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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 Two is a 2025 American neo-Western action thriller film directed and produced by Guillermo del Toro from a story by David Twohy. It is the fourth mainline installment in the Bigfoot film series and the fifth film overall in the series, as well as the sequel to The Fall of Bigfoot — Part One, being released several months after that film. The film's cast includes Anne Hathaway, Everleigh McDonell, Tom Hiddleston, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Riley Keough, Katherine Waterson, Jay Ryan, Michael Rooker, Laurence Fishburne, and James Badge Dale. The film follows Allison Lane and her expedition as they are forced to make a final stand against Bigfoot; they also encounter enemy hunters that want to hunt Bigfoot for their own interests. The Fall of Bigfoot -- Part Two was released in theaters on November 16th, 2025; the film received critical acclaim upon release, with praise for Hathaway, McDonell, Fishburne and Dale's performances, visual style, direction, screenplay, action sequences, the darker tone, musical score, cinematography, story, and emotional weight. It outgrossed the second film at the box-office, earning $2.27 billion worldwide and broke several records during its theatrical run and became the highest grossing film in the series. A direct sequel is in development with many franchise regulars set to reprise their roles.
