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.
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.
External links
IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/nm0868219
Wikipedia: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q219124
Facebook: https://facebook.com/REALGDT
Instagram: https://instagram.com/gdtreal
Filmography (Movies)
Guillermo del Toro Behind the Scenes of Frankenstein with Oscar Isaac & Jacob Elordi
Character:Self
Release Date:02/12/2025
Frankenstein: The Anatomy Lesson
Character:Self - Writer / Director
Release Date:06/11/2025
Mollusk
Character:
Release Date:26/10/2025
The Hanging of Stuart Cornfeld
Character:
Release Date:23/10/2025
Sangre del Toro
Character:Self
Release Date:29/08/2025
It’s a Mad Max World
Character:Self (archive) - filmmaker
Release Date:22/06/2025
Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story
Character:Self
Release Date:20/06/2025
Netflix Tudum 2025
Character:Self
Release Date:30/05/2025
Surrealistic Nightmares: An In-Depth Look at Walloon Horror Cinema
Character:Self
Release Date:12/04/2025
Dario Argento: Panico
Character:Self
Release Date:14/10/2024
Temple of Film: 100 Years of the Egyptian Theatre
Character:Self
Release Date:09/11/2023
Hideo Kojima: Connecting Worlds
Character:Self
Release Date:17/06/2023
George Pal: Un Marciano De Hollywood En Argentina
Character:
Release Date:13/05/2023
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio: Handcarved Cinema
Character:Self
Release Date:09/12/2022
Boris Karloff: The Rest of the Story
Character:Self
Release Date:18/10/2022
Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters
Character:Self
Release Date:13/08/2022
Boris Karloff: The Man Behind the Monster
Character:Self
Release Date:17/09/2021
I'm No Longer Here: A Discussion with Guillermo del Toro and Alfonso Cuarón
Character:Self
Release Date:30/10/2020
Clapboard Jungle: Surviving the Independent Film Business
Character:Self
Release Date:26/03/2020
Love, Antosha
Character:Self
Release Date:02/08/2019
Making Apes: The Artists Who Changed Film
Character:Self
Release Date:30/01/2019
The House Is Alive: Constructing 'Crimson Peak'
Character:Self
Release Date:14/01/2019
Guillermo del Toro: Un director y su Oscar
Character:Guillermo del Toro
Release Date:28/11/2018
Bloody And Groovy Baby! A Tribute to Sam Raimi's Evil Dead 2
Character:
Release Date:01/09/2018
Light in the Darkness: The Impact of Night of The Living Dead
Character:Self
Release Date:13/02/2018
When Romero Met Del Toro
Character:
Release Date:23/10/2017
78/52
Character:Self
Release Date:13/10/2017
Five Came Back
Character:Self
Release Date:31/03/2017
The Giant's Dream: The Making of the Iron Giant
Character:Self
Release Date:06/09/2016
The Light and Dark of Crimson Peak
Character:Self
Release Date:09/02/2016
I Remember Crimson Peak
Character:Himself
Release Date:09/02/2016
Hand Tailored Gothic
Character:Self
Release Date:09/02/2016
A Living Thing
Character:
Release Date:09/02/2016
Crimson Phantoms
Character:
Release Date:09/02/2016
Creature Designers: The Frankenstein Complex
Character:Self
Release Date:18/11/2015
The First Hundred Feet, the Last Hundred Feet
Character:Self
Release Date:11/11/2015
Metal Gear Solid: Legacy
Character:Self
Release Date:01/09/2015
Extraordinary Tales
Character:Narrator (voice) (segment 'The Pit and the Pendulum')
Release Date:17/02/2015
Lennon or McCartney
Character:Self
Release Date:12/12/2014
The Book of Life
Character:Land of the Remembered Captain's Wife (voice)
Release Date:01/10/2014
Guillermo del Toro Interviews Paul Williams
Character:Self
Release Date:24/02/2014
Necessary Evil: Super-Villains of DC Comics
Character:Self
Release Date:23/10/2013
The Digital Artistry of Pacific Rim
Character:Self
Release Date:15/10/2013
The Fire Rises: The Creation and Impact of The Dark Knight Trilogy
Character:Self
Release Date:24/09/2013
Spanish Gothic
Character:Self
Release Date:30/07/2013
Drew: The Man Behind the Poster
Character:Self
Release Date:19/07/2013
El Santos vs la Tetona Mendoza
Character:Gamborimbo Ponx (voice)
Release Date:30/11/2012
Men in Suits
Character:Self
Release Date:28/11/2012
Horror Europa with Mark Gatiss
Character:Self
Release Date:30/10/2012
Ray Harryhausen: Special Effects Titan
Character:Self
Release Date:29/09/2012
