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Guillermo del Toro Biography (1964-)

Born October 9, 1964, in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico; married; children: onedaughter. Addresses: Agent: Endeavor, 9701 Wilshire Blvd., 10th Floor, Beverly Hills, CA 90212; William Morris Agency, 151 El Camino Dr., BeverlyHills, CA 90212.; Manager: Exile Entertainment, 732 El Medio Ave., Pacific Palisades, CA 90272.

Nationality

Mexican

Gender

Male

Occupation

Director, screenwriter, producer, special effects make–up artist, actor

Birth Details

October 9, 1964

Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico

Famous Works

• CREDITS
• Film Work
• (Uncredited) Production assistant, El corazon de la noche (also known as The Heart of the Night), 1983
• Executive producer and production manager, Dona Herlinda y su hijo(also known as Dona Herlinda and Her Son), 1985
• Director, Dona Lupe, 1985
• Special makeup effects artist, Mentiras piadosas (also known as Love Lies), 1988
• Director, Geometria, 1988
• Special makeup artist, Goitia, un dios para si mismo, 1988
• Special makeup effects artist, Morir en el golfo, 1990
• Special makeup effects artist, Mi querado Tom Mix (also known as My Dear Tom Mix), 1991
• Special makeup effects artist, Bandidos (also known as Bandits), 1991
• Special makeup effects artist, Cabeza de Vaca, 1991
• Director, Cronos (also known as Chronos and La invencionde Cronos), October Films, 1992
• Special makeup effects artist, Dollar Mambo, 1993
• Special makeup effects artist, Algunas nubes, 1995
• Director, Mimic, Dimension, 1997
• Producer, Un embrujo (also known as Under a Spell), 1998
• Additional editor and consultant editor, Amores perros, Lions GateFilms, 2000
• Producer and director, El espinazo del diablo (also known as The Devil's Backbone), Sony Pictures Classics, 2001
• Executive producer, Asesino en serio (also known as I Murder Seriously), 2002
• Director, Blade II, New Line Cinema, 2002
• Director, Hellboy, Sony Pictures Entertainment, 2004
• Film Appearances
• Voice, Mimic, Dimension, 1997
• Bull boy, Bullfighter, 1999
• Himself, The Blood Pact: The Making of "Blade II," New Line Cinema, 2002
• Voices of Baby Hellboy, Kroenen, and Samuel, Hellboy, Sony Pictures Entertainment, 2004
• Television Director
• Episodic
• Directed three episodes of Hora marcada.
• Television Appearances
• Specials
• Interviewee, Masters of Horror, 2002
• WRITINGS
• Screenplays
• Cronos (also known as Chronos and La invencion de Cronos), October Films, 1992
• Mimic, Dimension, 1997
• El espinazo del diablo (also known as The Devil's Backbone), Sony Pictures Classics, 2001
• Hellboy, Sony Pictures Entertainment, 2004
• Television Episodes
• Wrote three episodes Hora marcada.
• Nonfiction
• Wrote Alfred Hitchcock, University of Guadalajara.

Further Reference

OTHER SOURCES

Periodicals

• Interview, August, 1997, p. 56
• Time International, May 24, 1999, p. 103