The following is the complete filmography of Mexican filmmaker and author Guillermo del Toro.
Short film
Year | Title | Director | Writer | Producer |
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1985 | Doña Lupe | Yes | Yes | Executive |
1987 | Geometría | Yes | Yes | Yes |
2012 | The Captured Bird | No | No | Executive |
Feature film
Year | Title | ||||
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Director | Writer | Producer | Notes | ||
1992 | Cronos | Yes | Yes | No | |
1997 | Mimic | Yes | Yes | No | |
2001 | The Devil's Backbone | Yes | Yes | Executive | Original title: El espinazo del diablo |
2002 | Blade II | Yes | No | No | Also executive soundtrack producer |
2004 | Hellboy | Yes | Yes | No | |
2006 | Pan's Labyrinth | Yes | Yes | Yes | Original title: El laberinto del fauno |
2008 | Hellboy II: The Golden Army | Yes | Yes | No | |
2013 | Pacific Rim | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
2015 | Crimson Peak | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
2017 | The Shape of Water | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
2021 | Nightmare Alley | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
2022 | Pinocchio | Yes | Yes | Yes | Co-directed with Mark Gustafson |
2025 | Frankenstein | Yes | Yes | Yes | Post-production |
Writer and/or producer only
Year | Title | Writer | Producer |
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1998 | Un embrujo | No | Yes |
2004 | Crónicas | No | Yes |
2008 | Insignificant Things | No | Yes |
Rudo y Cursi | No | Yes | |
2009 | Rabia | No | Yes |
2010 | Julia's Eyes | No | Yes |
Don't Be Afraid of the Dark | Yes | Yes | |
2012 | The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey | Yes | No |
2013 | The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug | Yes | No |
2014 | The Book of Life | No | Yes |
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies | Yes | No | |
2018 | Pacific Rim: Uprising | No | Yes |
2019 | Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark | Story | Yes |
2020 | The Witches | Yes | Yes |
2021 | Trollhunters: Rise of the Titans | Yes | Yes |
Antlers | No | Yes |
Executive producer only
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Year | Title | Director | Writer | Executive Producer | Creator | Notes |
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1986–1989 | La hora marcada | Yes | Yes | No | No | Wrote and directed episodes "Hamburguesas", "Caminos de ayer", "Con todo para llevar" and "Invasión"; Directed episode "Les gourmets" |
2013 | The Simpsons | Yes | No | No | No | Opening sequence of episode "Treehouse of Horror XXIV" |
2014–2017 | The Strain | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Wrote and directed episode "Night Zero"; Directed prologue of episode "BK, NY"; Directed Luchador film of episode "The Silver Angel" |
2016–2018 | Trollhunters | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Wrote and directed episodes "Becoming: Part 1 & 2"; Directed episodes "The Eternal Knight: Part 1 & 2" |
2018–2019 | 3Below | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Wrote and directed episodes "Terra Incognita: Part 1 & 2" |
2019 | Carnival Row | No | Uncredited | No | No | Original story [1] |
2020 | Wizards | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Wrote episodes "Spellbound" and "History in the Making" |
2022 | Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Also showrunner Wrote episode "Lot 36"; Wrote story of episode "The Murmuring" |
Year | Title | Director | Producer | Writer | Other | Notes |
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2008 | Hellboy: The Science of Evil | No | No | Yes | Yes | Voice over director |
2014 | P.T. | Yes | No | No | No | |
2019 | Death Stranding | No | No | No | Yes | Likeness for Deadman [2] |
2020 | Trollhunters: Defenders of Arcadia | No | Yes | Yes | No |
Year | Title | ||
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Role | Notes | ||
1992 | Cronos | Man Walking Dog | Uncredited cameo |
2000 | Bullfighter | Bullboy #2 | |
