
Guillermo del Toro
Directing
- Doğum:
- 1964-10-09
- Doğum yeri:
- Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico
Biyografi
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. With Chuck Hogan, he co-authored The Strain trilogy of novels (2009–2011), which was 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, 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.
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Filmografi

The Anatomy Lesson: Director’s Cut

THE ORIGIN OF ULTRAMAN

The Thing Expanded

Avatar: A New Era - Special Edition of 20/20

Frankenstein: Anatomi Dersi

Molusco

The Hanging of Stuart Cornfeld

Sangre del Toro

L'apocalypse selon Mad Max

Jaws: Efsanenin 50. Yılı

Netflix Tudum 2025

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

Leonardo da Vinci

Dario Argento: Panico

Sinema Tapınağı: Egyptian Theatre ve 100 Yıllık Tarihi

Hideo Kojima: Connecting Worlds

George Pal: Un Marciano De Hollywood En Argentina

Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio: Handcarved Cinema

Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities
Boris Karloff: The Rest of the Story

Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters

Boris Karloff: The Man Behind the Monster

Directors on Directors

Ya no estoy aquí: Una conversación entre Guillermo del Toro y Alfonso Cuarón

Clapboard Jungle: Surviving the Independent Film Business

Love, Antosha

Elvis Goes There

Making Apes: The Artists Who Changed Film

The House Is Alive: Constructing 'Crimson Peak'

Guillermo del Toro: Un director y su Oscar

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

James Cameron's Story of Science Fiction

Barry

Light in the Darkness: The Impact of Night of The Living Dead
When Romero Met Del Toro

78/52

Five Came Back

Five Came Back

Trol Avcıları: Arcadia Hikâyeleri

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

The Light and Dark of Crimson Peak

I Remember Crimson Peak

Hand Tailored Gothic

A Living Thing

Crimson Phantoms

Creature Designers: The Frankenstein Complex

The First Hundred Feet, the Last Hundred Feet

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

Metal Gear Solid: Legacy

Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter

Olağanüstü Öyküler

The Late Late Show with James Corden

Lennon or McCartney

The Game Awards

Hayat Kitabı

The Director's Chair

Guillermo del Toro Interviews Paul Williams

Necessary Evil: Super-Villains of DC Comics

The Digital Artistry of Pacific Rim

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

Spanish Gothic

Drew: The Man Behind the Poster

El Santos vs la Tetona Mendoza

Men in Suits

Horror Europa with Mark Gatiss

Ray Harryhausen: Special Effects Titan

Çizmeli Kedi
Zombie Lover

Reclaiming 'Mimic'

A Leap in Evolution: The Creatures of 'Mimic'

Back Into the Tunnels: The Making of 'Mimic'

Comic-Con Episode IV: A Fan's Hope

Bob Burns' Hollywood Haloween

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

The Master's Touch: Hitchcock's Signature Style

North by Northwest: One for the Ages

El último truco

Hellboy: In Service of the Demon

Quantum of Solace

Pure Cinema: Through the Eyes of Hitchcock

Edith Head: Dressing the Master's Movies

Bernard Herrmann: Hitchcock's Maestro

Saul Bass: Title Champ

In the Master's Shadow: Hitchcock's Legacy

Partners in Crime: Hitchcock's Collaborators

Lovecraft: Fear of the Unknown

Hellboy II: Altın Ordu

Starz Inside: Comic Books Unbound

The Masterpiece That Almost Wasn't

Drew Struzan: An Appreciation of An Artist

The Power of Myth
The Melody Echoes the Fairy Tale

The Color and the Shape

El fauno y las hadas

Dangerous Days: Making Blade Runner

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

Nexus Generation: Fans & Filmmakers

Ölülerin Günlüğü

07 Spaceys

Shadows in the Dark: The Val Lewton Legacy

It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia

Hellboy: The Seeds of Creation

Que es un fantasma?

Hellboy

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

Noin

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

Masters of Horror

The Blood Pact: The Making of 'Blade II'
HypaSpace
The Devil's Backbone: Behind the Scenes

Bullfighter

Futurama

Cronos

Simpsonlar

The Oscars

Golden Globe Awards
The Fall: Part I
The Fall: Part II