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.
Acted in
Temple of Film: 100 Years of the Egyptian Theatre
2023
as Self
Dario Argento: Panico
2023
as Self
Hideo Kojima: Connecting Worlds
2023
as Self
George Pal: Un Marciano De Hollywood En Argentina
2023
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio: Handcarved Cinema
2022
as Self
Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities
2022
as Self - Host (uncredited)
Boris Karloff: The Rest of the Story
2022
as Self
Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters
2022
as Self
Boris Karloff: The Man Behind the Monster
2021
as Self
I'm No Longer Here: A Discussion with Guillermo del Toro and Alfonso Cuarón
2020
as Self
Clapboard Jungle
2020
Love, Antosha
2019
as Self
Surrealistic Nightmares: An In-Depth Look at Walloon Horror Cinema
2019
as himself
Elvis Goes There
2019
as Himself
Making Apes: The Artists Who Changed Film
2019
as Himself
The House Is Alive: Constructing 'Crimson Peak'
2019
as Self
Bloody And Groovy Baby! A Tribute to Sam Raimi's Evil Dead 2
2018
Guillermo del Toro: Un director y su Oscar
2018
as Guillermo del Toro
James Cameron's Story of Science Fiction
2018
as Self
Barry
2018
as El Toro
Light in the Darkness
2018
as Self
When Romero Met Del Toro
2017
78/52
2017
as Self
Five Came Back
2017
as Self
Five Came Back
2017
as Self
The Giant's Dream: The Making of the Iron Giant
2016
as Self
I Remember Crimson Peak
2016
as Himself
Hand Tailored Gothic
2016
as Self
A Living Thing
2016
Crimson Phantoms
2016
The Light and Dark of Crimson Peak
2016
as Himself
Creature Designers: The Frankenstein Complex
2015
as Himself
The First Hundred Feet, the Last Hundred Feet
2015
as Self
Metal Gear Solid: Legacy
2015
as Self
Lennon or McCartney
2014
as Self
The Game Awards
2014
as Self
The Book of Life
2014
as Land of the Remembered Captain's Wife (voice)
Guillermo del Toro Interviews Paul Williams
2014
as Himself
Necessary Evil: Super-Villains of DC Comics
2013
as Self
The Digital Artistry of Pacific Rim
2013
as Self
The Fire Rises: The Creation and Impact of The Dark Knight Trilogy
2013
as Himself
Spanish Gothic
2013
as Self
Drew: The Man Behind the Poster
2013
as Self
Extraordinary Tales
2013
as Narrator (voice) (segment 'The Pit and the Pendulum')
El Santos vs la Tetona Mendoza
2012
as Gamborimbo Ponx (voice)
Men in Suits
2012
as Self
Horror Europa with Mark Gatiss
2012
as Self
Ray Harryhausen: Special Effects Titan
2012
as Self
Puss in Boots
2011
as Comandante / Hombre del bigote (voice)
Zombie Lover
2011
as Interviewee
Comic-Con Episode IV: A Fan's Hope
2011
as Himself
Don't Be Afraid of the Dark
2010
as Creature (Voice)
Fasten Your Seatbelt: The Thrilling Art of Alfred Hitchcock
2009
as Self
North by Northwest: One for the Ages
2009
as Self
The Master's Touch: Hitchcock's Signature Style
2009
as Self
El último truco
2008
as Himself
Hellboy: In Service of the Demon
2008
as Self
Quantum of Solace
2008
as Additional Voices (voice)
Saul Bass: Title Champ
2008
as Self
In the Master's Shadow: Hitchcock's Legacy
2008
as Self
Edith Head: Dressing the Master's Movies
2008
as Self
Bernard Herrmann: Hitchcock's Maestro
2008
as Self
Pure Cinema: Through the Eyes of Hitchcock
2008
as Self
Lovecraft: Fear of the Unknown
2008
as Self
Hellboy II: The Golden Army
2008
as Creature Vocals (voice) (uncredited)
Starz Inside: Comic Books Unbound
2008
as Self
The Masterpiece That Almost Wasn't
2008
as Self
Drew Struzan: An Appreciation of An Artist
2008
as Himself
Pan and the Fairies
2007
as Self
The Power of Myth
2007
as Self
The Melody Echoes the Fairy Tale
2007
as Self
The Color and the Shape
2007
as Self
Dangerous Days: Making 'Blade Runner'
2007
as Self
Deck-A-Rep: The True Nature of Rick Deckard
2007
as Self
Nexus Generation: Fans & Filmmakers
2007
as Self
Diary of the Dead
2007
as Newsreader (voice) (uncredited)
07 Spaceys
2007
Shadows in the Dark: The Val Lewton Legacy
2005
Torrente 3: The Protector
2005
as Contacto Giannina (scenes deleted)
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
2005
as Pappy McPoyle
Hellboy: The Seeds of Creation
2004
as Self
Hellboy
2004
as Guy Dressed as Dragon (uncredited)
Que es un Fantasma?: The Making of 'The Devil's Backbone'
2004
as Self
Masters of Horror
2002
as Self
HypaSpace
2002
as Self
Bullfighter
2000
as Bullboy #2
Cronos
1993
as Man Walking Dog (uncredited)
The Simpsons
1989
as Guillermo del Toro (voice)
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
as Self
The Oscars
1953
as Self