Guillermo del Toro

Known For: Directing
Born: October 9, 1964
Place of Birth: Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico

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 …

Filmography

THE ORIGIN OF ULTRAMAN

2026 · Self

The Thing Expanded

2026 · Self

Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery

2025 · Thanks

Frankenstein: The Anatomy Lesson

2025 · Self - Writer / Director

Mollusk

2025

The Hanging of Stuart Cornfeld

2025

Frankenstein

2025 · Producer, Director, Writer

Sangre del Toro

2025 · Self

It’s a Mad Max World

2025 · Self

Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story

2025 · Self

Netflix Tudum 2025

2025 · Self

Surrealistic Nightmares: An In-Depth Look at Walloon Horror Cinema

2025 · Self

The Monkey

2025 · Thanks

Leonardo da Vinci

2024 · Self

Dario Argento: Panico

2024 · Self

Disclaimer

2024 · Thanks

The Apprentice

2024 · Thanks

Megalopolis

2024 · Thanks

Temple of Film: 100 Years of the Egyptian Theatre

2023 · Self

The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial

2023 · Thanks

The Last Voyage of the Demeter

2023 · Thanks

Hideo Kojima: Connecting Worlds

2023 · Self

George Pal: Un Marciano De Hollywood En Argentina

2023

Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio: Handcarved Cinema

2022 · Self, Executive Producer

Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio

2022 · Screenstory, Director, Producer, Screenplay, Lyricist

Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities

2022 · Self - Host (uncredited), Executive Producer, Teleplay, Short Story, Creator

Boris Karloff: The Rest of the Story

Boris Karloff: The Rest of the Story

2022 · Self

Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters

2022 · Self

Nightmare Alley

2021 · Director, Producer, Screenplay

Antlers

2021 · Producer

Boris Karloff: The Man Behind the Monster

2021 · Self

Trollhunters: Rise of the Titans

2021 · Screenplay, Producer, Creator, Book

Directors on Directors

2021 · Self

I'm No Longer Here: A Discussion with Guillermo del Toro and Alfonso Cuarón

2020 · Self

Roald Dahl's The Witches

2020 · Producer, Screenplay

Wizards: Tales of Arcadia

2020 · Executive Producer, Writer, Teleplay, Creator

Clapboard Jungle: Surviving the Independent Film Business

2020 · Self

Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark

2019 · Screenstory, Producer

Love, Antosha

2019 · Self

Elvis Goes There

2019 · Self

Making Apes: The Artists Who Changed Film

2019 · Self

The House Is Alive: Constructing 'Crimson Peak'

2019 · Self

3Below: Tales of Arcadia

2018 · Executive Producer, Director, Creator

Guillermo del Toro: Un director y su Oscar

2018 · Guillermo del Toro

Bloody And Groovy Baby! A Tribute to Sam Raimi's Evil Dead 2

2018 · Self

James Cameron's Story of Science Fiction

2018 · Self

Barry

2018 · El Toro

Pacific Rim: Uprising

2018 · Producer

Ayotzinapa: The Turtle's Pace

2018 · Producer

Light in the Darkness: The Impact of Night of The Living Dead

2018 · Self, Thanks

The Shape of Water

2017 · Producer, Director, Story, Screenplay

When Romero Met Del Toro

When Romero Met Del Toro

2017

78/52

2017 · Self

Five Came Back

2017 · Self

Five Came Back

2017 · Self

Trollhunters: Tales of Arcadia

2016 · Director, Teleplay, Executive Producer, Story, Creator

The Giant's Dream: The Making of the Iron Giant

2016 · Self

I Remember Crimson Peak

2016 · Himself

The Light and Dark of Crimson Peak

2016 · Self

A Living Thing

2016

Hand Tailored Gothic

2016 · Self

Crimson Phantoms

2016

Kung Fu Panda 3

2016 · Executive Producer

Creature Designers: The Frankenstein Complex

2015 · Self

The First Hundred Feet, the Last Hundred Feet

2015 · Self

Crimson Peak

2015 · Director, Writer, Producer

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

2015 · Self, Self - Guest

Metal Gear Solid: Legacy

2015 · Self

Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter

2015 · Self

Extraordinary Tales

2015 · Narrator (voice) (segment 'The Pit and the Pendulum')

