Guillermo del Toro
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.
07 Spaceys
Deck-A-Rep: The True Nature of Rick Deckard
(Self)
Nexus Generation: Fans & Filmmakers
(Self)
The Masterpiece That Almost Wasn't
(Self)
I'm No Longer Here: A Discussion with Guillermo del Toro and Alfonso Cuarón
(Self)
Shadows in the Dark: The Val Lewton Legacy
Lovecraft: Fear of the Unknown
(Self)
Dangerous Days: Making Blade Runner
(Self)
Pure Cinema: Through the Eyes of Hitchcock
(Self)
Hideo Kojima: Connecting Worlds
(Self)
El último truco
(Self)
Ray Harryhausen: Special Effects Titan
(Self)
Men in Suits
(Self)
Dario Argento: Panico
(Self)
El Santos vs la Tetona Mendoza
(Gamborimbo Ponx (voice))
Necessary Evil: Super-Villains of DC Comics
(Self)
George Pal: Un Marciano De Hollywood En Argentina
Edith Head: Dressing the Master's Movies
(Self)
Temple of Film: 100 Years of the Egyptian Theatre
(Self)
Zombie Lover
(Interviewee)
Fasten Your Seatbelt: The Thrilling Art of Alfred Hitchcock
(Self)
Drew: The Man Behind the Poster
(Self)
Light in the Darkness
(Self)
Metal Gear Solid: Legacy
(Self)
Bullfighter
(Bullboy #2)
Bernard Herrmann: Hitchcock's Maestro
(Self)
Horror Europa with Mark Gatiss
(Self)
Starz Inside: Comic Books Unbound
(Self)
Extraordinary Tales
(Narrator (voice) (segment 'The Pit and the Pendulum'))
Boris Karloff: The Rest of the Story
(Self)
The Giant's Dream: The Making of the Iron Giant
(Self)
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio: Handcarved Cinema
(Self)
Guillermo del Toro: Un director y su Oscar
(Guillermo del Toro)
Creature Designers: The Frankenstein Complex
(Self)
Lennon or McCartney
(Self)
Comic-Con Episode IV: A Fan's Hope
(Self)
Puss in Boots
(Comandante / Hombre del bigote (voice))
The First Hundred Feet, the Last Hundred Feet
(Self)
The Master's Touch: Hitchcock's Signature Style
(Self)
North by Northwest: One for the Ages
(Self)
78/52
(Self)
Clapboard Jungle: Surviving the Independent Film Business
(Self)
Hellboy: In Service of the Demon
(Self)
Hellboy: The Seeds of Creation
(Self)
Saul Bass: Title Champ
(Self)
Five Came Back
(Self)
In the Master's Shadow: Hitchcock's Legacy
(Self)
The Book of Life
(Land of the Remembered Captain's Wife (voice))
Que es un Fantasma?: The Making of 'The Devil's Backbone'
(Self)
Surrealistic Nightmares: An In-Depth Look at Walloon Horror Cinema
(Self)
Spanish Gothic
(Self)
The Color and the Shape
(Self)
Pan and the Fairies
(Self)
The Power of Myth
(Self)
The Melody Echoes the Fairy Tale
(Self)
Guillermo del Toro Interviews Paul Williams
(Self)
Masters of Horror
(Self)
The Digital Artistry of Pacific Rim
(Self)
The House Is Alive: Constructing 'Crimson Peak'
(Self)
Torrente 3: The Protector
(Contacto Giannina (scenes deleted))
The Light and Dark of Crimson Peak
(Self)
A Living Thing
Hand Tailored Gothic
(Self)
I Remember Crimson Peak
(Himself)
Crimson Phantoms
Diary of the Dead
(Newsreader (voice) (uncredited))
Bloody And Groovy Baby! A Tribute to Sam Raimi's Evil Dead 2
Love, Antosha
(Self)
Don't Be Afraid of the Dark
(Creature (Voice))
Making Apes: The Artists Who Changed Film
(Self)
Drew Struzan: An Appreciation of An Artist
(Self)
Hellboy II: The Golden Army
(Creature Vocals (voice) (uncredited))
Hellboy
(Guy Dressed as Dragon (uncredited))
Cronos
(Man Walking Dog (uncredited))
The Fire Rises: The Creation and Impact of The Dark Knight Trilogy
(Self)
Quantum of Solace
(Additional Voices (voice))
Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters
(Self)
When Romero Met Del Toro
Boris Karloff: The Man Behind the Monster
(Self)
Mollusk
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
(Self)
HypaSpace
(Self)
The Director's Chair
(Self)
Barry
(El Toro)
Five Came Back
(Self)
The Late Late Show with James Corden
(Self - Guest)
The Game Awards
(Self)
Elvis Goes There
(Self)
Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities
(Self - Host (uncredited))
James Cameron's Story of Science Fiction
(Self)
The Simpsons
(Guillermo del Toro (voice))
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
(Self)
The Oscars
(Self)
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
(Pappy McPoyle)
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
(Self)
Leonardo da Vinci
(Self)
The Devil's Backbone
(Screenplay)
Pan's Labyrinth
(Director)
The Devil's Backbone
(Director)
Pan's Labyrinth
(Screenplay)
Hellboy
(Director)
Pan's Labyrinth
(Producer)
Hellboy
(Screenplay)
Rudo & Cursi
(Producer)
Hellboy II: The Golden Army
(Director)
Hellboy II: The Golden Army
(Screenplay)
Mimic
(Director)
Mimic
(Screenplay)
The Orphanage
(Executive Producer)
Insignificant Things
