Guillermo del Toro

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 Spanishlanguage filmssuch as Cronos 1993 The Devils Backbone 2001 and Pans Labyrinth 2006and Englishlanguage films including Mimic 1997 Blade II 2002 Hellboy 2004 and its sequel Hellboy II The Golden Army2008 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 Dont Be Afraid of the Dark 2010 The Hobbit film series 20122014 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 Toros Cabinet of Curiosities featuring a collection of classical horror stories With Chuck Hogan he coauthored The Strain trilogy of novels 20092011 which was later adapted into a comic book series 201115 and a liveaction television series 201417 With DreamWorks Animation and Netflix he created the animated franchise Tales of Arcadia which includes the series Trollhunters 201618 3Below 201819 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 magazines 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