Guillermo del Toro

About the Author

Guillermo del Toro was born October 9, 1964 in Guadalajara Jalisco, Mexico. He is a Mexican director, producer, screen- writer and designer. He studied at the Instituto de Ciencias , University of Guadalajara. He was first exposed to film making when he was 8 years old and studied special effects show more and make-up with SFX artist Dick Smith. He spent 8 years as a special effects make-up designer and formed his own company, Necropia. He also founded the Guadalajara Film festival. Later he formed his own production company, The Tequila Gang. Guillermo del Toro has directed a variety of films from action hero comic book adaptations like Hellboy and Blade II to historical fantasy films. He has stated in interviews that he has a sort of fetish for insects, monsters, and dark places and is in love with monsters. On June 2, 2009 he released his first novel, The Strain, which he co-authored with Chuck Hogan. It is intended to be the first book in a vampire trilogy. in September 2010 he released his book, Fall, which made The New York Times Bestseller list. He made Publisher's Weekly Bestseller List in 2011 with his title The Night Eternal, Book III of the Strain Trilogy. He and Daniel Kraus are the authors of , The Shape of Water (2018). It was made into a feature film and won four Academy Awards, a Golden Globe, and was awarded the Golden Lion for Best Film at the74th Annual Venice International Film Festival. (Bowker Author Biography) show less

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Image credit: Guillermo Del Toro. Photo courtesy Canadian Film Centre.

Series

The Strain

The Blackwood Tapes

The Boy in the Iron Box

Works by Guillermo del Toro

Popular Recent

The Strain (2009) 4,588 copies, 298 reviews

The Fall (2010) 2,171 copies, 95 reviews

The Night Eternal (2011) 1,480 copies, 66 reviews

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey [2012 film] (2012) — Screenwriter — 1,044 copies, 9 reviews

The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug [2013 film] (2013) — Screenwriter — 797 copies, 4 reviews

Pan's Labyrinth: The Labyrinth of the Faun (2019) 737 copies, 23 reviews

Pan's Labyrinth [2006 film] (2006) — Director/Screenwriter — 710 copies, 11 reviews

The Shape of Water [novelization] (2018) 687 copies, 24 reviews

The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies [2014 film] (2014) — Screenwriter — 604 copies, 4 reviews

Pacific Rim [2013 film] (2013) — Director/Screenwriter — 553 copies, 3 reviews

Hellboy II: The Golden Army [2008 film] (2008) — Director; Screenplay — 490 copies, 2 reviews

Hellboy [2004 film] (2004) — Director — 459 copies, 8 reviews

The Hollow Ones (2020) 403 copies, 10 reviews

Blade II [2002 film] (2002) — Director — 341 copies, 2 reviews

The Shape of Water [2017 film] (2017) — Director — 330 copies, 4 reviews

Guillermo del Toro: Cabinet of Curiosities (My Notebooks, Collections, and Other Obsessions) (2013) — Author — 291 copies, 2 reviews

The Book of Life [2014 film] (2014) — Producer — 261 copies, 4 reviews

Trollhunters (2015) 258 copies, 6 reviews

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (Extended Edition) (2013) 191 copies, 2 reviews

Crimson Peak [2015 film] (2016) — writer/director — 187 copies

Hellboy {2004 Director's Cut} (2004) — Director — 160 copies, 1 review

The Devil's Backbone [2001 film] (2001) — Director; Audiokommentar, some editions — 144 copies, 3 reviews

Guillermo del Toro: At Home with Monsters (Inside His Films, Notebooks, and Collections) (2014) — Author — 129 copies

Cronos [1993 film] (1993) 92 copies

Don't Be Afraid of the Dark: Blackwood's Guide to Dangerous Fairies (2011) — Author — 88 copies, 2 reviews

4 Film Favorites: Blade Collection (2009) — Director — 84 copies

Falling Down 77 copies, 1 review

Mimic [1997 film] (1997) — Director — 58 copies, 1 review

Blade Trilogy (2007) — Director — 55 copies, 1 review

Hellboy II: The Art of the Movie (2008) 49 copies, 1 review

Nightmare Alley [2021 film] (2021) — Director — 48 copies, 1 review

Hellboy: The Art of the Movie (2004) 43 copies

Rue Morgue Magazine's 200 Alternative Horror Films You Need to See (2012) 25 copies

