Santos vs la Tetona Mendoza
Gamborimbo Ponx (voice)
2012Movie
Horror Europa with Mark Gatiss
Self
2012Movie
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Screenplay
2012Movie
The Captured Bird
Executive Producer
2012Movie
Rise of the Guardians
Executive Producer
2012Movie
Zombie Lover
Interviewee
2011Movie
Comic-Con Episode IV: A Fan's Hope
Self
2011Movie
Puss in Boots
Comandante / Hombre del bigote (voice)
2011Movie
Reclaiming 'Mimic'
Self
2011Movie
A Leap in Evolution: The Creatures of 'Mimic'
Self
2011Movie
Back Into the Tunnels: The Making of 'Mimic'
Self
2011Movie
Bob Burns' Hollywood Haloween
Self
2011Movie
Puss in Boots
Executive Producer
2011Movie
Kung Fu Panda 2
Creative Consultant
2011Movie
Back Into the Tunnels: The Making of 'Mimic'
Thanks
2011Movie
A Leap in Evolution: The Creatures of 'Mimic'
Conceptual Illustrator
2011Movie
Reclaiming 'Mimic'
Conceptual Illustrator
2011Movie
Don't Be Afraid of the Dark
Creature (Voice)
2010Movie
Don't Be Afraid of the Dark
Screenplay
2010Movie
Don't Be Afraid of the Dark
Producer
2010Movie
Julia's Eyes
Producer
2010Movie
Megamind
Creative Consultant
2010Movie
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
Thanks
2010Movie
Biutiful
Associate Producer
2010Movie
Splice
Executive Producer
2010Movie
BlackBoxTV Presents
Producer
2010TV
Fasten Your Seatbelt: The Thrilling Art of Alfred Hitchcock
Self
2009Movie
The Master's Touch: Hitchcock's Signature Style
Self
2009Movie
North by Northwest: One for the Ages
Self
2009Movie
District 9
Thanks
2009Movie
Rage
Producer
2009Movie
The Masterpiece That Almost Wasn't
Self
2008Movie
Lovecraft: Fear of the Unknown
Self
2008Movie
Pure Cinema: Through the Eyes of Hitchcock
Self
2008Movie
El último truco
Self
2008Movie
Edith Head: Dressing the Master's Movies
Self
2008Movie
Bernard Herrmann: Hitchcock's Maestro
Self
2008Movie
Starz Inside: Comic Books Unbound
Self
2008Movie
Hellboy: In Service of the Demon
Self
2008Movie
Saul Bass: Title Champ
Self
2008Movie
In the Master's Shadow: Hitchcock's Legacy
Self
2008Movie
Drew Struzan: An Appreciation of An Artist
Self
2008Movie
Hellboy II: The Golden Army
Creature Vocals (voice) (uncredited)
2008Movie
Quantum of Solace
Additional Voices (voice)
2008Movie
Partners in Crime: Hitchcock's Collaborators
Self
2008Movie
Hellboy II: The Golden Army
Director
2008Movie
Hellboy II: The Golden Army
Screenplay
2008Movie
Insignificant Things
Producer
2008Movie
Hellboy II: The Golden Army - Prologue
Screenplay
2008Movie
Hellboy II: The Golden Army - Zinco Epilogue
Screenplay
2008Movie
While She Was Out
Executive Producer
2008Movie
Hellboy II: The Golden Army
Story
2008Movie
Drew Struzan: An Appreciation of An Artist
Thanks
2008Movie
Rudo & Cursi
Producer
2008Movie
07 Spaceys
2007Movie
Deck-A-Rep: The True Nature of Rick Deckard
Self
2007Movie
Nexus Generation: Fans & Filmmakers
Self
2007Movie
Dangerous Days: Making Blade Runner
Self
2007Movie
The Power of Myth
Self
2007Movie
The Melody Echoes the Fairy Tale
Self
2007Movie
The Color and the Shape
Self
2007Movie
Pan and the Fairies
Self
2007Movie
Diary of the Dead
Newsreader (voice) (uncredited)
2007Movie
The Orphanage
Executive Producer
2007Movie
Diary of the Dead
Thanks
2007Movie
Year of the Nail
Thanks
2007Movie
Hellboy Animated: Blood and Iron
Creative Producer
2007Movie
Red Princess Blues Animated: The Book of Violence
Thanks
2007Movie
Pan's Labyrinth
Director
2006Movie
Pan's Labyrinth
Producer
2006Movie
Hellboy Animated: Sword of Storms
Creative Producer
2006Movie
Pan's Labyrinth
Writer
2006Movie
Shadows in the Dark: The Val Lewton Legacy
2005Movie
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
Pappy McPoyle
2005TV
Home Delivery
Presenter
2005Movie
Home Delivery
Executive Producer
2005Movie
Hellboy: The Seeds of Creation
Self
2004Movie
Que es un Fantasma?: The Making of 'The Devil's Backbone'
Self
2004Movie
Hellboy
Guy Dressed as Dragon (uncredited)
2004Movie
Que es un fantasma?
