Guillermo del Toro
Biografía
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.
Filmografía
The Thing Expanded
Self (2026)
Frankenstein: Una lección de anatomía
Self - Writer / Director (2025)
Molusco
(2025)
The Hanging of Stuart Cornfeld
(2025)
Sangre del Toro
Self (2025)
L'apocalypse selon Mad Max
Self (2025)
Tiburón: la historia definitiva
Self (2025)
Netflix Tudum 2025
Self (2025)
Surrealistic Nightmares: An In-Depth Look at Walloon Horror Cinema
Self (2025)
Leonardo da Vinci
Self (2024)
Dario Argento. Pánico
Self (2024)
El templo del cine: 100 años del legendario Egyptian Theatre
Self (2023)
Hideo Kojima: Connecting Worlds
Self (2023)
George Pal: Un Marciano De Hollywood En Argentina
(2023)
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio: Handcarved Cinema
Self (2022)
El gabinete de curiosidades de Guillermo del Toro
Self - Host (uncredited) (2022)
Boris Karloff: The Rest of the Story
Self (2022)
Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters
Self (2022)
Boris Karloff: The Man Behind the Monster
Self (2021)
Directors on Directors
Self (2021)
Ya no estoy aquí: Una conversación entre Guillermo del Toro y Alfonso Cuarón
Self (2020)
Clapboard Jungle: Surviving the Independent Film Business
Self (2020)
Love, Antosha
Self (2019)
Elvis Goes There
Self (2019)
Making Apes: The Artists Who Changed Film
Self (2019)
The House Is Alive: Constructing 'Crimson Peak'
Self (2019)
Guillermo del Toro: Un director y su Oscar
Guillermo del Toro (2018)
Bloody And Groovy Baby! A Tribute to Sam Raimi's Evil Dead 2
Self (2018)
La historia de la ciencia ficción
Self (2018)
Barry
El Toro (2018)
Light in the Darkness: The Impact of Night of The Living Dead
Self (2018)
When Romero Met Del Toro
(2017)
78/52: La escena que cambió el cine
Self (2017)
Five Came Back
Self (2017)
La guerra en Hollywood
Self (2017)
The Giant's Dream: The Making of the Iron Giant
Self (2016)
Crimson Phantoms
(2016)
The Light and Dark of Crimson Peak
Self (2016)
I Remember Crimson Peak
Himself (2016)
Hand Tailored Gothic
Self (2016)
A Living Thing
(2016)
Creadores de criaturas: El complejo Frankenstein
Self (2015)
The First Hundred Feet, the Last Hundred Feet
Self (2015)
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self - Guest (2015)
Metal Gear Solid: Legacy
Self (2015)
Extraordinary Tales
Narrator (voice) (segment 'The Pit and the Pendulum') (2015)
The Late Late Show with James Corden
Self - Guest (2015)
Lennon or McCartney
Self (2014)
The Game Awards
Self (2014)
El libro de la vida
Land of the Remembered Captain's Wife (voice) (2014)
The Director's Chair
Self (2014)
Guillermo del Toro Interviews Paul Williams
Self (2014)
Maldad necesaria: Supervillanos de DC Comics
Self (2013)
The Digital Artistry of Pacific Rim
Self (2013)
The Fire Rises: The Creation and Impact of The Dark Knight Trilogy
Self (2013)
Spanish Gothic
Self (2013)
Drew: The Man Behind the Poster
Self (2013)
El Santos vs la Tetona Mendoza
Gamborimbo Ponx (voice) (2012)
Men in Suits
Self (2012)
Horror Europa with Mark Gatiss
Self (2012)
Ray Harryhausen: Special Effects Titan
Self (2012)
Puss in Boots
Comandante / Hombre del bigote (voice) (2011)
Zombie Lover
Interviewee (2011)
Back Into the Tunnels: The Making of 'Mimic'
Self (2011)
A Leap in Evolution: The Creatures of 'Mimic'
Self (2011)
Reclaiming 'Mimic'
Self (2011)
Comic Con
Self (2011)
No tengas miedo a la oscuridad
Creature (Voice) (2010)
Fasten Your Seatbelt: The Thrilling Art of Alfred Hitchcock
Self (2009)
The Master's Touch: Hitchcock's Signature Style
Self (2009)
North by Northwest: One for the Ages
Self (2009)
El último truco
Self (2008)
Hellboy: In Service of the Demon
Self (2008)
Quantum of Solace
Additional Voices (voice) (2008)
Bernard Herrmann: Hitchcock's Maestro
Self (2008)
Partners in Crime: Hitchcock's Collaborators
Self (2008)
In the Master's Shadow: Hitchcock's Legacy
Self (2008)
Saul Bass: Title Champ
Self (2008)
Edith Head: Dressing the Master's Movies
Self (2008)
Pure Cinema: Through the Eyes of Hitchcock
Self (2008)
Lovecraft: Fear of the Unknown
Self (2008)
Hellboy II: El ejército dorado
Creature Vocals (voice) (uncredited) (2008)
Starz Inside: Comic Books Unbound
Self (2008)
The Masterpiece That Almost Wasn't
Self (2008)
Drew Struzan: An Appreciation of An Artist
Self (2008)
The Melody Echoes the Fairy Tale
Self (2007)
The Power of Myth
Self (2007)
The Color and the Shape
Self (2007)
El fauno y las hadas
Self (2007)
Días peligrosos: Creando Blade Runner
Self (2007)
Nexus Generation: Fans & Filmmakers
Self (2007)
Deck-A-Rep: The True Nature of Rick Deckard
Self (2007)
El diario de los muertos
Newsreader (voice) (uncredited) (2007)
07 Spaceys
(2007)
Shadows in the Dark: The Val Lewton Legacy
(2005)
Torrente 3: El protector
Contacto Giannina (scenes deleted) (2005)
Colgados en Filadelfia
Pappy McPoyle (2005)
Hellboy: The Seeds of Creation
Self (2004)
Hellboy
Guy Dressed as Dragon (uncredited) (2004)
Que es un Fantasma?: The Making of 'The Devil's Backbone'
Self (2004)
Noin
Guillermo del Toro (2003)
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self - Guest (2003)
Masters of Horror
Self (2002)
The Blood Pact: The Making of 'Blade II'
Self (2002)
HypaSpace
Self (2002)
Bullfighter
Bullboy #2 (2000)
Futurama
Guillermo del Toro's Head (voice) (1999)
Cronos
Man Walking Dog (uncredited) (1993)
Los Simpson
Guillermo del Toro (voice) (1989)
The Oscars
Self (1953)
Premios Globo de Oro
Self - Nominee (1944)
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
Self