2001 | Planet of the Apes | General Thade | Voice, Latin American dub |
2004 | Hellboy | Guy Dressed as Dragon | Uncredited cameo |
2007 | Diary of the Dead | Newsreader (voice) | Uncredited cameo |
2008 | Hellboy II: The Golden Army | Creatures (voices) | Uncredited |
Quantum of Solace | Additional voices | ||
2011 | Don't Be Afraid of the Dark | Creatures (voices) [3] | |
Puss in Boots | Moustache Man / Comandante (voices) [3] | ||
2012 | El Santos vs. La Tetona Mendoza | Gamborimbo Ponx (voice) | |
2012, 2016 | It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia | Pappy McPoyle | 2 episodes |
2014 | The Book of Life | Land of the Remembered Captain's Wife (voice) [3] | |
2015 | Extraordinary Tales | The Pit and the Pendulum (voice) | Narrator |
2016–2018 | Trollhunters | Señor Muelas (voice) | 5 episodes |
2018 | Mickey and the Roadster Racers | Mr. Talbot (voice) | Episode: "Goof Mansion" |
2019 | The Simpsons | Himself (voice) | Episode: "101 Mitigations" |
3Below | Dr. Muelas (voice) | 2 episodes | |
Death Stranding | Deadman (3D Model) | Video game | |
2022 | Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities | Himself (host) | 8 episodes |
2023 | Barry | Toro [4] | Episode: "you're charming" |
Dario Argento Panico | Himself | Documentary film |
Year | Title | |
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Notes | ||
1987 | Obdulia | First assistant director |
1989 | Love Lies (Mentiras piadosas) | Special makeup effects artist |
Goitia, un dios para sí mismo | ||
1990 | Morir en el golfo | Special makeup effect artist and storyboard artist |
1991 | Cabeza de Vaca | Special makeup effect artist |
Bandidos | ||
1992 | Mi querido Tom Mix | |
1993 | Dollar Mambo | |
1995 | Algunas nubes | |
2006 | Hellboy: Sword of Storms | Creative producer |
2007 | Hellboy: Blood and Iron | |
Hellboy: Iron Shoes | Short film Creative producer | |
2010 | Biutiful | Associate producer |
Megamind | Creative consultant | |
2011 | Kung Fu Panda 2 | Creative consultant |
Cowboys & Aliens | Creative consultant (uncredited) [5] | |
2014 | Edge of Tomorrow | Special visual consultant |
How to Train Your Dragon 2 | "Thank you" credit [6] | |
2023 | The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial | Stand-by director [7] |
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Guillermo del Toro Gómez 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, 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. Known for pioneering dark fantasy in the film industry and for his use of insectile and religious imagery, his themes of Catholicism, and celebrating imperfection, underworld motifs, practical special effects, and dominant amber lighting.
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Hellboy II: The Golden Army is a 2008 American superhero film based on the Dark Horse Comics character of the same name, created by Mike Mignola. Produced by Universal Pictures, Relativity Media, Lawrence Gordon/Lloyd Levin Productions, and Dark Horse Entertainment, and distributed by Universal, it is a sequel to Hellboy (2004) and is the second live-action film in the franchise. Directed and written by Guillermo del Toro from a story he co-wrote with Mignola, the film stars Ron Perlman as Hellboy, alongside Selma Blair, Doug Jones, Jeffrey Tambor, and John Hurt. In the film, Hellboy and the Bureau of Paranormal Research and Defense must battle a mythical prince who plans to reclaim the world for his magical kindred.
The Hobbit is a trilogy of fantasy adventure films directed by Peter Jackson. The films are subtitled An Unexpected Journey (2012), The Desolation of Smaug (2013), and The Battle of the Five Armies (2014). The films are based on J. R. R. Tolkien's 1937 novel The Hobbit, but much of the trilogy was inspired by the appendices to his 1954–55 The Lord of the Rings, which expand on the story told in The Hobbit. Additional material and new characters were created specially for the films. The series is a prequel to Jackson's The Lord of the Rings film trilogy.
