Guillermo del Toro

Scénárista, Producent, Režisér, Herec

9. října 1964 (61 let)
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.

Filmy a seriály na Plexu

  • Deník mrtvých
    Deník mrtvých2007
  • Hellboy Animated: Sword of Storms
    Hellboy Animated: Sword of Storms2006
  • Hellboy Animated: Blood and Iron
    Hellboy Animated: Blood and Iron2007
  • Bullfighter
    Bullfighter2000

Známý pro

  • Tvář vody
    Tvář vody2017
  • Faunův labyrint
    Faunův labyrint2006
  • Hobit: Neočekávaná cesta
    Hobit: Neočekávaná cesta2012
  • Pacific Rim - Útok na Zemi
    Pacific Rim - Útok na Zemi2013
  • Frankenstein
    Frankenstein2025
  • Hellboy
    Hellboy2004
  • Hobit: Bitva pěti armád
    Hobit: Bitva pěti armád2014
  • Ulička přízraků
    Ulička přízraků2021
  • Hellboy 2: Zlatá armáda
    Hellboy 2: Zlatá armáda2008
  • Blade 2
    Blade 22002
  • Purpurový vrch
    Purpurový vrch2015
  • Mama
    Mama2013
  • Hobit: Šmakova dračí poušť
    Hobit: Šmakova dračí poušť2013
  • Sirotčinec
    Sirotčinec2007
  • Pinocchio Guillerma del Tora
    Pinocchio Guillerma del Tora2022
  • Pacific Rim: Povstání
    Pacific Rim: Povstání2018
  • Agresivní virus
    Agresivní virus4 řady
  • Kniha života
    Kniha života2014
  • Megamysl
    Megamysl2010
  • Princ bez království
    Princ bez království2001

Filmografie