2004Movie
Hellboy
Director
2004Movie
Hellboy
Screenplay
2004Movie
Crónicas
Producer
2004Movie
Hellboy
Fight Choreographer
2004Movie
Noin
Guillermo del Toro
2003Movie
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self
2003TV
Masters of Horror
Self
2002Movie
The Blood Pact: The Making of 'Blade II'
Self
2002Movie
HypaSpace
Self
2002TV
Blade II
Director
2002Movie
I Murder Seriously
Executive Producer
2002Movie
The Devil's Backbone: Behind the Scenes
2001Movie
The Devil's Backbone
Director
2001Movie
The Devil's Backbone
Screenplay
2001Movie
Mimic 2
Characters
2001Movie
Y Tu Mamá También
Thanks
2001Movie
Torrente 2: Mission in Marbella
Thanks
2001Movie
Bullfighter
Bullboy #2
2000Movie
Amores Perros
Editorial Coordinator
2000Movie
Futurama
Guillermo del Toro's Head (voice)
1999TV
Under a Spell
Producer
1999Movie
Torrente: The Dumb Arm of the Law
Thanks
1998Movie
Mimic
Director
1997Movie
Mimic
Screenplay
1997Movie
Mimic
Screenstory
1997Movie
Algunas nubes
Makeup Effects
1995Movie
Cronos
Man Walking Dog (uncredited)
1993Movie
Cronos
Director
1993Movie
Cronos
Screenplay
1993Movie
Sólo con tu pareja
Thanks
1992Movie
Cabeza de Vaca
Makeup Effects Designer
1991Movie
Dying in the Gulf
Makeup Effects
1990Movie
Dying in the Gulf
Storyboard
1990Movie
The Simpsons
Guillermo del Toro (voice)
1989TV
Love Lies
Makeup Effects
1989Movie
Love Lies
Special Effects Makeup Artist
1989Movie
Goitia: A God for Himself
Special Effects Makeup Artist
1989Movie
The Marked Hour
Writer
1988TV
The Marked Hour
Director
1988TV
Geometry
Director
1987Movie
Geometry
Writer
1987Movie
Geometry
Producer
1987Movie
Mrs. Lupe
Director
1986Movie
Mrs. Lupe
Screenplay
1986Movie
Obdulia
First Assistant Director
1986Movie
Mrs. Lupe
Executive Producer
1986Movie
Mrs. Lupe
Casting
1986Movie
Mrs. Lupe
Assistant Editor
1986Movie
Doña Herlinda and Her Son
Executive Producer
1985Movie
The Oscars
Self
1953TV
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee
1944TV
The Fall: Part I
Self
—Movie
The Fall: Part II
Self
—Movie
The Bloody Benders
Producer
—Movie
Sira and the Secret of the Park
Executive Producer
—Movie
The Boy in the Iron Box
Screenplay
—Movie
The Boy in the Iron Box
Producer
—Movie
The Boy in the Iron Box
Novel
—Movie
Fury
Director
—Movie
Fury
Writer
—Movie
Fury
Producer
—Movie