(Producer)
Cronos
(Screenplay)
Cronos
(Director)
Doña Herlinda and Her Son
(Executive Producer)
Blade II
(Director)
Don't Be Afraid of the Dark
(Screenplay)
Don't Be Afraid of the Dark
(Producer)
Splice
(Producer)
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
(Screenplay)
Pacific Rim
(Screenplay)
Pacific Rim
(Director)
Julia's Eyes
(Producer)
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
(Screenplay)
Mama
(Executive Producer)
Geometry
(Director)
Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark
(Screenstory)
Crimson Peak
(Director)
The Last Voyage of the Demeter
(Thanks)
The Book of Life
(Producer)
Diary of the Dead
(Thanks)
Pacific Rim
(Producer)
Mrs. Lupe
(Director)
Mrs. Lupe
(Screenplay)
Matilde
(Director)
Year of the Nail
(Thanks)
Pacific Rim: Uprising
(Producer)
Hellboy Animated: Blood and Iron
(Creative Producer)
Una suegra muy norteña
(Executive Producer)
Crimson Peak
(Writer)
Crimson Peak
(Producer)
Geometry
(Writer)
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio: Handcarved Cinema
(Executive Producer)
District 9
(Thanks)
Algunas nubes
(Makeup Effects)
Love Lies
(Makeup Effects)
Hellboy II: The Golden Army - Zinco Epilogue
(Screenplay)
Dying in the Gulf
(Makeup Effects)
Dying in the Gulf
(Storyboard)
Hellboy II: The Golden Army - Prologue
(Screenplay)
The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial
(Thanks)
Trollhunters: Rise of the Titans
(Screenplay)
Trollhunters: Rise of the Titans
(Producer)
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio
(Screenstory)
Amores Perros
(Editorial Coordinator)
How to Train Your Dragon 2
(Thanks)
Crónicas
(Producer)
Frankenstein
(Screenplay)
Frankenstein
(Director)
Frankenstein
(Producer)
The Shape of Water
(Producer)
Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark
(Producer)
Obdulia
(First Assistant Director)
Mimic 2
(Characters)
The Buried Giant
(Director)
Sólo con tu pareja
(Thanks)
The Buried Giant
(Screenplay)
The Buried Giant
(Producer)
Fantastic Voyage
(Director)
The Captured Bird
(Executive Producer)
Mrs. Lupe
(Assistant Editor)
While She Was Out
(Executive Producer)
The Thin Yellow Line
(Producer)
Geometry
(Producer)
Under a Spell
(Producer)
The Bloody Benders
(Producer)
Mrs. Lupe
(Executive Producer)
Puss in Boots
(Executive Producer)
Kung Fu Panda 3
(Executive Producer)
Mrs. Lupe
(Casting)
I Murder Seriously
(Executive Producer)
Rage
(Producer)
The Shape of Water
(Story)
The Shape of Water
(Screenplay)
The Shape of Water
(Director)
Kung Fu Panda 2
(Creative Consultant)
Rise of the Guardians
(Executive Producer)
Cabeza de Vaca
(Makeup Effects Designer)
Antlers
(Producer)
Megamind
(Creative Consultant)
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
(Screenplay)
Pesadilla 1
(Writer)
Pesadilla 1
(Director)
Trollhunters: Rise of the Titans
(Creator)
Trollhunters: Rise of the Titans
(Book)
Gravity
(Thanks)
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio
(Screenplay)
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio
(Director)
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio
(Producer)
Roald Dahl's The Witches
(Producer)
Ayotzinapa: The Turtle's Pace
(Producer)
Home Delivery
(Presenter)
Hellboy Animated: Sword of Storms
(Creative Producer)
Mimic
(Screenstory)
Zanbato
(Director)
Nightmare Alley
(Director)
Nightmare Alley
(Screenplay)
Nightmare Alley
(Producer)
Y Tu Mamá También
(Thanks)
Hellboy
(Fight Choreographer)
Goitia: A God for Himself
(Special Effects Makeup Artist)
Love Lies
(Special Effects Makeup Artist)
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
(Thanks)
Roald Dahl's The Witches
(Screenplay)
Hellboy II: The Golden Army
(Story)
The Apprentice
(Thanks)
Biutiful
(Associate Producer)
The Strain
(Writer)
Trollhunters: Tales of Arcadia
(Director)
Trollhunters: Tales of Arcadia
(Teleplay)
Trollhunters: Tales of Arcadia
(Executive Producer)
Trollhunters: Tales of Arcadia
(Story)
BlackBoxTV Presents
(Producer)
3Below: Tales of Arcadia
(Executive Producer)
The Strain
(Director)
Wizards: Tales of Arcadia
(Executive Producer)
Wizards: Tales of Arcadia
(Writer)
Wizards: Tales of Arcadia
(Teleplay)
Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities
(Executive Producer)
Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities
(Teleplay)
Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities
(Short Story)
The Marked Hour
(Writer)
The Marked Hour
(Director)
Disclaimer
(Thanks)
The Strain
(Creator)
Trollhunters: Tales of Arcadia
(Creator)
3Below: Tales of Arcadia
(Creator)
Wizards: Tales of Arcadia
(Creator)
Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities
(Creator)