Guillermo del Toro filmography

The following is the complete filmography of Guillermo del Toro, a Mexican filmmaker, author, and actor.

Film

Year	Film
		Director	Writer	Producer	Notes
1985	Doña Lupe	Yes	Yes	Executive	Short film
1987	Geometría	Yes	Yes	Yes
1993	Cronos	Yes	Yes	No
1997	Mimic	Yes	Yes	No
2001	The Devil's Backbone	Yes	Yes	Executive	Original title: El espinazo del diablo
2002	Blade II	Yes	No	No
2004	Hellboy	Yes	Yes	No
2006	Pan's Labyrinth	Yes	Yes	Yes	Original title: El Laberinto Del Fauno
2008	Hellboy II: The Golden Army	Yes	Yes	No
2010	Don't Be Afraid of the Dark	No	Yes	Yes
2012	The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey	No	Yes	No
2013	Pacific Rim	Yes	Yes	Yes
	The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug	No	Yes	No
2014	The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies	No	Yes	No
2015	Crimson Peak	Yes	Yes	Yes
2017	The Shape of Water	Yes	Yes	Yes
2019	Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark	No	Story	Yes
2021	The Witches	No	Yes	Yes	Post-production[1]
	Pinocchio	Yes	Yes	Yes	Post-production[2]
TBA	Nightmare Alley	Yes	Yes	Yes	Filming[3]

Producer only

Year	Title	Director	Notes
1998	Un Embrujo	Carlos Carrera
2004	Crónicas	Sebastián Cordero
2008	Insignificant Things	Andrea Martínez	Original title: Cosas insignificantes
	Rudo y Cursi	Carlos Cuarón
2009	Rabia	Sebastián Cordero
2010	Julia's Eyes	Guillem Morales	Original title: Los ojos de Julia
2014	The Book of Life	Jorge Gutierrez
2018	Pacific Rim: Uprising	Steven S. DeKnight
2021	Antlers	Scott Cooper	Post-production

Executive producer only

Year	Title	Director	Notes
1985	Doña Herlinda y su Hijo	Jaime Humberto Hermosillo
2002	Asesino en Serio	Antonio Urrutia
2007	The Orphanage	J. A. Bayona	Original title: El orfanato
2008	While She Was Out	Susan Montford
2009	Splice	Vincenzo Natali
2011	Kung Fu Panda 2	Jennifer Yuh Nelson
	Puss in Boots	Chris Miller
2012	The Captured Bird	Jovanka Vuckovic	Short film
	Rise of the Guardians	Peter Ramsey
2013	Mama	Andy Muschietti
2016	Kung Fu Panda 3	Jennifer Yuh Nelson Alessandro Carloni
2021	Trollhunters: Rise of the Titans	Johane Matte Francisco Ruiz Velasco Andrew L. Schmidt	Filming

Television

Year	Title	Director	Writer	Executive Producer	Notes
1986–1989	La hora marcada	Yes	Yes	No	Wrote and directed episodes: "Hamburguesas", "Caminos de ayer", "Con todo para llevar", "Invasión" Directed episode: "Les gourmets"
2013	The Simpsons	Yes	No	No	Opening sequence of episode "Treehouse of Horror XXIV"
2014–2017	The Strain	Yes	Yes	Yes	Co-creator Wrote and directed episode: "Night Zero" Directed prologue of episode "BK, NY" Directed Luchador film of episode "The Silver Angel"
2016–2018	Trollhunters[4]	Yes	Yes	Yes	Creator Wrote and directed episodes: "Becoming: Part 1 & 2" Directed episodes: "The Eternal Knight: Part 1 & 2"
2018–2019	3Below	Yes	Yes	Yes	Creator Wrote and directed episodes: "Terra Incognita: Part 1 & 2"
2020	Wizards	No	Yes	Yes	Creator Wrote episodes: "Spellbound" and "History in the Making"

