Guillermo del Toro

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.

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Recent movies

#	Name	Character	Rating
1	Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story (2025)	Self		10
2	Frankenstein (2025)	Director / Writer		7.1
3	Surrealistic Nightmares: An In-Depth Look at Walloon Horror Cinema (2025)	Self	-	-
4	Hideo Kojima: Connecting Worlds (2023)	Self	-	-
5	Temple of Film: 100 Years of the Egyptian Theatre (2023)	Self		6
6	Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio (2022) Most waited movies 2022	Director / Writer		7.8
7	Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters (2022)	Self	-	-
8	Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio: Handcarved Cinema (2022)	Self		8
9	Trollhunters: Rise of the Titans (2021)	Director / Writer		6.7
10	Nightmare Alley (2021)	Director / Writer		7
11	Roald Dahl's The Witches (2020)	Director / Writer		5.8
12	I'm No Longer Here: A Discussion with Guillermo del Toro and Alfonso Cuarón (2020)	Self		3
13	Love, Antosha (2019)	Self	-	-
14	Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark (2019)	Director / Writer		6.1
15	Light in the Darkness: The Impact of Night of The Living Dead (2018)	Self	-	-
16	Five Came Back (2017)	Self	-	-
17	78/52 (2017)	Self		3
18	The Shape of Water (2017)	Director / Writer		7.4
19	Extraordinary Tales (2015)	Narrator (voice) (segment 'The Pit and the Pendulum')		6
20	Crimson Peak (2015)	Director / Writer		6.8
21	Creature Designers: The Frankenstein Complex (2015)	Self	-	-
22	The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (2014) Oscars 2015	Director / Writer		7.4
23	The Book of Life (2014)	Land of the Remembered Captain's Wife (voice)		7
24	Lennon or McCartney (2014)	Self		6
25	The Fire Rises: The Creation and Impact of The Dark Knight Trilogy (2013)	Self	-	-
26	Drew: The Man Behind the Poster (2013)	Self		8
27	Necessary Evil: Super-Villains of DC Comics (2013)	-		6.5
28	The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (2013) Top 100 by FilmGator	Director / Writer		7.9
29	Pacific Rim (2013)	Director / Writer		7.1
30	Horror Europa with Mark Gatiss (2012)	Self		8
31	The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012) Top 100 by FilmGator	Director / Writer		8
32	Ray Harryhausen: Special Effects Titan (2012)	Self		7
33	Puss in Boots (2011) Oscars 2012	Comandante / Hombre del bigote (voice)		6.8
34	Comic-Con Episode IV: A Fan's Hope (2011)	Self		7.5
35	Don't Be Afraid of the Dark (2010)	Director / Writer		6.2
36	Hellboy II: The Golden Army (2008) Oscars 2009	Director / Writer		6.9
37	Hellboy: In Service of the Demon (2008)	Self	-	-
38	Lovecraft: Fear of the Unknown (2008)	Self		6.8
39	Starz Inside: Comic Books Unbound (2008)	Self		6
40	Quantum of Solace (2008)	Additional Voices (voice)		6.5
41	Hellboy Animated: Blood and Iron (2007)	Director / Writer		6
42	Dangerous Days: Making Blade Runner (2007)	Self	-	-
43	Diary of the Dead (2007)	Newsreader (voice) (uncredited)		5.4
44	Pan and the Fairies (2007)	Self		7
45	Pan's Labyrinth (2006) Oscars 2007	Director / Writer		8
46	Hellboy Animated: Sword of Storms (2006)	Director / Writer		6
47	Torrente 3: The Protector (2005)	Contacto Giannina (scenes deleted)		5
48	Hellboy: The Seeds of Creation (2004)	Self	-	-
49	Hellboy (2004)	Director / Writer		7.1
50	Blade II (2002)	Director / Writer		6.8
51	Mimic 2 (2001)	Director / Writer		5.2
52	The Devil's Backbone (2001)	Director / Writer		7
53	Bullfighter (2000)	Bullboy #2	-	-
54	Mimic (1997)	Director / Writer		6.4
55	Cronos (1993)	Director / Writer		6.7
56	Geometry (1987)	Director / Writer		6