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Guillermo del Toro Gómez (Spanish: [ɡiˈʝeɾmo ðelˈtoɾo]; born 9 October 1964) is a Mexican filmmaker, author, and artist. His work has been characterized by a strong connection to fairy tales, gothicism, and horror, often blending the genres to infuse visual or poetic beauty into the grotesque. He has had a lifelong fascination with monsters, which he considers symbols of great power. He is known for pioneering dark fantasy in the film industry and using insectile and religious imagery, his themes of Catholicism, and celebrating imperfection, underworld motifs, practical special effects, and dominant amber lighting. Throughout his career, del Toro has shifted between Spanish-language films—such as Cronos (1993), The Devil's Backbone (2001), and Pan's Labyrinth (2006)—and English-language films, including Mimic (1997), Blade II (2002), Hellboy (2004) and its sequel Hellboy II: The Golden Army(2008), Pacific Rim (2013), Crimson Peak (2015), The Shape of Water (2017), Nightmare Alley (2021), and Pinocchio (2022). As a producer or writer, he worked on the films The Orphanage (2007), Don't Be Afraid of the Dark (2010), The Hobbit film series (2012–2014), Mama (2013), The Book of Life (2014), Pacific Rim: Uprising (2018), Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark (2019), and The Witches (2020). In 2022, he created the Netflix anthology horror series Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities, featuring a collection of classical horror stories. With Chuck Hogan, he co-authored The Strain trilogy of novels (2009–2011), which was later adapted into a comic book series (2011–15) and a live-action television series (2014–17). With DreamWorks Animation and Netflix, he created the animated franchise Tales of Arcadia, which includes the series Trollhunters (2016–18), 3Below (2018–19), and Wizards (2020) and the sequel film Trollhunters: Rise of the Titans (2021). Del Toro is close friends with fellow Mexican filmmakers Alfonso Cuarón and Alejandro G. Iñárritu, collectively known as "The Three Amigos of Mexican Cinema". He has received several awards, including three Academy Awards, three BAFTA Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, a Daytime Emmy Award, and a Golden Lion. He was included in Time magazine's list of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2018, and he received a motion picture star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2019.
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The Fall of Bigfoot — Part One is a 2025 American neo-Western action thriller film directed and produced by Guillermo del Toro from a screenplay by David Twohy. It is the sequel to The Return of Bigfoot, the third installment in the Bigfoot film series, and the penultimate film in the series. The film stars an ensemble cast including Anne Hathaway, Laurence Fishburne, Tom Hiddleston, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Will Patton, Michael Caine, Riley Keough, and James Badge Dale. It follows Allison and her crew of hunters as they begin to hike up the tall, snowy mountains in preparation for another battle with Bigfoot, against whom Allison still has a personal grudge for the murder of her husband, David. The film opened in theaters on January 16th, 2025; it received mixed reviews, with praise for its performances (particularly Hathaway and Dale), del Toro's direction, score, emotional weight, themes, writing and action sequences, but criticism for its lack of screen-time for the title character compared to the previous two films and its predictable story. However, critics considered it a worthy sequel to The Return of Bigfoot and thought it was "still better than the first film". The film was a box-office success and grossed $917 million worldwide. Other praises by critics were given to its portrayal of the Pacific Northwest and especially the deeper motivations of Hathaway’s character. The Fall of Bigfoot — Part Two was released two years later, to critical and financial success.
