Guillermo del Toro

Guillermo del Toro

Birthday: 1964-10-09

Place of birth: Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico

Also known as: 기예르모 델 토로, Γκιγιέρμο Ντελ Τόρο, ギレルモ・デル・トロ, ギジェルモ・デル・トーロ, Guillermo del Toro Gómez, گی‌یرمو دل تورو, غييرمو ديل تورو

imdb_id: nm0868219

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.

Played in movies:

Crimson Phantoms

Score: 10.0

A Living Thing

Score: 10.0

I Remember Crimson Peak

Score: 10.0

The Power of Myth

Score: 10.0

Boris Karloff: The Rest of the Story

Score: 10.0

The Digital Artistry of Pacific Rim

Score: 9.8

Shadows in the Dark: The Val Lewton Legacy

Score: 9.4

The Light and Dark of Crimson Peak

Score: 8.3

Boris Karloff: The Man Behind the Monster

Score: 8.0

The Color and the Shape

Score: 8.0

Pan and the Fairies

Score: 8.0

Horror Europa with Mark Gatiss

Score: 8.0

Men in Suits

Score: 8.0

Hellboy: The Seeds of Creation

Score: 7.9

Dangerous Days: Making Blade Runner

Score: 7.9

Five Came Back

Score: 7.9

Masters of Horror

Score: 7.7

The Giant's Dream: The Making of the Iron Giant

Score: 7.7

Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio: Handcarved Cinema

Score: 7.5

The Book of Life

Score: 7.5

Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters

Score: 7.5

The Melody Echoes the Fairy Tale

Score: 7.5

Hellboy: In Service of the Demon

Score: 7.4

Starz Inside: Comic Books Unbound

Score: 7.4

Ray Harryhausen: Special Effects Titan

Score: 7.4

Love, Antosha

Score: 7.3

El último truco

Score: 7.3

Creature Designers: The Frankenstein Complex

Score: 7.2

78/52

Score: 7.2

Lovecraft: Fear of the Unknown

Score: 7.2

In the Master's Shadow: Hitchcock's Legacy

Score: 7.0

Drew: The Man Behind the Poster

Score: 7.0

Dario Argento: Panico

Score: 7.0

Necessary Evil: Super-Villains of DC Comics

Score: 6.9

Comic-Con Episode IV: A Fan's Hope

Score: 6.9

The Fire Rises: The Creation and Impact of The Dark Knight Trilogy

Score: 6.8

Making Apes: The Artists Who Changed Film

Score: 6.8

The Master's Touch: Hitchcock's Signature Style

Score: 6.8

Hellboy II: The Golden Army

Score: 6.8

Cronos

Score: 6.7

Saul Bass: Title Champ

Score: 6.7

El Santos vs la Tetona Mendoza

Score: 6.7

Hellboy

Score: 6.7

Hideo Kojima: Connecting Worlds

Score: 6.6

Puss in Boots

Score: 6.6

Metal Gear Solid: Legacy

Score: 6.5

The Masterpiece That Almost Wasn't

Score: 6.5

Temple of Film: 100 Years of the Egyptian Theatre

Score: 6.4

Extraordinary Tales

Score: 6.4

Quantum of Solace

Score: 6.3

North by Northwest: One for the Ages

Score: 6.3

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

Score: 6.0

Edith Head: Dressing the Master's Movies

Score: 6.0

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

Score: 6.0

Que es un Fantasma?: The Making of 'The Devil's Backbone'

Score: 5.8

Don't Be Afraid of the Dark

Score: 5.8

Diary of the Dead

Score: 5.6

Torrente 3: The Protector

Score: 5.4

Lennon or McCartney

Score: 5.3

07 Spaceys

Score: 5.0

Drew Struzan: An Appreciation of An Artist

Score: 4.8

The Blood Pact: The Making of 'Blade II'

Score: 4.0

Clapboard Jungle: Surviving the Independent Film Business

Score: 3.0

Bullfighter

Score: 3.0

Partners in Crime: Hitchcock's Collaborators

Score: 0.0

Back Into the Tunnels: The Making of 'Mimic'

Score: 0.0

A Leap in Evolution: The Creatures of 'Mimic'

Score: 0.0

Reclaiming 'Mimic'

Score: 0.0

Mollusk

Score: 0.0

When Romero Met Del Toro

Score: 0.0

Hand Tailored Gothic

Score: 0.0

The House Is Alive: Constructing 'Crimson Peak'

Score: 0.0

Guillermo del Toro Interviews Paul Williams

Score: 0.0

Spanish Gothic

Score: 0.0

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

Score: 0.0

The First Hundred Feet, the Last Hundred Feet

Score: 0.0

Guillermo del Toro: Un director y su Oscar

Score: 0.0

Bernard Herrmann: Hitchcock's Maestro

Score: 0.0

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

Score: 0.0

Fasten Your Seatbelt: The Thrilling Art of Alfred Hitchcock

Score: 0.0

Zombie Lover

Score: 0.0

George Pal: Un Marciano De Hollywood En Argentina

Score: 0.0

Pure Cinema: Through the Eyes of Hitchcock

Score: 0.0

Deck-A-Rep: The True Nature of Rick Deckard

Score: 0.0

Nexus Generation: Fans & Filmmakers

Score: 0.0

Played in tv shows:

Elvis Goes There

Score: 9.0

Leonardo da Vinci

Score: 8.5

It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia

Score: 8.3

The Simpsons

Score: 8.0

Barry

Score: 7.9

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

Score: 7.7

Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities

Score: 7.5

Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities

Score: 7.5

Five Came Back

Score: 7.2

The Director's Chair

Score: 7.0

The Oscars

Score: 6.9

James Cameron's Story of Science Fiction

Score: 6.8

The Game Awards

Score: 6.7

Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter

Score: 5.7

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

Score: 5.5

The Late Late Show with James Corden

Score: 5.3

HypaSpace

Score: 4.0

Variety Studio: Directors on Directors

Score: 0.0