Pacific Rim is a 2013 American science fiction monster film directed by Guillermo del Toro, starring Charlie Hunnam, Idris Elba, Rinko Kikuchi, Charlie Day, Robert Kazinsky, Max Martini, and Ron Perlman, and the first film in the Pacific Rim franchise. The screenplay was written by Travis Beacham and del Toro from a story by Beacham. The film is set in the future, when Earth is at war with the Kaiju, colossal sea monsters which have emerged from an interdimensional portal on the bottom of the Pacific Ocean. To combat the monsters, humanity unites to create the Jaegers, gigantic humanoid mechas, each controlled by two co-pilots whose minds are joined by a mental link. Focusing on the war's later days, the story follows Raleigh Becket, a washed-up Jaeger pilot called out of retirement and teamed with rookie pilot Mako Mori as part of a last-ditch effort to defeat the Kaiju.
The Book of Life is a 2014 American animated fantasy adventure comedy film directed by Jorge R. Gutierrez in his feature directorial debut and written by Gutierrez and Doug Langdale. It was distributed by Reel FX Animation Studios. Guillermo del Toro, Brad Booker, Aaron D. Berger, and Carina Schulze produced the film. It features the voices of Diego Luna, Zoe Saldana, and Channing Tatum, with supporting roles from Ice Cube, Ron Perlman, Kate del Castillo, and Christina Applegate. Based on an original idea by Gutierrez, the film tells the story of a bullfighter who embarks on an afterlife adventure to fulfill the expectations of his family and friends on the Day of the Dead.
Silent Hills is a cancelled horror game developed by Kojima Productions that was to be published by Konami Digital Entertainment for the PlayStation 4. It was in development since 2012 until its cancellation in 2015. It was to be the ninth main installment in the Silent Hill series, and was to be directed by Hideo Kojima and Guillermo del Toro.
P.T. is a 2014 psychological horror game developed by Kojima Productions under the pseudonym "7780s Studio" and published by Konami Digital Entertainment. It was directed and designed by Hideo Kojima in collaboration with filmmaker Guillermo del Toro, and was released for free on the PlayStation 4.
The Shape of Water is a 2017 period romantic dark fantasy film directed and produced by Guillermo del Toro, who co-wrote the screenplay with Vanessa Taylor. It stars Sally Hawkins, Michael Shannon, Richard Jenkins, Doug Jones, Michael Stuhlbarg, and Octavia Spencer. Set in 1962 Baltimore, Maryland, the film follows a mute cleaner at a high-security government laboratory who falls in love with a captured humanoid amphibian creature and decides to help him escape from death at the hands of an evil colonel. Filming took place on location in Ontario, Canada, from August to November 2016.
Death Stranding is a 2019 action game developed by Kojima Productions and originally published by Sony Interactive Entertainment. It is the first game from director Hideo Kojima and Kojima Productions after their split from Konami in 2015. It was first released for PlayStation 4 in November 2019, followed by a Windows port in July 2020. A director's cut was released for PlayStation 5 in September 2021, followed by releases for Windows in March 2022, iOS, iPadOS and macOS in January 2024, and Amazon Luna and Xbox Series X/S in November 2024. Sony published the game on their consoles, while 505 Games published all other versions under license from Kojima Productions.
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Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio is a 2022 stop-motion animated dark fantasy musical film directed by Guillermo del Toro and Mark Gustafson, from a story by Matthew Robbins and del Toro, and a screenplay by del Toro and Patrick McHale. It is loosely based on Carlo Collodi's 1883 novel The Adventures of Pinocchio, with the title character's design strongly influenced by illustrator Gris Grimly's work. The story follows Pinocchio, a wooden puppet who comes to life as the son of his carver, Geppetto. Set in Fascist Italy during the interwar period, the film stars the voice of Gregory Mann as Pinocchio and David Bradley as Geppetto, alongside Ewan McGregor, Burn Gorman, Ron Perlman, John Turturro, Finn Wolfhard, Cate Blanchett, Tim Blake Nelson, Christoph Waltz, and Tilda Swinton. Pinocchio was the final film credited to Gustafson before his death in 2024.
Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities is a horror anthology television miniseries created by Guillermo del Toro for Netflix. It features eight modern horror stories in the traditions of the Gothic and Grand Guignol genres. Two are co-written by del Toro himself, while the others are written and directed by various filmmakers. It premiered on October 25, 2022, and received positive reviews.