Guillermo del Toro

Guillermo del Toro

Date of Birth: 09 Oct 1964

Country: Mexico

Biography: Guillermo del Toro Gómez is an Academy Award-nominated Mexican filmmaker. He is one of the film directors known as the Three Amigos (Spanish: Cineastas, Trío de Amigos) that include Alfonso Cuarón and Alejandro González Iñárritu.

Total Credits at Criticker: 17 (Actor), 16 (Director), 21 (Writer), 5 (Creator)

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    The Devil\
    It is 1939, the end of three years of bloody civil war in Spain, and General Franco's right-wing Nationalists are poised to defeat the left-wing Republican forces. A ten-year-old boy named Carlos (Fernando Tielve), the son of a fallen Republican war hero, is left by his tutor in an orphanage in the middle of nowhere. The orphanage is run by a curt but considerate headmistress named Carmen (Marisa Paredes) and a kindly Professor Casares, both of whom are sympathetic to the doomed Republican cause. (imdb)
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    Hellboy
    A supernatural action-adventure based on Mike Mignola's acclaimed Dark Horse Comic series of the same name. (Sony)
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    Mimic
    A team of scientists discover a miracle cure that stops the spread of a deadly disease... only to find three years later that something has gone terribly wrong. Their creation has taken on a horrifying life of its own... able to mimic and destroy its every predator -- even man! And now, it threatens to wipe out an entire city... unless they stop it in time. (Miramax)
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    Cronos
    In 1535, an alchemist builds an extraordinary mechanism encapsulated into a small golden device. The invention, designed to convey eternal life to its owner, survives its maker until 1997 when it shows up to an antiquarian. (imdb)
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    Pan\
    In 1944 fascist Spain, a girl, fascinated with fairy-tales, is sent along with her pregnant mother to live with her new stepfather, a ruthless captain of the Spanish army. During the night, she meets a fairy who takes her to an old faun in the center of the labyrinth. He tells her she's a princess, but must prove her royalty by surviving three gruesome tasks. If she fails, she will never prove herself to be the the true princess and will never see her real father, the king, again. (imdb)
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    Hellboy II: The Golden Army
    The mythical world starts a rebellion against humanity in order to rule the Earth, so as Hellboy and his team returns they must save the world from the rebellious creatures. Now, as the creatures who inhabit the spiritual realm gear-up for an all out attack on the human plane, the only one capable of saving the Earth is a tough-talking hellspawn rejected by both worlds. (imdb)
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    Doña Lupe
    Doña Lupe (1985) - Short Film
    A woman facing ruin rents a room to two policemen despite her suspicions about their intent. Her doubts soon prove correct... (dvdverdict.com)
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    Geometria
    Geometria (1987) - Short Film
    A student boy has failed once more geometry examination and also, short time ago, he has lost his father in an accident , but with the help of magic rites he wants to evoke a superior demon and will order him to resolve all of his problems.
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    Don\
    A young girl sent to live with her father and his new girlfriend discovers creatures in her new home who want to claim her as one of their own.
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    The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
    A curious Hobbit, Bilbo Baggins, journeys to the Lonely Mountain with a vigorous group of Dwarves to reclaim a treasure stolen from them by the dragon Smaug. (imdb)
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    Pacific Rim
    When an alien attack threatens the Earth's existence, giant robots piloted by humans are deployed to fight off the menace. (imdb)
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    The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
    The dwarves, along with Bilbo Baggins and Gandalf the Grey, continue their quest to reclaim Erebor, their homeland, from Smaug. Bilbo Baggins is in possession of a mysterious and magical ring. (imdb)
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    The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
    Bilbo and Company are forced to be engaged in a war against an array of combatants and keeping the terrifying Smaug from acquiring a kingdom of treasure. and obliterating all of Middle-Earth. (imdb)
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    Crimson Peak
    In the aftermath of a family tragedy, an aspiring author is torn between love for her childhood friend and the temptation of a mysterious outsider. Trying to escape the ghosts of her past, she is swept away to a house that breathes, bleeds ... and remembers. (imdb)
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    Trollhunters
    Trollhunters (2016) - TV Series
    Based on a book by del Toro, Trollhunters tells the story of friends who unearth a mystery underneath their hometown.
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    The Shape of Water
    An other-worldly story, set against the backdrop of Cold War era America circa 1963. (imdb)
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    The Witches
    Based on Roald Dahl's 1983 classic book 'The Witches', the story tells the scary, funny and imaginative tale of a seven year old boy who has a run in with some real life witches! (imdb)
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    Pinocchio
    A darker version of the classic children's fairy tale of a wooden puppet that transforms into a real living boy. (imdb)
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    The Strain
    The Strain (2014) - TV Series
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    Nightmare Alley
    An ambitious carny with a talent for manipulating people with a few well-chosen words hooks up with a female psychiatrist who is even more dangerous than he is.
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    Guillermo del Toro\
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