Guillermo del Toro

16 films directed 15 Awards 6 Nominations

Biography

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.

Most directed genres

Recurring actors

Awards and nominations

2023 Academy Award for Best Animated Feature
2023 Academy Award for Best Animated Feature Nominated
2018 Academy Award for Best Picture
2018 Academy Award for Best Director
2018 Golden Globe Award for Best Director
2018 Time 100
2018 BAFTA Award for Best Direction
2018 Academy Award for Best Director Nominated
2017 Golden Lion
2017 Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award for Best Director
2017 Science Fiction Hall of Fame
2016 Saturn Awards
2007 Nebula Award
2007 Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form
2007 Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay Nominated
2006 Palme d'Or Nominated
2002 Time Machine Award
— The George Pal Memorial Award
— star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
— Academy Award for Best Picture Nominated
— Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay Nominated

The career in numbers

US$ 728 mi Total budget from 13 film(s) with data
US$ 1.3 bi Total box office from 11 film(s) with data
US$ 56 mi Average budget from 13 film(s) with data
US$ 114 mi Average box office from 11 film(s) with data
7.0 Average rating from 14 film(s) with data
1.8× Return on investment from 11 film(s) with data

Budget and box office do not exist for every film in our records. Averages are computed over the films that carry the figure, and the count beside each one says how many.

Films directed

Film	Year	Budget	Box office	Rating
Frankenstein	2025	US$ 120 mi	US$ 480,678	7.6
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio	2022	US$ 35 mi	—	8.0
Nightmare Alley	2021	US$ 60 mi	US$ 40 mi	6.9
The Shape of Water	2017	US$ 20 mi	US$ 195 mi	7.2
Crimson Peak	2015	US$ 55 mi	US$ 75 mi	6.7
Pacific Rim	2013	US$ 180 mi	US$ 411 mi	6.9
Hellboy II: The Golden Army	2008	US$ 85 mi	US$ 160 mi	6.8
Pan's Labyrinth	2006	US$ 19 mi	US$ 83 mi	7.8
Hellboy	2004	US$ 66 mi	US$ 99 mi	6.7
Blade II	2002	US$ 54 mi	US$ 155 mi	6.6
The Devil's Backbone	2001	US$ 5 mi	US$ 7 mi	7.3
Mimic	1997	US$ 30 mi	US$ 25 mi	6.1
Cronos	1993	—	—	6.7
Geometry	1987	US$ 1,000	—	6.2
Mrs. Lupe	1986	—	—	5.4
Fury	—	—	—	—

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