Guillermo del Toro

Guillermo del Toro

Biography: 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Guillermo del Toro, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Birthday: October 09, 1964

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07 Spaceys
07 Spaceys

2007-01-01

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

2007-12-03

Nexus Generation: Fans & Filmmakers
Nexus Generation: Fans & Filmmakers

2007-12-03

The Masterpiece That Almost Wasn't
The Masterpiece That Almost Wasn't

2008-06-03

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

2020-10-30

Shadows in the Dark: The Val Lewton Legacy
Shadows in the Dark: The Val Lewton Legacy

2005-10-04

Lovecraft: Fear of the Unknown
Lovecraft: Fear of the Unknown

2008-07-24

Dangerous Days: Making Blade Runner
Dangerous Days: Making Blade Runner

2007-12-18

Pure Cinema: Through the Eyes of Hitchcock
Pure Cinema: Through the Eyes of Hitchcock

2008-10-07

Hideo Kojima: Connecting Worlds
Hideo Kojima: Connecting Worlds

2023-06-17

El último truco
El último truco

2008-11-20

Ray Harryhausen: Special Effects Titan
Ray Harryhausen: Special Effects Titan

2012-09-29

Men in Suits
Men in Suits

2012-11-28

Dario Argento: Panico
Dario Argento: Panico

2024-10-14

El Santos vs la Tetona Mendoza
El Santos vs la Tetona Mendoza

2012-11-30

Necessary Evil: Super-Villains of DC Comics
Necessary Evil: Super-Villains of DC Comics

2013-10-23

George Pal: Un Marciano De Hollywood En Argentina
George Pal: Un Marciano De Hollywood En Argentina

2023-05-13

Edith Head: Dressing the Master's Movies
Edith Head: Dressing the Master's Movies

2008-10-07

Temple of Film: 100 Years of the Egyptian Theatre
Temple of Film: 100 Years of the Egyptian Theatre

2023-11-09

Zombie Lover
Zombie Lover

2011-10-25

Fasten Your Seatbelt: The Thrilling Art of Alfred Hitchcock
Fasten Your Seatbelt: The Thrilling Art of Alfred Hitchcock

2009-11-24

Drew: The Man Behind the Poster
Drew: The Man Behind the Poster

2013-07-19

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

2018-02-13

Metal Gear Solid: Legacy
Metal Gear Solid: Legacy

2015-09-01

Bullfighter
Bullfighter

2000-10-01

Bernard Herrmann: Hitchcock's Maestro
Bernard Herrmann: Hitchcock's Maestro

2008-10-07

Horror Europa with Mark Gatiss
Horror Europa with Mark Gatiss

2012-10-30

Starz Inside: Comic Books Unbound
Starz Inside: Comic Books Unbound

2008-06-10

Extraordinary Tales
Extraordinary Tales

2013-02-28

Boris Karloff:  The Rest of the Story
Boris Karloff: The Rest of the Story

2022-10-18

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

2016-09-06

Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio: Handcarved Cinema
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio: Handcarved Cinema

2022-12-09

Guillermo del Toro: Un director y su Oscar
Guillermo del Toro: Un director y su Oscar

2018-11-28

Creature Designers: The Frankenstein Complex
Creature Designers: The Frankenstein Complex

2015-11-18

Lennon or McCartney
Lennon or McCartney

2014-12-12

Comic-Con Episode IV: A Fan's Hope
Comic-Con Episode IV: A Fan's Hope

2011-09-10

Puss in Boots
Puss in Boots

2011-10-27

The First Hundred Feet, the Last Hundred Feet
The First Hundred Feet, the Last Hundred Feet

2015-11-11

The Master's Touch: Hitchcock's Signature Style
The Master's Touch: Hitchcock's Signature Style

2009-11-03

North by Northwest: One for the Ages
North by Northwest: One for the Ages

2009-11-03

78/52
78/52

2017-10-13

Clapboard Jungle: Surviving the Independent Film Business
Clapboard Jungle: Surviving the Independent Film Business

2020-03-26

Hellboy: In Service of the Demon
Hellboy: In Service of the Demon

2008-11-11

Hellboy: The Seeds of Creation
Hellboy: The Seeds of Creation

2004-07-27

Saul Bass: Title Champ
Saul Bass: Title Champ

2008-10-07

Five Came Back
Five Came Back

2017-03-31

In the Master's Shadow: Hitchcock's Legacy
In the Master's Shadow: Hitchcock's Legacy

2008-10-07

The Book of Life
The Book of Life

2014-10-01

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

2004-01-01

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

2025-04-12

Spanish Gothic
Spanish Gothic

2013-07-30

The Power of Myth
The Power of Myth

2007-12-26

The Melody Echoes the Fairy Tale
The Melody Echoes the Fairy Tale

2007-12-26

The Color and the Shape
The Color and the Shape

2007-12-26

Pan and the Fairies
Pan and the Fairies

2007-12-26

Guillermo del Toro Interviews Paul Williams
Guillermo del Toro Interviews Paul Williams

2014-02-24

Masters of Horror
Masters of Horror

2002-11-06

The Digital Artistry of Pacific Rim
The Digital Artistry of Pacific Rim

2013-10-15

The House Is Alive: Constructing 'Crimson Peak'
The House Is Alive: Constructing 'Crimson Peak'

2019-01-14

Torrente 3: The Protector
Torrente 3: The Protector

2005-09-30

The Light and Dark of Crimson Peak
The Light and Dark of Crimson Peak

2016-02-09

I Remember Crimson Peak
I Remember Crimson Peak

2016-02-09

Hand Tailored Gothic
Hand Tailored Gothic

2016-02-09

A Living Thing
A Living Thing

2016-02-09

Crimson Phantoms
Crimson Phantoms

2016-02-09

Diary of the Dead
Diary of the Dead

2007-05-26

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

2018-12-11

Love, Antosha
Love, Antosha

2019-08-02

Don't Be Afraid of the Dark
Don't Be Afraid of the Dark

2010-11-06

Making Apes: The Artists Who Changed Film
Making Apes: The Artists Who Changed Film

2019-01-30

Drew Struzan: An Appreciation of An Artist
Drew Struzan: An Appreciation of An Artist

2008-03-25

Hellboy II: The Golden Army
Hellboy II: The Golden Army

2008-07-11

Hellboy
Hellboy

2004-04-02

Cronos
Cronos

1993-11-05

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

2013-09-24

Quantum of Solace
Quantum of Solace

2008-10-29

Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters
Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters

2022-08-13

When Romero Met Del Toro
When Romero Met Del Toro

2017-10-23

Boris Karloff: The Man Behind the Monster
Boris Karloff: The Man Behind the Monster

2021-09-17

Mollusk
Mollusk

Reclaiming 'Mimic'
Reclaiming 'Mimic'

2011-09-27

A Leap in Evolution: The Creatures of 'Mimic'
A Leap in Evolution: The Creatures of 'Mimic'

2011-09-27

Back Into the Tunnels: The Making of 'Mimic'
Back Into the Tunnels: The Making of 'Mimic'

2011-09-27

The Blood Pact: The Making of 'Blade II'
The Blood Pact: The Making of 'Blade II'

2002-09-03