Guillermo del Toro
Personal Info
Known For
Directing
Known Credits
111
Gender
Male
Birthday
1964-10-09 (61 years old)
Place of Birth
Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico
Guillermo del Toro
Biography
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.
Known For
The Simpsons
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
Futurama
The Late Late Show with James Corden
Golden Globe Awards
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
Barry
The Oscars
Puss in Boots
The Book of Life
Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities
Hellboy II: The Golden Army
Hellboy
Quantum of Solace
Temple of Film: 100 Years of the Egyptian Theatre
Hellboy: The Seeds of Creation
Don't Be Afraid of the Dark
Diary of the Dead
Dario Argento: Panico
Extraordinary Tales
Surrealistic Nightmares: An In-Depth Look at Walloon Horror Cinema
Dangerous Days: Making Blade Runner
Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story
Hideo Kojima: Connecting Worlds
Creature Designers: The Frankenstein Complex
James Cameron's Story of Science Fiction
The Giant's Dream: The Making of the Iron Giant
Masters of Horror
Comic-Con Episode IV: A Fan's Hope
The Blood Pact: The Making of 'Blade II'
The Masterpiece That Almost Wasn't
Netflix Tudum 2025
Sangre del Toro
The Fire Rises: The Creation and Impact of The Dark Knight Trilogy
Torrente 3: The Protector
Boris Karloff: The Rest of the Story
The House Is Alive: Constructing 'Crimson Peak'
Horror Europa with Mark Gatiss
Variety Studio: Directors on Directors
Drew: The Man Behind the Poster
The Game Awards
Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters
Cronos
78/52
The Thing Expanded
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio: Handcarved Cinema
HypaSpace
Noin
Hellboy: In Service of the Demon
Shadows in the Dark: The Val Lewton Legacy
It’s a Mad Max World
I Remember Crimson Peak
The Director's Chair
Ray Harryhausen: Special Effects Titan
Five Came Back
Leonardo da Vinci
Clapboard Jungle: Surviving the Independent Film Business
Boris Karloff: The Man Behind the Monster
Making Apes: The Artists Who Changed Film
Five Came Back
Lovecraft: Fear of the Unknown
Lennon or McCartney
Bullfighter
Pure Cinema: Through the Eyes of Hitchcock
Necessary Evil: Super-Villains of DC Comics
07 Spaceys
Reclaiming 'Mimic'
El Santos vs la Tetona Mendoza
Light in the Darkness: The Impact of Night of The Living Dead
Love, Antosha
Edith Head: Dressing the Master's Movies
El último truco
Hand Tailored Gothic
Starz Inside: Comic Books Unbound
Elvis Goes There
Metal Gear Solid: Legacy
George Pal: Un Marciano De Hollywood En Argentina
Pan and the Fairies
Mollusk
The Light and Dark of Crimson Peak
The Digital Artistry of Pacific Rim
Back Into the Tunnels: The Making of 'Mimic'
Men in Suits
Death Stranding: Complete Series
In the Master's Shadow: Hitchcock's Legacy
North by Northwest: One for the Ages
The Master's Touch: Hitchcock's Signature Style
The Hanging of Stuart Cornfeld
Partners in Crime: Hitchcock's Collaborators
Bernard Herrmann: Hitchcock's Maestro
Bloody And Groovy Baby! A Tribute to Sam Raimi's Evil Dead 2
I'm No Longer Here: A Discussion with Guillermo del Toro and Alfonso Cuarón
Nexus Generation: Fans & Filmmakers
The First Hundred Feet, the Last Hundred Feet
The Melody Echoes the Fairy Tale
Deck-A-Rep: The True Nature of Rick Deckard
The Power of Myth
A Living Thing
Fasten Your Seatbelt: The Thrilling Art of Alfred Hitchcock
The Color and the Shape
Saul Bass: Title Champ
Spanish Gothic
A Leap in Evolution: The Creatures of 'Mimic'
Que es un Fantasma?: The Making of 'The Devil's Backbone'
Guillermo del Toro: Un director y su Oscar
Zombie Lover
Drew Struzan: An Appreciation of An Artist
Crimson Phantoms
Guillermo del Toro Interviews Paul Williams
When Romero Met Del Toro
