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.
97 movies · 19 shows
THE ORIGIN OF ULTRAMAN
2026·0.0
The Thing Expanded
2026·8.5
Frankenstein: The Anatomy Lesson
2025·7.4
Mollusk
2025·0.0
The Hanging of Stuart Cornfeld
2025·0.0
Sangre del Toro
2025·6.2
It’s a Mad Max World
2025·6.8
Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story
2025·7.5
Netflix Tudum 2025
2025·5.5
Surrealistic Nightmares: An In-Depth Look at Walloon Horror Cinema
2025·0.0
Dario Argento: Panico
2024·6.9
Temple of Film: 100 Years of the Egyptian Theatre
2023·6.2
Hideo Kojima: Connecting Worlds
2023·6.7
George Pal: Un Marciano De Hollywood En Argentina
2023·0.0
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio: Handcarved Cinema
2022·7.5
Boris Karloff: The Rest of the Story
2022·10.0
Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters
2022·5.3
Boris Karloff: The Man Behind the Monster
2021·6.3
I'm No Longer Here: A Discussion with Guillermo del Toro and Alfonso Cuarón
2020·6.0
Clapboard Jungle: Surviving the Independent Film Business
2020·3.0
Love, Antosha
2019·7.4
Making Apes: The Artists Who Changed Film
2019·6.8
The House Is Alive: Constructing 'Crimson Peak'
2019·0.0
Guillermo del Toro: Un director y su Oscar
2018·0.0
Bloody And Groovy Baby! A Tribute to Sam Raimi's Evil Dead 2
2018·6.0
Light in the Darkness: The Impact of Night of The Living Dead
2018·0.0
When Romero Met Del Toro
2017·0.0
78/52
2017·7.2
Five Came Back
2017·7.9
The Giant's Dream: The Making of the Iron Giant
2016·8.2
The Light and Dark of Crimson Peak
2016·8.3
A Living Thing
2016·10.0
Hand Tailored Gothic
2016·0.0
I Remember Crimson Peak
2016·10.0
Crimson Phantoms
2016·10.0
Creature Designers: The Frankenstein Complex
2015·7.2
The First Hundred Feet, the Last Hundred Feet
2015·0.0
Metal Gear Solid: Legacy
2015·6.5
Extraordinary Tales
2015·6.5
Lennon or McCartney
2014·5.3
The Book of Life
2014·7.5
Guillermo del Toro Interviews Paul Williams
2014·0.0
Necessary Evil: Super-Villains of DC Comics
2013·6.8
The Digital Artistry of Pacific Rim
2013·9.8
The Fire Rises: The Creation and Impact of The Dark Knight Trilogy
2013·6.9
Spanish Gothic
2013·0.0
Drew: The Man Behind the Poster
2013·7.0
El Santos vs la Tetona Mendoza
2012·6.6
Men in Suits
2012·8.0
Horror Europa with Mark Gatiss
2012·7.4
Ray Harryhausen: Special Effects Titan
2012·7.4
Puss in Boots
2011·6.6
Zombie Lover
2011·0.0
Reclaiming 'Mimic'
2011·0.0
A Leap in Evolution: The Creatures of 'Mimic'
2011·0.0
Back Into the Tunnels: The Making of 'Mimic'
2011·0.0
Comic-Con Episode IV: A Fan's Hope
2011·6.9
Bob Burns' Hollywood Haloween
2011·0.0
Don't Be Afraid of the Dark
2010·5.8
Fasten Your Seatbelt: The Thrilling Art of Alfred Hitchcock
2009·0.0
The Master's Touch: Hitchcock's Signature Style
2009·6.8
North by Northwest: One for the Ages
2009·6.8
El último truco
2008·7.5
Hellboy: In Service of the Demon
2008·6.6
Quantum of Solace
2008·6.3
Pure Cinema: Through the Eyes of Hitchcock
2008·0.0
Edith Head: Dressing the Master's Movies
2008·6.0
Bernard Herrmann: Hitchcock's Maestro
2008·7.0
Saul Bass: Title Champ
2008·6.5
In the Master's Shadow: Hitchcock's Legacy
2008·6.8
Partners in Crime: Hitchcock's Collaborators
2008·0.0
Lovecraft: Fear of the Unknown
2008·7.3
Hellboy II: The Golden Army
2008·6.8
Starz Inside: Comic Books Unbound
2008·5.9
The Masterpiece That Almost Wasn't
2008·7.2
Drew Struzan: An Appreciation of An Artist
2008·4.8
The Color and the Shape
2007·8.0
Pan and the Fairies
2007·8.0
The Power of Myth
2007·10.0
The Melody Echoes the Fairy Tale
2007·7.5
Dangerous Days: Making Blade Runner
2007·7.8
Deck-A-Rep: The True Nature of Rick Deckard
2007·0.0
Nexus Generation: Fans & Filmmakers
2007·0.0
Diary of the Dead
2007·5.5
07 Spaceys
2007·5.0
Shadows in the Dark: The Val Lewton Legacy
2005·9.4
Torrente 3: The Protector
2005·5.4
Hellboy: The Seeds of Creation
2004·6.9
Que es un fantasma?
2004·0.0
Hellboy
2004·6.7
Que es un Fantasma?: The Making of 'The Devil's Backbone'
2004·5.8
Noin
2003·9.5
Masters of Horror
2002·7.8
The Blood Pact: The Making of 'Blade II'
2002·4.3
The Devil's Backbone: Behind the Scenes
2001·0.0
Bullfighter
2000·3.0
Cronos
1993·6.7