Trilogía de Guillermo del Toro (Cronos / The Devil's Backbone / Pan's Labyrinth) (2016) — Director — 23 copies

Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio [2022 film] (2022) — Director — 23 copies, 1 review

The Shape of Water (King of Scars Duology, 24) 22 copies

The Complete Strain Trilogy (2012) 20 copies

Pan's Labyrinth: Screenplay (2006) 19 copies, 1 review

The Strain: The Complete First Season (2015) — Director — 19 copies

Mimic: 3-Film Set (Mimic / Mimic 2 / Mimic 3) (2015) — Director — 17 copies

The Strain Volume 5: The Night Eternal (2015) 13 copies

The Pit and the Box 12 copies, 1 review

Siege 11 copies, 1 review

The Strain Book Three: The Night Eternal (2016) 11 copies

Encounter 10 copies, 2 reviews

The Hunted 10 copies, 1 review

Risen 10 copies, 1 review

Guillermo del Toro's Pan's Labyrinth (2016) 9 copies

The Strain: The Complete Second Season (2016) — Director — 8 copies

Hellboy: The Collection [2004/2008] (Hellboy & Hellboy II) (2014) — Director — 8 copies

Trollhunters: The Complete First Season (2017) — Director — 8 copies

The Art of The Strain (2016) — Concept creator — 8 copies

The Strain: The Complete Third Season (2017) — Director — 6 copies

The Strain: The Complete Fourth Season (2017) — Director — 5 copies

Guillermo del Toro Deluxe Hardcover Sketchbook (2015) 5 copies

Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio: Soundtrack from the Netflix Film (2022) — Lyricist — 3 copies

Double Feature: Godzilla [and] Pacific Rim — Director — 3 copies

78/52: Hitchcock's Shower Scene 3 copies

Alfred Hitchcock (1990) 3 copies

Sieluttomat (2021) 2 copies

Upadek (2015) 2 copies

Modern Languages Study Guides: El laberinto del fauno: Film Study Guide for AS/A-level Spanish (Film and literature… (2017) 2 copies

Universal 10-Film Sci-Fi Collection — Director — 2 copies

Night gallery season 2 2 copies

2 Films: Pacific Rim [2013 film] [and] Pacific Rim: Uprising [2018 film] — Director — 2 copies

Öscura 1 copy

Beden Calanlar (2022) 1 copy

Tasty Teeth 1 copy

Crimson Peak [Edizione: Regno Unito] [Reino Unido] [DVD] 1 copy

Gabinete de curiosidades : mis cuadernos,colecciones y otras obsesiones 1 copy

Labirint Favna 1 copy

Das Blut. Hörbuch mit 6 CDs 1 copy

Blade 2 1 copy

Tarot del Toro (2024) 1 copy

Encounter (The Boy in the Iron Box Book 6) 1 copy

Trollhunters: The Complete Third Season 1 copy

Trailers From Hell! Volume Two (Widescreen) 1 copy

The Strain I-l'Arrivo (1/13) 🎥 1 copy, 1 review

Wieczna noc (2018) 1 copy

Trollhunters: The Complete Second Season 1 copy

The Strain, Tome 1 : La lignée (1) (2013) 1 copy

The Boy in the Iron Box: The Complete Serialized Novel 1 copy, 1 review

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Associated Works

The Haunting of Hill House (1959) — Introduction, some editions — 10,580 copies, 453 reviews

The Island of Doctor Moreau (1896) — Introduction, some editions — 7,546 copies, 177 reviews

The Thing on the Doorstep and Other Weird Stories (2001) — Introduction, some editions — 998 copies, 12 reviews

Ancient Sorceries and Other Weird Stories [9 stories, ed. Joshi] (1908) — Editor, some editions — 578 copies, 2 reviews

American Supernatural Tales (2007) — Series Editor — 473 copies, 5 reviews

The White People and Other Weird Stories (2011) — Foreword, some editions — 460 copies, 6 reviews