The Late Late Show with James Corden

2015 · Self - Guest

The Thin Yellow Line

2015 · Producer

Lennon or McCartney

2014 · Self

The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies

2014 · Screenplay

The Game Awards

2014 · Self

The Book of Life

2014 · Land of the Remembered Captain's Wife (voice), Producer

The Strain

2014 · Writer, Director, Creator

How to Train Your Dragon 2

2014 · Thanks

The Director's Chair

2014 · Self

Guillermo del Toro Interviews Paul Williams

2014 · Self, Thanks

The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug

2013 · Screenplay

Necessary Evil: Super-Villains of DC Comics

2013

The Digital Artistry of Pacific Rim

2013 · Self

Gravity

2013 · Thanks

The Fire Rises: The Creation and Impact of The Dark Knight Trilogy

2013 · Self

Spanish Gothic

2013 · Self

Drew: The Man Behind the Poster

2013 · Self

Pacific Rim

2013 · Director, Screenplay, Producer

Mama

2013 · Executive Producer

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

2012 · Screenplay

El Santos vs la Tetona Mendoza

2012 · Gamborimbo Ponx (voice)

Men in Suits

2012 · Self

Rise of the Guardians

2012 · Executive Producer

Horror Europa with Mark Gatiss

2012 · Self

Ray Harryhausen: Special Effects Titan

2012 · Self

The Captured Bird

2012 · Executive Producer

Puss in Boots

2011 · Comandante / Hombre del bigote (voice), Executive Producer

Zombie Lover

2011 · Interviewee

Reclaiming 'Mimic'

2011 · Self, Conceptual Illustrator

A Leap in Evolution: The Creatures of 'Mimic'

2011 · Self, Conceptual Illustrator

Back Into the Tunnels: The Making of 'Mimic'

2011 · Self, Thanks

Comic-Con Episode IV: A Fan's Hope

2011 · Self

Kung Fu Panda 2

2011 · Creative Consultant

Don't Be Afraid of the Dark

2010 · Creature (Voice), Producer, Screenplay

Megamind

2010 · Creative Consultant

Biutiful

2010 · Associate Producer

BlackBoxTV Presents

2010 · Producer

Julia's Eyes

2010 · Producer

Scott Pilgrim vs. the World

2010 · Thanks

Splice

2010 · Executive Producer

Fasten Your Seatbelt: The Thrilling Art of Alfred Hitchcock

Fasten Your Seatbelt: The Thrilling Art of Alfred Hitchcock

2009 · Self

The Master's Touch: Hitchcock's Signature Style

2009 · Self

North by Northwest: One for the Ages

2009 · Self

Rage

2009 · Producer

District 9

2009 · Thanks

Rudo & Cursi

2008 · Producer

El último truco

2008 · Self

Hellboy: In Service of the Demon

2008 · Self

Hellboy II: The Golden Army - Zinco Epilogue

2008 · Screenplay

Quantum of Solace

2008 · Additional Voices (voice)

