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Guillermo del Toro Tears Up as He Says ‘We’re Handing Down a World in Ruins’: ‘It Pains Me Deeply to See Three Generations Fail the Next’ • Oct. 20, 2026, 9:30 AM ET (Variety)
Guillermo del Toro Pays Tribute to Late ‘E.T.’ Designer Carlo Rambaldi Ahead of Hollywood Walk of Fame Honor: ‘A Worldwide Maestro of Magic’ (EXCLUSIVE) • Oct. 15, 2026, 11:01 AM ET (Variety)

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Born October 9, 1964 (age 62) • Guadalajara • Mexico
Awards And Honors Academy Award (2018) • Golden Globe Award (2018) • BAFTA (2018)
Notable Works “Blade II” • “Crimson Peak” • “Cronos” • “Frankenstein” • “Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio” • “Hellboy II: The Golden Army” • “Hellboy” • “Mimic” • “Nightmare Alley” • “Pacific Rim” • “Pan’s Labyrinth” • “The Shape of Water”

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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.
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Steven Spielberg wearing a tuxedo and bow tie, smiling at the camera on the red carpet at the Cannes International Film Festival.
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Martin Scorsese smiling in a tuxedo and bow tie, holding an Oscar statuette at the Academy Awards, with a gold Oscar statue in the background.
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Ben Affleck wearing a dark suit, blue shirt, and navy tie, posing for a photo at the premiere of the film AIR with a blurred event backdrop behind him.
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Oliver Stone
Oliver Stone
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Paul Thomas Anderson
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