Profile | プロフィール
Born / 生年月日
October 9, 1964 | Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico
Age / 年齢
60 years old (as of 2025)
Occupation / 職業
Film Director, Screenwriter, Producer, Novelist, Author
映画監督、脚本家、プロデューサー、小説家、著述家
Nationality / 国籍
Mexican (メキシコ) / American (アメリカ)
Biography | 経歴
[English] Guillermo del Toro is the most formally distinctive and philosophically serious practitioner of dark fantasy and horror in world cinema. His artistry is defined by a gothic aesthetic that treats the fairy tale as a vehicle for profound moral and political claims. Central to his vision is a lifelong commitment to the “monster” as a figure of deep empathy and dignity, often proving more human than the institutional forces that seek to destroy it. From the haunting historical resonance of The Devil’s Backbone (2001) to the global landmark Pan’s Labyrinth (2006)—which won three Academy Awards—del Toro has masterfully blended Catholic visual iconography with spectacular world-building. His institutional summit came with The Shape of Water (2017), which won the Academy Award for Best Picture and Best Director, and he further expanded his reach with the Academy Award-winning Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio (2022), solidifying his status as a singular architect of the contemporary imagination.
[日本語] ギジェルモ・デル・トロは、世界映画界においてダーク・ファンタジーとホラーのジャンルを、最も形式的に独特、かつ哲学的に深化させた実践者です。彼にとって「おとぎ話」とは、単なる空想ではなく、極めて真剣な道徳的・政治的主張を託すための形式的な器です。
彼の作品を貫くのは、物語の中で最も共感的、かつ道徳的に高潔な存在として「怪物」を描くという、一貫した哲学的コミットメントです。カトリックの視覚的語彙を用いた図像的な美しさと、圧倒的な世界構築の能力を武器に、世界的な金字塔となった『パンズ・ラビリンス』（2006年）や、アカデミー賞作品賞・監督賞に輝いた『シェイプ・オブ・ウォーター』（2017年）といった傑作を生み出してきました。さらに、『ギジェルモ・デル・トロのピノッキオ』（2022年）では長編アニメーション賞を受賞するなど、無実の魂と制度的暴力の対立を、異形の美しさの中に描き続ける唯一無二の表現者です。
Filmography | 監督作品
Feature Films as Director (監督長編作品)
| Year | Title (English / Japanese) | Budget | Box Office | Awards/Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | Cronos / クロノス | ~$2M | ~$2M | Cannes FIPRESCI Prize 🏆 9 Ariel Awards 🏆 / Federico Luppi / Ron Perlman / Mechanical immortality device / Mexican Gothic / Career debut |
| 1997 | Mimic / ミミック | $30M | $25.5M | Miramax / Creature horror / Troubled production / Director’s cut superior / First American studio film |
| 2001 | The Devil’s Backbone / デビルズ・バックボーン | ~$4.5M | ~$1M | Ron Perlman / Federico Luppi / Pedro Almodóvar production / Spanish Civil War / Ghost as political argument / Career Spanish-language masterpiece #1 |
| 2002 | Blade II / ブレイド2 | $45M | $155.0M | Wesley Snipes / Kris Kristofferson / Ron Perlman / Marvel / Vampire action / Genre formal ambition |
| 2004 | Hellboy / ヘルボーイ | $66M | $99.3M | Ron Perlman / John Hurt / Selma Blair / Mike Mignola / Dark Horse Comics / BPRD / Career franchise |
| 2006 | Pan’s Labyrinth / パンズ・ラビリンス | $19M | $83.3M | Oscar Best Cinematography 🏆 Oscar Best Art Direction 🏆 Oscar Best Makeup 🏆 Oscar nom. Best Foreign Language Film 🌟 Oscar nom. Best Original Screenplay 🌟 Oscar nom. Best Original Score 🌟 / Ivana Baquero / Sergi López / Doug Jones / Guillermo Navarro / Post–Civil War Spain / Pale Man / Career artistic summit / World cinema landmark |
| 2008 | Hellboy II: The Golden Army / ヘルボーイ2 ゴールデン・アーミー | $85M | $160.4M | Ron Perlman / Selma Blair / Doug Jones / More formally ambitious than the original / Creature design summit |
| 2013 | Pacific Rim / パシフィック・リム | $190M | $411.0M | Charlie Hunnam / Idris Elba / Rinko Kikuchi / Charlie Day / Ron Perlman / Kaiju / Jaeger / Japanese monster cinema love letter / Career commercial summit |
| 2015 | Crimson Peak / クリムゾン・ピーク | $55M | $74.2M | Mia Wasikowska / Tom Hiddleston / Jessica Chastain / Charlie Hunnam / Victorian gothic romance / European literary tradition |
