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Guillermo del Toro

Mexican filmmaker and author · Mexico · On the map · Directors · Born 1964 · age 62

Guillermo del Toro Gómez is a Mexican filmmaker and actor. His work has been characterized 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.

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2025FrankensteinFilm, Director, Writer2024Leonardo da VinciSeries2023Academy Award for Best Animated FeatureAward2021Directors on DirectorsSeriesAntlersFilm, 2021Producer2020Roald Dahl's The WitchesFilm, Writer, Producer2019Star on Hollywood Walk of FameAward2018Academy Award for Best DirectorAwardAcademy Award for Best PictureAwardBAFTA Award for Best DirectionAwardGolden Globe Award for Best DirectorAwardTime 100Award3Below: Tales of ArcadiaSeries, 2018Director, CreatorPacific Rim: UprisingFilm, 2018Producer2017Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award for Best DirectorAwardGolden LionAwardScience Fiction Hall of FameAward78/52Film, 20172016Saturn AwardsAwardTrollhunters: Tales of ArcadiaSeries, 2016Director, Writer2015Crimson PeakFilm, Director, Writer2014The Director's ChairSeries2013MamaFilm, Producer2012Rise of the GuardiansFilm, Producer2010BlackBoxTV PresentsSeries, ProducerDon't Be Afraid of the DarkFilm, 2010Writer, Producer2007Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation, Long FormAwardNebula AwardAwardDiary of the DeadFilm, 2007Newsreader (voice) (uncredited)2006Pan's LabyrinthFilm, Director, Writer2003Jimmy Kimmel Live!Series2002Time Machine AwardAwardBlade IIFilm, 2002Director2001The Devil's BackboneFilm, Director, Writer1999FuturamaSeries, Guillermo del Toro's Head (voice)1993CronosFilm, Director, Writer1988The Marked HourSeries, Director, Writer1964Born9 October 1964

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  • The Thin Yellow Line 2015
  • Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio 2022
  • Pan's Labyrinth 2006
  • Frankenstein 2025
  • The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug 2013

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Filmography 40

283 credits on file

Television 24

Media & music

Awards

Academy Award for Best Animated Feature2023
Star on Hollywood Walk of Fame2019
BAFTA Award for Best Direction2018
Golden Globe Award for Best Director2018
Academy Award for Best Director2018
Time 1002018
Academy Award for Best Picture2018
Golden Lion2017
Science Fiction Hall of Fame2017
Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award for Best Director2017
Saturn Awards2016
Nebula Award2007
Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form2007
Time Machine Award2002
The George Pal Memorial Award

About this person

He has had a lifelong fascination with monsters, which he considers symbols of great power. Del Toro is known for pioneering dark fantasy in the film industry and for his use of insectile and religious imagery, his themes of Catholicism and the effects of war, celebrating imperfection, underworld motifs, practical special effects, and dominant amber lighting.

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Country
Mexico
Category
Directors
Type
Movie Director
Status
Living
Dates
Born 1964 · age 62

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