Video games

Year	Title	Director	Producer	Writer	Other	Notes
N/A	Sundown	No	No	No	Yes	Co-developer (cancelled)
2008	Hellboy: The Science of Evil	No	No	Yes	Yes	Voice over director
N/A	Insane	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Cancelled
	Silent Hills[5]	Yes	No	No	No
2019	Death Stranding	No	No	No	Yes	3D modeling for Deadman[6]
2020	Trollhunters: Defenders of Arcadia	No	Yes	Yes	No

Acting roles

Year	Title
		Role	Notes
1993	Cronos	Man Walking Dog	Uncredited cameo
2000	Bullfighter	Bullboy #2
2004	Hellboy	Guy Dressed as Dragon	Uncredited cameo
2007	Diary of the Dead	Newsreader (voice)	Uncredited cameo
2008	Hellboy II: The Golden Army	Creatures (voices)	Uncredited
	Quantum of Solace	Additional voices
2011	Don't Be Afraid of the Dark	Creatures (voices)[7]
	Puss in Boots	Moustache Man / Comandante (voices)[7]
2012	El Santos vs. La Tetona Mendoza	Gamborimbo Ponx (voice)
2012, 2016	It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia	Pappy McPoyle	2 episodes
2014	The Book of Life	Land of the Remembered Captain's Wife (voice)[7]
2015	Extraordinary Tales	The Pit and the Pendulum (voice)	Narrator
2016–2018	Trollhunters	Señor Muelas (voice)	5 episodes
2018	Mickey and the Roadster Racers	Mr. Talbot (voice)	Episode: "Goof Mansion"
2019	The Simpsons	Himself (voice)	Episode: "101 Mitigations"
	3Below	Dr. Muelas (voice)	2 episodes

Other works

Year	Title
		Notes
1987	Obdulia	First assistant director
1989	Love Lies (Mentiras piadosas)	Special makeup effects artist
	Goitia, un dios para sí mismo
1990	Morir en el golfo	Special makeup effect artist and storyboard artist
1991	Cabeza de Vaca	Special makeup effect artist
	Bandidos
1992	Mi querido Tom Mix
1993	Dollar Mambo
1995	Algunas nubes
2006	Hellboy: Sword of Storms	Creative producer
2007	Hellboy: Blood and Iron
	Hellboy: Iron Shoes	Short film Creative producer
2010	Biutiful	Associate producer
	Megamind	Creative consultant
2011	Cowboys & Aliens	Creative consultant (uncredited)[8]
2014	Edge of Tomorrow	Special visual consultant

References

1. "Principal Photography Begins on Robert Zemeckis' The Witches". BroadwayWorld. May 8, 2019. Retrieved July 23, 2019.
2. Trumbore, Dave (November 6, 2018). "Netflix Sets Guillermo del Toro's 'Pinocchio' and Henry Selick's 'Wendell & Wild' for 2021". Collider. Retrieved July 23, 2019.
3. Chitwood, Adam (January 22, 2020). "'Nightmare Alley' Set Photo Reveals Filming Has Begun on Guillermo del Toro's Next Film". Collider. Retrieved January 25, 2020.
4. Maglio, Tony (January 5, 2016). "Netflix and DreamWorks Animation Team on New 'Voltron,' Guillermo del Toro's 'Trollhunters'". TheWrap. Retrieved July 23, 2019.
5. McIntyre, Gina (August 12, 2014). "Guillermo del Toro, Hideo Kojima team up for new 'Silent Hill' game". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved August 13, 2014.
6. Hideo Kojima [@HIDEO_KOJIMA_EN] (29 May 2019). "I asked my bestie, Nicolas, to be "HEARTMAN" in DS as special guest. We 3D scanned his head, body, and facial expressions to make his 3D model, but his acting and voice are done by a different performer, same as with Guillermo" (Tweet). Retrieved 30 May 2019 – via Twitter.
7. Guillermo del Toro Voices: All Credited Roles
8. Ditzian, Eric (July 29, 2012). "'Cowboys & Aliens': Jon Favreau Talks Creating Creatures". Retrieved July 16, 2012.