Guillermo del Toro

Directing

Born: 1964-10-09
From: Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico
Gender: Male
Popularity: 2.7

Also Known As

기예르모 델 토로Γκιγιέρμο Ντελ Τόροギレルモ・デル・トロギジェルモ・デル・トーロGuillermo del Toro Gómezگی‌یرمو دل توروغييرمو ديل تورو

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.

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Awards & Nominations15 won · 9 nominated

🏆 Won

Academy Award for Best Animated Feature

Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio

2023
Nominated

Academy Award for Best Animated Feature

Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio

2023
Nominated

Academy Award for Best Picture

Nightmare Alley

2022
🏆 Won

BAFTA Award for Best Direction

The Shape of Water

2018
🏆 Won

Academy Award for Best Director

The Shape of Water

2018
🏆 Won

Golden Globe Award for Best Director

The Shape of Water

2018
🏆 Won

Time 100

2018
🏆 Won

Academy Award for Best Picture

The Shape of Water

2018
Nominated

Academy Award for Best Director

The Shape of Water

2018
Nominated

Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay

The Shape of Water

2018
Nominated

Academy Award for Best Picture

The Shape of Water

2018
🏆 Won

Golden Lion

2017
🏆 Won

Science Fiction Hall of Fame

2017
🏆 Won

Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award for Best Director

The Shape of Water

2017
🏆 Won

Saturn Awards

Crimson Peak

2016
🏆 Won

Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form

Pan's Labyrinth

2007
🏆 Won

Nebula Award

Pan's Labyrinth

2007
Nominated

Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay

Pan's Labyrinth

2007
Nominated

Palme d'Or

Pan's Labyrinth

2006
🏆 Won

Time Machine Award

2002
🏆 Won

star on Hollywood Walk of Fame

🏆 Won

The George Pal Memorial Award

Nominated

Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay

Frankenstein

Nominated

Academy Award for Best Picture

Frankenstein

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