While She Was Out

2008 · Executive Producer

Pure Cinema: Through the Eyes of Hitchcock

2008 · Self

Edith Head: Dressing the Master's Movies

2008 · Self

Bernard Herrmann: Hitchcock's Maestro

2008 · Self

Saul Bass: Title Champ

2008 · Self

In the Master's Shadow: Hitchcock's Legacy

2008 · Self

Partners in Crime: Hitchcock's Collaborators

2008 · Self

Insignificant Things

2008 · Producer

Lovecraft: Fear of the Unknown

2008 · Self

Hellboy II: The Golden Army

2008 · Creature Vocals (voice) (uncredited), Screenplay, Director, Story

Starz Inside: Comic Books Unbound

2008 · Self

The Masterpiece That Almost Wasn't

2008 · Self

Drew Struzan: An Appreciation of An Artist

2008 · Self, Thanks

Hellboy II: The Golden Army - Prologue

2008 · Screenplay

The Power of Myth

2007 · Self

Pan and the Fairies

2007 · Self

The Melody Echoes the Fairy Tale

The Melody Echoes the Fairy Tale

2007 · Self

The Color and the Shape

2007 · Self

Dangerous Days: Making Blade Runner

2007 · Self

Nexus Generation: Fans & Filmmakers

2007 · Self

Deck-A-Rep: The True Nature of Rick Deckard

2007 · Self

Red Princess Blues Animated: The Book of Violence

2007 · Thanks

Diary of the Dead

2007 · Newsreader (voice) (uncredited), Thanks

The Orphanage

2007 · Executive Producer

Year of the Nail

2007 · Thanks

Hellboy Animated: Blood and Iron

2007 · Creative Producer

07 Spaceys

2007

Hellboy Animated: Sword of Storms

2006 · Creative Producer

Pan's Labyrinth

2006 · Director, Producer, Writer

Shadows in the Dark: The Val Lewton Legacy

2005

Torrente 3: The Protector

2005 · Contacto Giannina (scenes deleted)

It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia

2005 · Pappy McPoyle

Home Delivery

2005 · Presenter, Executive Producer

Hellboy: The Seeds of Creation

2004 · Self

Que es un fantasma?

2004

Crónicas

2004 · Producer

Hellboy

2004 · Guy Dressed as Dragon (uncredited), Screenplay, Director, Fight Choreographer

Que es un Fantasma?: The Making of 'The Devil's Backbone'

2004 · Self

Noin

2003 · Guillermo del Toro

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

2003 · Self, Self - Guest

Masters of Horror

2002 · Self

I Murder Seriously

2002 · Executive Producer

The Blood Pact: The Making of 'Blade II'

2002 · Self

HypaSpace

2002 · Self

Blade II

2002 · Director

Mimic 2

2001 · Characters

Y Tu Mamá También

2001 · Thanks

The Devil's Backbone: Behind the Scenes

The Devil's Backbone: Behind the Scenes

2001

The Devil's Backbone

2001 · Screenplay, Director

Torrente 2: Mission in Marbella

2001 · Thanks

Bullfighter

2000 · Bullboy #2

Amores Perros

2000 · Editorial Coordinator

Futurama

1999 · Guillermo del Toro's Head (voice)

Under a Spell

1999 · Producer

Torrente: The Dumb Arm of the Law

1998 · Thanks

Mimic

1997 · Screenplay, Director, Screenstory

Algunas nubes

1995 · Makeup Effects

Cronos

1993 · Man Walking Dog (uncredited), Director, Screenplay

Sólo con tu pareja

1992 · Thanks

Cabeza de Vaca

1991 · Makeup Effects Designer

Dying in the Gulf

1990 · Makeup Effects, Storyboard

The Simpsons

1989 · Guillermo del Toro (voice)

Love Lies

1989 · Makeup Effects, Special Effects Makeup Artist

Goitia: A God for Himself

1989 · Special Effects Makeup Artist

The Marked Hour

1988 · Writer, Director

Geometry

1987 · Director, Writer, Producer

Obdulia

1986 · First Assistant Director

Mrs. Lupe

1986 · Director, Screenplay, Executive Producer, Casting, Assistant Editor

Doña Herlinda and Her Son

1985 · Executive Producer

The Oscars

1953 · Self

Golden Globe Awards

1944 · Self - Nominee

The Bloody Benders

— · Producer

Sira and the Secret of the Park

Sira and the Secret of the Park

— · Executive Producer

The Boy in the Iron Box

The Boy in the Iron Box

— · Screenplay, Producer, Novel

Fury

— · Director, Writer, Producer

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