Guillermo del Toro

Guillermo del Toro Headshot

Director • Producer • Writer

Birth Date: October 9, 1964

Age: 58 years old

Birth Place: Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico

As part of the wave of Mexican filmmakers who have made an indelible mark upon American cinema in the 1990s, director Guillermo del Toro - along with compatriots Alejandro González Iñárritu, and Alfonso Cuarón - attained a remarkable level of critical and box-office success in an environment not conducive to international filmmaking. Unlike his peers, however, del Toro steered away from making art house films about his native Mexico, focusing instead on helming old-fashioned horror movies. Bursting onto the scene with his first effort, "Cronos" (1993), del Toro learned how to deal with Hollywood the hard way with his first studio effort, "Mimic" (1997). After directing "The Devil's Backbone" (2001), a return to independent film and his native Mexico, he took on Hollywood a second time with "Blade II" (2002), only this time with more success. His critically acclaimed adaptation of the comic book "Hellboy" (2004) was followed by the critically acclaimed "Pan's Labyrinth" (2006), a stark, but dream-like horror fantasy that earned three Academy Awards and helped to make del Toro a rare success in both the United States and his homeland. He went on to direct the successful sequel "Hellboy II: The Golden Army" (2008) while stepping into a producer's role for "Biutiful" (2010) and "Don't Be Afraid of the Dark" (2011). Whether as a writer, director, producer and even novelist, del Toro drew upon an eclectic mix of horror, science fiction and fantasy to create unique and sometimes bizarre films that earned him a loyal following.

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Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio: Handcarved Cinema

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Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of CuriositiesStream

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Here Comes the Sun

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PinocchioStream

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Antlers

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Nightmare AlleyStream

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Nightmare AlleyStream

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3 Amigos - Guillermo Del Toro

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I'm No Longer Here: A Conversation With Guillermo del Toro and Alfonso Cuarón

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WizardsStream

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Roald Dahl's The WitchesStream

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Clapboard Jungle: Surviving the Independent Film Business

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Elvis Goes There

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2019

Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark

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2019

Tales of Arcadia: New Year's Eve Countdown

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3 BelowStream

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James Cameron's Story of Science FictionStream

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James Cameron's Story of Science Fiction: Extras

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Kung Fu Panda 3 - Po ja Li temppelissä

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Kung Fu Panda 3: An IMAX 3D Experience

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Kung Fu Panda 3 - sv.tal

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Kung Fu Panda 3: An IMAX 3D Experience

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Kung Fu Panda 3: An IMAX 3D Experience

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The Late Show With Stephen ColbertStream

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Close Up With The Hollywood Reporter

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The Late Late Show With James CordenStream

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Crimson Peak

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Crimson Peak

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Crimson Peak

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2015

La delgada línea amarilla

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2015

Le complexe de Frankenstein

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2015

The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies

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2014

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2014

The StrainStream

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2014
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The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy FallonStream

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The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five ArmiesStream

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The Book of Life

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2014

Manolo und das Buch des Lebens

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La Légende de Manolo

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Manolos magiska resa - sv.tal

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Drew: The Man Behind the Poster

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2013

Gahan Wilson: Born Dead, Still Weird

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Extraordinary Tales

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Mama

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Pacific RimStream

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CBS This Morning

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De fem legenderna

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El Santos vs. la T... Mendoza

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De eventyrlige vogtere

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Les Cinq Légendes

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The Hobbit: An Unexpected JourneyStream

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Der gestiefelte Kater: The IMAX Experience

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Don't Be Afraid of the Dark

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Viva la Muerte!

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Splice

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Hellboy II: The Golden Army

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Lovecraft: Fear of the Unknown

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Rudo y Cursi

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El último truco

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Insignificant Things

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The Orphanage

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Pan's LabyrinthStream

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The Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson

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HellboyStream

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Blade IIStream

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I Murder Seriously

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The Devil's Backbone

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The Devil's Backbone

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El octavo día, la creación

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Mimic

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Geometría

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Doña Herlinda y su hijo

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