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Born October 9, 1964 · Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico
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.

The Thing Expanded
2026

Frankenstein: The Anatomy Lesson
2025

Mollusk
2025

The Hanging of Stuart Cornfeld
2025

Sangre del Toro
2025

It’s a Mad Max World
2025

Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story
2025

Netflix Tudum 2025
2025

Surrealistic Nightmares: An In-Depth Look at Walloon Horror Cinema
2025

Dario Argento: Panico
2024

Temple of Film: 100 Years of the Egyptian Theatre
2023

Hideo Kojima: Connecting Worlds
2023

George Pal: Un Marciano De Hollywood En Argentina
2023

Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio: Handcarved Cinema
2022
Boris Karloff: The Rest of the Story
2022

Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters
2022

Boris Karloff: The Man Behind the Monster
2021

I'm No Longer Here: A Discussion with Guillermo del Toro and Alfonso Cuarón
2020

Clapboard Jungle: Surviving the Independent Film Business
2020

Love, Antosha
2019

Making Apes: The Artists Who Changed Film
2019

The House Is Alive: Constructing 'Crimson Peak'
2019

Guillermo del Toro: Un director y su Oscar
2018

Bloody And Groovy Baby! A Tribute to Sam Raimi's Evil Dead 2
2018

Light in the Darkness: The Impact of Night of The Living Dead
2018