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Guillermo del Toro

Writer, Producer, Director, Actor, Additional CreditsBorn October 9, 1964 (60 years)
Guillermo del Toro Gómez (Spanish: [ɡiˈʝeɾmoðel ˈtoɾo]; born 9 October 1964) is a Mexican filmmaker, author, and artist. His work has been characterised by a strong connection to fairy tales, gothicism, and horror, often blending the genres with an effort to infuse visual or poetic beauty in the grotesque. He has had a lifelong fascination with monsters, which he considers symbols of great power. He is also known for his use of insectile and religious imagery, his themes of Catholicism, anti-fascism, 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), 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, and they are 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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Movies & Shows on Plex
  • Biutiful
  • Hellboy Animated: Sword of Storms
  • Hellboy Animated: Blood and Iron
  • Bullfighter
Known For
  • The Shape of Water
  • Pan's Labyrinth
  • The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
  • Pacific Rim
  • Hellboy
  • Hellboy II: The Golden Army
  • Nightmare Alley
  • Blade II
  • Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio
  • Crimson Peak
  • Mama
  • The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
  • The Orphanage
  • The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
  • The Strain
  • Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark
  • The Book of Life
  • Megamind
  • The Devil's Backbone
  • Kung Fu Panda 3
  • Rise of the Guardians
  • Mimic
  • Pacific Rim: Uprising
  • Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities

Filmography

2021
Nightmare Alley · as Screenplay
2021
2020
The Witches · as Screenplay
2015
2014
2014
The Strain (TV Series)
2014
2013
2013
Pacific Rim · as Screenplay
2013
2012
2010
2008
2008
2006
Pan's Labyrinth · as Screenplay
2004
Hellboy · as Screenplay
2001
The Devil's Backbone · as Screenplay
1997
Mimic · as Screenplay
1992
Cronos · as Screenplay
1988
The Marked Hour (TV Series)
1987

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