| 2017 | The Shape of Water / シェイプ・オブ・ウォーター | $19.4M | $195.2M | Oscar Best Picture 🏆 Oscar Best Director 🏆 Oscar Best Original Score (Alexandre Desplat) 🏆 Oscar Best Production Design 🏆 Oscar nom. Best Actress (Sally Hawkins) 🌟 Oscar nom. Best Supporting Actress (Octavia Spencer) 🌟 Oscar nom. Best Supporting Actor (Richard Jenkins) 🌟 Oscar nom. Best Cinematography 🌟 Oscar nom. Best Film Editing 🌟 Oscar nom. Best Costume Design 🌟 Oscar nom. Best Original Screenplay 🌟 Venice Golden Lion 🏆 / Sally Hawkins / Doug Jones / Octavia Spencer / Richard Jenkins / Michael Shannon / Cold War Baltimore / Amphibious creature / Career institutional summit |
| 2022 | Pinocchio / ピノッキオ | ~$35M | Netflix | Oscar Best Animated Feature 🏆 / Co-directed with Mark Gustafson / Stop-motion / Fascist Italy / Death / Soul / Netflix / Ewan McGregor / David Bradley / Tilda Swinton |
As Producer — Selected (プロデューサーとして — 主要作品)
| Year | Title | Director | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | The Orphanage / エル・オルファナート | J.A. Bayona | Spanish horror / $4M budget / $79M worldwide / Produced |
| 2008 | Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark | Troy Nixey | Gothic horror / Produced / Guy Pearce |
| 2013 | Mama | Andrés Muschietti | Horror / Produced / $15M→$71M worldwide |
Awards & Recognition | 受賞歴
Academy Awards (アカデミー賞)
Winner: 6 (as director/producer) 🏆
- Best Picture – The Shape of Water (2018) 🏆
- Best Director – The Shape of Water (2018) 🏆
- Best Original Score – Alexandre Desplat, The Shape of Water (2018) 🏆
- Best Production Design – The Shape of Water (2018) 🏆
- Best Animated Feature – Pinocchio (2023) 🏆
- Best Cinematography – Guillermo Navarro, Pan’s Labyrinth (2007) 🏆
- Best Art Direction – Pan’s Labyrinth (2007) 🏆
- Best Makeup – Pan’s Labyrinth (2007) 🏆
Nominated:
- The Shape of Water — Best Actress, Best Supporting Actress, Best Supporting Actor, Best Cinematography, Best Film Editing, Best Costume Design, Best Original Screenplay (all 2018) 🌟
- Pan’s Labyrinth — Best Foreign Language Film, Best Original Screenplay, Best Original Score (2007) 🌟
Venice Film Festival (ヴェネツィア映画祭)
Winner: 1 🏆
- Golden Lion (Best Film) – The Shape of Water (2017) 🏆
Cannes Film Festival (カンヌ国際映画祭)
Winner: 1 🏆
- FIPRESCI Prize – Cronos (1993) 🏆
Golden Globe Awards
Nominated:
- Best Director – The Shape of Water (2018) 🌟
- Best Motion Picture — Drama – The Shape of Water (2018) 🌟
- Best Foreign Language Film – Pan’s Labyrinth (2007) 🌟
Ariel Awards (メキシコ映画賞 / アリエル賞)
- 9 Ariel Awards – Cronos (1993) 🏆; the most decorated debut in Mexican film history
Directors Guild of America (DGA)
- Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film – The Shape of Water (2018) 🏆
Saturn Awards (土星賞)
- Best Director – Multiple wins including Pan’s Labyrinth and The Shape of Water 🏆
- Multiple additional Saturn Awards for Best Fantasy Film, Best Horror Film across his career
Other Honours
- Honorary Doctorate — multiple universities in recognition of his contribution to cinema and the literary arts
- His personal library and art collection—the “Bleak House” in Los Angeles, a private museum housing an extraordinary collection of monsters, artifacts, religious art, and cultural objects that constitutes the most complete single expression of his aesthetic sensibility—has been the subject of documentary films and exhibitions
Box Office Achievements | 興行成績
| Film | Worldwide Box Office |
|---|---|
| Pacific Rim (2013) | $411.0 million |
| The Shape of Water (2017) | $195.2 million |
| Blade II (2002) | $155.0 million |
| Hellboy II (2008) | $160.4 million |
| Hellboy (2004) | $99.3 million |
| Pan’s Labyrinth (2006) | $83.3 million |
Career worldwide box office: Over $1.4 billion
