Guillermo del Toro

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Guillermo del Toro smiles on the red carpet in a black suit, black shirt, and black tie at the Venice International Film Festival.

Ron Perlman as Hellboy, wearing a long brown coat and standing in a cave with rocky walls and water, from the film Hellboy (2004) directed by Guillermo del Toro.

Doug Jones as the Pale Man in Pan's Labyrinth sits at a banquet table, holding his hands with eyes in the palms up to his face in a dimly lit, fantastical setting.

Guillermo del Toro applies makeup to Doug Jones in full creature costume on the set of The Shape of Water, standing among theater seats with ornate decor in the background.

Scene from Hellboy (2008) showing Johann Krauss, Abe Sapien, Hellboy, and Liz Sherman standing in a grand, ornate chamber with two robed figures in the background.

Tom Hiddleston as Sir Thomas Sharpe and Jessica Chastain as Lady Lucille Sharpe stand on a grand, ornate staircase in a dimly lit Gothic mansion in Crimson Peak.

Doug Jones as the Amphibian Man in The Shape of Water stands by an easel, examining sketches of a humanoid creature in a dimly lit laboratory setting.

A poet of horrors

Guillermo del Toro: Media

Mexican director

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Guillermo del Toro smiles on the red carpet in a black suit, black shirt, and black tie at the Venice International Film Festival.

A poet of horrors

One of Hollywood's most celebrated directors, Guillermo del Toro earned the Academy...

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Ron Perlman as Hellboy, wearing a long brown coat and standing in a cave with rocky walls and water, from the film Hellboy (2004) directed by Guillermo del Toro.

Hellboy

Ron Perlman as the title character in Hellboy (2004), directed by Guillermo...

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Doug Jones as the Pale Man in Pan's Labyrinth sits at a banquet table, holding his hands with eyes in the palms up to his face in a dimly lit, fantastical setting.

The Pale Man

Doug Jones as the Pale Man in Pan's Labyrinth (2006). The monster is one...

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Guillermo del Toro applies makeup to Doug Jones in full creature costume on the set of The Shape of Water, standing among theater seats with ornate decor in the background.

The making of a monster

Guillermo del Toro on the set of The Shape of Water (2017).

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Scene from Hellboy (2008) showing Johann Krauss, Abe Sapien, Hellboy, and Liz Sherman standing in a grand, ornate chamber with two robed figures in the background.

Hellboy II: The Golden Army

The cast of Hellboy II: The Golden Army (2008), directed by Guillermo del...

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Tom Hiddleston as Sir Thomas Sharpe and Jessica Chastain as Lady Lucille Sharpe stand on a grand, ornate staircase in a dimly lit Gothic mansion in Crimson Peak.

Frames from a haunted house

Tom Hiddleston and Jessica Chastain in Crimson Peak (2015), directed by...

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Doug Jones as the Amphibian Man in The Shape of Water stands by an easel, examining sketches of a humanoid creature in a dimly lit laboratory setting.

Monster work

A still from Guillermo del Toro's The Shape of Water (2017), which starred...

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A poet of horrors

A poet of horrors

One of Hollywood's most celebrated directors, Guillermo del Toro earned the Academy...

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