Puss in Boots
Character:Comandante / Hombre del bigote (voice)
Release Date:27/10/2011
Zombie Lover
Character:Interviewee
Release Date:25/10/2011
Reclaiming 'Mimic'
Character:Self
Release Date:27/09/2011
A Leap in Evolution: The Creatures of 'Mimic'
Character:Self
Release Date:27/09/2011
Back Into the Tunnels: The Making of 'Mimic'
Character:Self
Release Date:27/09/2011
Comic-Con Episode IV: A Fan's Hope
Character:Self
Release Date:10/09/2011
Don't Be Afraid of the Dark
Character:Creature (Voice)
Release Date:06/11/2010
Fasten Your Seatbelt: The Thrilling Art of Alfred Hitchcock
Character:Self
Release Date:24/11/2009
The Master's Touch: Hitchcock's Signature Style
Character:Self
Release Date:03/11/2009
North by Northwest: One for the Ages
Character:Self
Release Date:03/11/2009
El último truco
Character:Self
Release Date:20/11/2008
Hellboy: In Service of the Demon
Character:Self
Release Date:11/11/2008
Quantum of Solace
Character:Additional Voices (voice)
Release Date:29/10/2008
Pure Cinema: Through the Eyes of Hitchcock
Character:Self
Release Date:07/10/2008
Edith Head: Dressing the Master's Movies
Character:Self
Release Date:07/10/2008
Bernard Herrmann: Hitchcock's Maestro
Character:Self
Release Date:07/10/2008
Saul Bass: Title Champ
Character:Self
Release Date:07/10/2008
In the Master's Shadow: Hitchcock's Legacy
Character:Self
Release Date:07/10/2008
Partners in Crime: Hitchcock's Collaborators
Character:Self
Release Date:07/10/2008
Lovecraft: Fear of the Unknown
Character:Self
Release Date:24/07/2008
Hellboy II: The Golden Army
Character:Creature Vocals (voice) (uncredited)
Release Date:11/07/2008
Starz Inside: Comic Books Unbound
Character:Self
Release Date:10/06/2008
The Masterpiece That Almost Wasn't
Character:Self
Release Date:03/06/2008
Drew Struzan: An Appreciation of An Artist
Character:Self
Release Date:25/03/2008
The Power of Myth
Character:Self
Release Date:26/12/2007
The Melody Echoes the Fairy Tale
Character:Self
Release Date:26/12/2007
The Color and the Shape
Character:Self
Release Date:26/12/2007
Pan and the Fairies
Character:Self
Release Date:26/12/2007
Dangerous Days: Making Blade Runner
Character:Self
Release Date:18/12/2007
Deck-A-Rep: The True Nature of Rick Deckard
Character:Self
Release Date:03/12/2007
Nexus Generation: Fans & Filmmakers
Character:Self
Release Date:03/12/2007
Diary of the Dead
Character:Newsreader (voice) (uncredited)
Release Date:26/05/2007
07 Spaceys
Character:
Release Date:01/01/2007
Shadows in the Dark: The Val Lewton Legacy
Character:
Release Date:04/10/2005
Torrente 3: The Protector
Character:Contacto Giannina (scenes deleted)
Release Date:30/09/2005
Hellboy: The Seeds of Creation
Character:Self
Release Date:27/07/2004
Hellboy
Character:Guy Dressed as Dragon (uncredited)
Release Date:02/04/2004
Que es un Fantasma?: The Making of 'The Devil's Backbone'
Character:Self
Release Date:01/01/2004
Noin
Character:Guillermo del Toro
Release Date:01/12/2003
Masters of Horror
Character:Self
Release Date:06/11/2002
The Blood Pact: The Making of 'Blade II'
Character:Self
Release Date:03/09/2002
Bullfighter
Character:Bullboy #2
Release Date:01/10/2000
Cronos
Character:Man Walking Dog (uncredited)
Release Date:05/11/1993
Television Appearances
Leonardo da Vinci
Character:Self
Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities
Character:Self - Host (uncredited)
Directors on Directors
Character:Self
Elvis Goes There
Character:Self
James Cameron's Story of Science Fiction
Character:Self
Barry
Character:El Toro
Five Came Back
Character:Self
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Character:Self
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
Character:Self
The Late Late Show with James Corden
Character:Self - Guest
The Game Awards
Character:Self
The Director's Chair
Character:Self
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
Character:Pappy McPoyle
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Character:Self
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Character:Self - Guest
HypaSpace
Character:Self
Futurama
Character:Guillermo del Toro's Head (voice)
The Simpsons
Character:Guillermo del Toro (voice)
The Oscars
Character:Self
Golden Globe Awards
Character:Self - Nominee
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