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.
Personal info
Gender
Male
Birthday
1964-10-09
Place of birth
Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico
Images
Cast
07 Spaceys
2007
5.00
Lovecraft: Fear of the Unknown
2008
7.20
Hideo Kojima: Connecting Worlds
2023
6.57
El último truco
2008
7.30
Men in Suits
2012
8.00
Dario Argento: Panico
2024
7.00
El Santos vs la Tetona Mendoza
2012
6.70
Zombie Lover
2011
0.00
Drew: The Man Behind the Poster
2013
7.00
Metal Gear Solid: Legacy
2015
6.50
Bullfighter
2000
3.00
Horror Europa with Mark Gatiss
2012
8.00
Extraordinary Tales
2013
6.38
Boris Karloff: The Rest of the Story
2022
10.00
Lennon or McCartney
2014
5.32
Puss in Boots
2011
6.57
78/52
2017
7.20
Hellboy: In Service of the Demon
2008
7.40
Hellboy: The Seeds of Creation
2004
7.90
Saul Bass: Title Champ
2008
6.70
Five Came Back
2017
7.89
The Book of Life
2014
7.54
Spanish Gothic
2013
0.00
The Power of Myth
2007
10.00
The Melody Echoes the Fairy Tale
2007
7.50
The Color and the Shape
2007
8.00
Pan and the Fairies
2007
8.00
Masters of Horror
2002
7.70
Torrente 3: The Protector
2005
5.41
I Remember Crimson Peak
2016
10.00
Hand Tailored Gothic
2016
0.00
A Living Thing
2016
10.00
Crimson Phantoms
2016
10.00
Diary of the Dead
2007
5.60
Love, Antosha
2019
7.30
Don't Be Afraid of the Dark
2010
5.77
Hellboy II: The Golden Army
2008
6.76
Hellboy
2004
6.67
Cronos
1993
6.70
Quantum of Solace
2008
6.33
Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters
2022
7.50
When Romero Met Del Toro
2017
0.00
Mollusk
0.00
Reclaiming 'Mimic'
2011
0.00
