Guillermo Del Toro
Guillermo Del Toro
A director,
about him and about his films without doing a deep dive. The
only way to learn more is through Guillermo’s Twitter, which is
the only platform he uses, and through fan pages or websites.
Screenwriter,
A way to solve this problem is by developing a personal
website that fans can rely on for information. This website
can give an in-depth look into his biography, the films he
created, his creatures, his awards, and the behind-the-scenes
look into his movies or series.
Producer,
HIS STORY
StoryTeller Guillermo del Toro is a horror, fantasy film director and producer born on October 9, 1964, in Guadalajara, Jalisco,
Mexico. As a child, he experienced lucid nightmares that gave him ideas and stories that stuck with him through
adulthood. Guillermo would later use these dreams to create nine films that would shoot him to stardom. These
films include 1993’s Cronos, 2004’s Hellboy, and 2006’s Oscar-nominated Pan’s Labyrinth, and The Shape of Water.
These films helped him gain success, which in turn helped him forge a pathway to stardom as an award-winning
director, producer, screenwriter, and storyteller.
Biography Filmography Pan’s Labyrinth 2006
He later went into big-budget territory with the Academy Awards and won 4, including best
visually dazzling and thematically intricate fantasy picture. Also, del Toro garnered Oscars, the Golden
Pan’s Labyrinth. This film, which Guillermo del Toro Globe Award, and the BAFTA for best director.
both wrote and directed, won Academy Awards for
Pacific Rim 2013
Guillermo del Toro was born October 9, 1964, in
makeup, art direction, and cinematography. Guillermo contributed to the screenplays for Peter
Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico. At the age of six, he Cronos 1993
saw his first monster film, 1931’s Frankenstein.
Jackson’s The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey The Shape of Water 2017
The sci-fi action film Pacific Rim proved to be a hit and its two sequels. Also, he co-wrote with Chuck
He connected to this monster personally after
worldwide. It was a film dedicated to the memory of Hogan The Strain and created the TV series for it. Mimic 1997
identifying with this damaged creature; this helped The Strain 2014 - 2017
“monster masters” Ray Harryhausen, Ishirô Honda, Guillermo also made Trollhunters: Tales of Arcadia,
him grow interested in cinema. After high school, he
studied film and created a special effects makeup
Godzilla director (1954), and many other kaiju based on novels he wrote with Chuck Hogan The Devil’s Backbone 2001
features. The gothic horror film Crimson Peak, a and Daniel Kraus. This series later had a sequel
Trollhunters: Tales of Arcadia 2016 - 2017
company, Necropia, in the 1980s. He learned about
period piece, met with mixed reviews from the called 3Below: Tales of Arcadia. Guillermo is in the
makeup from the legendary Dick Smith, who helped
public and critics. process of creating the film Pinocchio which is not
Blade II 2002 3below: Tales of Arcadia 2018 -2019
with The Exorcist and worked on making short films.
family-friendly.
After spending several years working at Necropia,
he put together 2 million dollars to put together his
The fantasy romance film The Shape of Water, for Hellboy Series 2004 & 2008 Wizards 2020
which del Toro wrote, was nominated for 13
first feature, Cronos.
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In 1944 the Allies invaded Nazi-held Europe. This
invasion leads a group of soldiers in Spain to be
Home Page
sent to a remote forest to flush out the rebels.
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The home page will link out to the multiple different pages that Biography Awards Filmography The Fictive The Scenes
PAn’s Labyrinth “ Dark, twisted and beautiful, this entwines fairy-tale fantasy
Biography Page
with war-movie horror to startling effect. ” — Empire
calling out certain elements and images, we can help entice the movies and series
viewer to explore deeper into the website. The most important A DIrector, producer, Ofelia is an eleven-year-old girl living in Spain
in the 1940s; she is sent to live with her new
stepfather, the powerful fascist officer Captain
and screenwriter
Vidal. She feels not welcomed by her
stepfather and is scared of his brutality. That
is until her imagination takes her into an
links are to the biography page, filmography page, and the fictive
Guillermo del Toro “ A Long Time Ago, In The Underground Realm, Where There enchanted labyrinth, where she meets a faun
page. These pages relate the most to him and his career. View the Movie
Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico. As a child, he back his royal daughter, Princess Moanna.
A catalog of creatures and characters that
Awards Page
experienced lucid nightmares that gave him ideas When the Faun discovers Ofelia, he guides
bring nightmares and imagination to life
and stories that stuck with him through adulthood. her through three tasks to get her back
Filmography Page
personally after identifying with this damaged
Guillermo del Toro. I wanted this page to start from the very
creature; this helped him grow interested in cinema.