The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2011 (2011) — Introduction — 241 copies, 7 reviews

The Orphanage [2007 film] (2007) — Producer — 122 copies, 1 review

Adventure Time: The Art of Ooo (2014) — Introduction — 89 copies

The Hobbit: The Motion Picture Trilogy (2018) 86 copies

Pacific Rim: Man, Machines, and Monsters (2013) — Foreword — 79 copies

Easy Street (the Hard Way): A Memoir (2014) — Foreword, some editions — 79 copies, 8 reviews

Crimson Peak: The Art of Darkness (2015) 72 copies, 3 reviews

Guillermo del Toro's Pan's Labyrinth: Inside the Creation of a Modern Fairy Tale (2016) — Foreword — 38 copies

Trollhunters: Tales of Arcadia--The Secret History of Trollkind (2018) — Contributor — 28 copies

The Strain, Book One (2014) — Creator — 25 copies, 1 review

Lovecraft: Fear of the Unknown [2008 film] (2008) — Self — 15 copies, 1 review

Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio: A Timeless Tale Told Anew (2022) — Foreword — 14 copies

Antlers [2021 Film] (2021) — Producer — 13 copies

The Art of Trollhunters: Tales of Arcadia (2019) — Foreword — 8 copies

Dark Horse Does Vampires Right (2015) — Contributor — 6 copies

Rod Serling's Night Gallery: The Art of Darkness (2020) — Introduction — 6 copies

Extraordinary Tales [2013 film] (2016) — Narrator — 5 copies

Trollhunters: Tales of Arcadia--The Felled (2018) — Contributor — 4 copies

The Dark Side 246 — Featured Artist — 1 copy

The Dark Side 248 — Featured Artist — 1 copy

Four Feature Films: Doom / Pitch Black / Serenity / Hellboy II (2014) — Director — 1 copy

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Common Knowledge

Canonical name: del Toro, Guillermo
Legal name: del Toro Gómez, Guillermo
Birthdate: 1964-10-09
Gender: male
Nationality: Mexico
Birthplace: Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico
Places of residence: Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico
Los Angeles, California, USA
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Education: University of Guadalajara
Occupations: director
producer
screenwriter
artist
special-effects make-up designer
novelist
Relationships: Morgan, Kim (spouse)
Organizations: Mirada Studios
Guadalajara International Film Festival
Tequila Gang
Necropia
Awards and honors: Golden Lion (2017)
Academy Award for Best Director (2017)
Hollywood Walk of Fame (2019)

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Reviews

Pan's Labyrinth by Guillermo del Toro

I'd rate the illustrations more highly; they are quite interesting. This is an emotional visual tale that is not well served by translation into narrative. The oppressive villainy of Vidal particularly does not do well in description.

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quondame | 10 other reviews | Dec 26, 2024 |

The Strain: Book One of The Strain Trilogy (The… by Guillermo del Toro

Slow start but gets good. Gotta love a "vampire" rendition that can't be romanticized. These things are gross and evil.

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wolfeyluvr | 297 other reviews | Nov 29, 2024 |

Trollhunters: The book that inspired the Netflix… by Guillermo Del Toro

I listened to the audiobook version of Trollhunters and thought it was a really good story. It is a perfect boy book with the gross descriptions and monsters galore. I listened to it in my car and jumped repeatedly when the narrator read quietly and then yelled during the action parts, so listener be warned! My favorite part was the explanation of how trolls with English accents got to America (hint: famous bridge in Lake Havasu, AZ).
I picked up the print copy of the book which includes fantastic artwork based on situations in the book. The monsters are fantastic!… (more)

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Jennaray7 | 5 other reviews | Nov 22, 2024 |

The Strain: Book One of The Strain Trilogy (The… by Guillermo del Toro

equal parts gross and fascinating, I did this as an audio book and I'm not sure if that helped or made it worse.
The story is good, well done even, but there are a lot of people that are mentioned and it got a little convoluted

but I did enjoy it

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Trisha_Thomas | 297 other reviews | Nov 13, 2024 |

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