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.
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Credits
- 2024 · Dario Argento: Panico as Self
- 2023 · Temple of Film: 100 Years of the Egyptian Theatre as Self
- 2023 · Hideo Kojima: Connecting Worlds as Self
- 2023 · George Pal: Un Marciano De Hollywood En Argentina as
- 2022 · Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio: Handcarved Cinema as Self
- 2022 · Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities as Self - Host (uncredited)
- 2022 · Boris Karloff: The Rest of the Story as Self
- 2022 · Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters as Self
- 2021 · Boris Karloff: The Man Behind the Monster as Self
- 2020 · I'm No Longer Here: A Discussion with Guillermo del Toro and Alfonso Cuarón as Self
- 2020 · Clapboard Jungle: Surviving the Independent Film Business as Self
- 2019 · Love, Antosha as Self
- 2019 · Surrealistic Nightmares: An In-Depth Look at Walloon Horror Cinema as Self
- 2019 · Elvis Goes There as Self
- 2019 · Making Apes: The Artists Who Changed Film as Self
- 2019 · The House Is Alive: Constructing 'Crimson Peak' as Self
- 2018 · Bloody And Groovy Baby! A Tribute to Sam Raimi's Evil Dead 2 as
- 2018 · Guillermo del Toro: Un director y su Oscar as Guillermo del Toro
- 2018 · James Cameron's Story of Science Fiction as Self
- 2018 · Barry as El Toro
- 2018 · Light in the Darkness as Self
- 2017 · When Romero Met Del Toro as
- 2017 · 78/52 as Self
- 2017 · Five Came Back as Self
- 2017 · Five Came Back as Self
- 2016 · The Giant's Dream: The Making of the Iron Giant as Self
- 2016 · The Light and Dark of Crimson Peak as Self
- 2016 · Crimson Phantoms as
- 2016 · I Remember Crimson Peak as Himself
- 2016 · A Living Thing as
- 2016 · Hand Tailored Gothic as Self
- 2015 · Creature Designers: The Frankenstein Complex as Self
- 2015 · The First Hundred Feet, the Last Hundred Feet as Self
- 2015 · Metal Gear Solid: Legacy as Self
- 2015 · Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter as Self
- 2015 · The Late Late Show with James Corden as Self - Guest
- 2014 · Lennon or McCartney as Self
- 2014 · The Game Awards as Self
- 2014 · The Book of Life as Land of the Remembered Captain's Wife (voice)
- 2014 · The Director's Chair as Self
- 2014 · Guillermo del Toro Interviews Paul Williams as Self
- 2013 · Necessary Evil: Super-Villains of DC Comics as Self
- 2013 · The Digital Artistry of Pacific Rim as Self
- 2013 · The Fire Rises: The Creation and Impact of The Dark Knight Trilogy as Self
- 2013 · Spanish Gothic as Self
- 2013 · Drew: The Man Behind the Poster as Self
- 2013 · Extraordinary Tales as Narrator (voice) (segment 'The Pit and the Pendulum')
- 2012 · El Santos vs la Tetona Mendoza as Gamborimbo Ponx (voice)
- 2012 · Men in Suits as Self
- 2012 · Horror Europa with Mark Gatiss as Self
- 2012 · Ray Harryhausen: Special Effects Titan as Self
- 2011 · Puss in Boots as Comandante / Hombre del bigote (voice)
- 2011 · Zombie Lover as Interviewee
- 2011 · Comic-Con Episode IV: A Fan's Hope as Self
- 2010 · Don't Be Afraid of the Dark as Creature (Voice)
- 2009 · Fasten Your Seatbelt: The Thrilling Art of Alfred Hitchcock as Self
- 2009 · The Master's Touch: Hitchcock's Signature Style as Self
- 2009 · North by Northwest: One for the Ages as Self
- 2008 · El último truco as Self
- 2008 · Hellboy: In Service of the Demon as Self
- 2008 · Quantum of Solace as Additional Voices (voice)
- 2008 · Bernard Herrmann: Hitchcock's Maestro as Self
- 2008 · Pure Cinema: Through the Eyes of Hitchcock as Self
- 2008 · In the Master's Shadow: Hitchcock's Legacy as Self
- 2008 · Saul Bass: Title Champ as Self
- 2008 · Edith Head: Dressing the Master's Movies as Self
- 2008 · Lovecraft: Fear of the Unknown as Self
- 2008 · Hellboy II: The Golden Army as Creature Vocals (voice) (uncredited)
- 2008 · Starz Inside: Comic Books Unbound as Self
- 2008 · The Masterpiece That Almost Wasn't as Self
- 2008 · Drew Struzan: An Appreciation of An Artist as Self
- 2007 · Pan and the Fairies as Self
- 2007 · The Color and the Shape as Self
- 2007 · The Melody Echoes the Fairy Tale as Self
- 2007 · The Power of Myth as Self
- 2007 · Dangerous Days: Making Blade Runner as Self
- 2007 · Deck-A-Rep: The True Nature of Rick Deckard as Self
- 2007 · Nexus Generation: Fans & Filmmakers as Self
- 2007 · Diary of the Dead as Newsreader (voice) (uncredited)
- 2007 · 07 Spaceys as
- 2005 · Shadows in the Dark: The Val Lewton Legacy as
- 2005 · Torrente 3: The Protector as Contacto Giannina (scenes deleted)
- 2005 · It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia as Pappy McPoyle
- 2004 · Hellboy: The Seeds of Creation as Self
- 2004 · Hellboy as Guy Dressed as Dragon (uncredited)
- 2004 · Que es un Fantasma?: The Making of 'The Devil's Backbone' as Self
- 2003 · Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self
- 2002 · Masters of Horror as Self
- 2002 · HypaSpace as Self
- 2000 · Bullfighter as Bullboy #2
- 1993 · Cronos as Man Walking Dog (uncredited)
- 1989 · The Simpsons as Guillermo del Toro (voice)
- 1955 · Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Self
- 1953 · The Oscars as Self
- Future · Mollusk as