Pan’s Labyrinth — 2006
Get to know The creatures
After high school, he studied film and created a
special effects makeup company, Necropia, in the
Biography Awards Filmography The Fictive The Scenes Behind the Scenes:
1980s. He learned about makeup from the
legendary Dick Smith, who helped with The Exorcist The documentary of making Pan’s Labyrinth.
and worked on making his short films. After
that inhabit Guillermo del toro’s mind The Creatures and Characters that
beginning of his childhood to his later life as a director, then end it
spending several years working at Necropia, he View Pan’s Labyrinth
“ Making a film is like raising a child. You cannot raise a child to be put together 2 million dollars to put together his
first feature, Cronos. Gallop Behind the Scenes
Inhabit Pan’s Labyrinth
liked by everyone. You raise a child to excel, and you teach the child
Biography Awards Filmography The Fictive TheThe
Scenes
to be true to his own nature. There will be people who’ll dislike your About Awards Movies Charactes Scenes
Cronos won nine Ariel Awards, then went on to
child because he or she is who they are, and there will be people Guillermo del Toro has more than
with some of the recent films he’s working on. The Synopsis
win the International Critics Week Prize at
who’ll love your child immensely for the very same reason. ” Cannes. This success leads Guillermo to make Four Academy Awards 99 personal wins and more than
his first American Hollywood film debut with,
200 awards for his movies.
Mimic. The Hollywood studio who Guillermo
worked with for Mimic was demanding and the Guide or the Faun
the Shape Of Water
caused unfortunate experiences. That caused In 1944 the Allies invaded Nazi-held Europe. This
him to form his own production company in A creature that is neither good or evil....like invasion leads a group of soldiers in Spain to be
Mexico, The Tequila Gang. nature....a character there to be witness sent to a remote forest to flush out the rebels.
At a top secret research facility in the 1960s, a lonely and shepherd Ofelia in her rite of passage, Capitan Vidal, a murdering sadist, is the captain,
janitor forms a unique relationship with an amphibious but he has no agenda. He doesn’t care if and with him are his new wife Carmen and her
The Event creature that is being held in captivity. she dies or lives. daughter 11-year-old Ofelia. Ofelia witnesses her
Explore the Film Hellboy — 2004 & 2008 stepfather’s brutality and is drawn into Pan’s
4 1 3 2
of the films and it can lead them to possibly buying the movie that
the Amphibian Man or Asset
Pan’s Labyrinth
Academy Golden BAFTA Awards Golden Globes
Awards Lion Award
The Amphibian Man is not an animal, but a god
from the Amazon, worshipped by the natives. “ Dark, twisted and beautiful, this entwines fairy-tale fantasy
Young Ofelia meets a mythical faun who
claims she is destined to become
When an American company arrived to drill for with war-movie horror to startling effect. ” — Empire
the visually dazzling and thematically The fantasy romance film The Shape of and Defense.
from Hellboy stepfather and is scared of his brutality. That
is until her imagination takes her into an
Water, for which del Toro wrote, was
The Strain — 2014 - 2017
this page, I wanted it to feel almost like a gallery of creatures that Pacific Rim
Visit Hell with Hellboy’s Creatures Pacific Rim — 2013
Awards Won 7
Other Behind-the-Scene Moments With
the Shape of Water HellBoy PAn’s Labyrinth Guillermo contributed to the screenplays for Peter Guillermo del Toro The Guide or the Faun
obsolete special weapon in a desperate effort When the Faun discovers Ofelia, he guides
based on novels he wrote with Chuck Hogan and
her through three tasks to get her back
Daniel Kraus. This series later had a sequel called
3Below: Tales of Arcadia. Guillermo is in the
to save the world from the apocalypse.
Awards Won 107 to her kingdom.
photography and information that would help make A catalog of creatures and characters that
bring nightmares and imagination to life
awaits you on the fictive page.
the viewer interested in what they were viewing. The the Shape of Water HellBoy Pan’s Labyrinth
View the Characters
him be nominated more than 127 times. View some of the recognitions his films and series garnered
down below.
the Characters
from Hellboy
Character Page
The Hellboy Universe is riddled with
Get to know The creatures characters that are both monstrous and
magical in appearance. Check out some
of the characters that made Hellboy a
beloved movie.
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Awards
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is until her imagination takes her into an
enchanted labyrinth, where she meets a faun
who agrees to help her get away.
Movie page
World... — Faun
The Guide or the Faun
The Faun is a creature sent by the
underworld’s rulers to locate and bring
back his royal daughter, Princess Moanna.
When the Faun discovers Ofelia, he guides
her through three tasks to get her back
to her kingdom.
The Synopsis Check out Another Film Created by Guillermo del Toro
In 1944 the Allies invaded Nazi-held Europe. This
invasion leads a group of soldiers in Spain to be
sent to a remote forest to flush out the rebels.
Capitan Vidal, a murdering sadist, is the captain,
and with him are his new wife Carmen and her THE PALE MAn
daughter, 11-year-old Ofelia. Ofelia witnesses her The Pale Man devourer of children was seen in a trial that the Faun gave Ofelia. The trial included Ofelia
stepfather’s brutality and is drawn into Pan’s taking a dagger from the Pale Man without eating any of the food that was on the table. Guillermo del Toro
Labyrinth, a magical world of mythical beings. explains the creature as “The Pale Man represents all institutional evil feeding on the helpless.”
Dark, twisted and beautiful, this entwines fairy-tale fantasy with The Behind the Scenes in the Creation of the
war-movie horror to startling effect. — Empire
Ever Winding Passageways of Pan’s Labyrinth Biography
Awards
Filmography
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The Scenes