Guillermo del Toro

Guillermo del Toro is a Mexican filmmaker and author, born October 9, 1964, in Guadalajara. He spent a decade as a special-effects makeup designer before directing his debut film, Cronos (1993), and has since become a leading figure in dark fantasy and horror cinema. As an author, he wrote The Strain trilogy and The Hollow Ones and The Boy in the Iron Box with Chuck Hogan, and The Shape of Water with Daniel Kraus, which won the 2019 Scribe Award for Best Adapted Novel. He divides his time between Los Angeles, Toronto, and Guadalajara.