History Creator / GuillermoDelToro

Is a frequent collaborator with RonPerlman and [[ComicBook/{{Hellboy}} Mike Mignola]]. He is also OneOfUs being an avid gamer who cites games like ''VideoGame/HalfLife'' and ''VideoGame/{{BioShock|1}}'' as being his favorites and he is currently making a game titled ''Insane''.

* ProductionPosse - His movies tend to have RonPerlman, Luke Goss, and/or Doug Jones; ''Film/{{Hellboy}} II'' featured all three of them in notable roles. The cinematography is usually done by Guillermo Navarro and Marco Beltrami scores most of his films. He also collaborates frequently with Mike Mignola on the visual aspect of his work.

Is a frequent collaborator with RonPerlman and [[ComicBook/{{Hellboy}} Mike Mignola]]. He is also OneOfUs being an avid gamer who cites games like ''{{Half-Life}}'' and ''VideoGame/{{BioShock|1}}'' as being his favorites and he is currently making a game titled ''Insane''.

His latest film will be the giant monster film ''Film/PacificRim'', due in theaters in 2013.

** ''Film/PacificRim''

* DoingItForTheArt - Many of his films are passion projects. He's turned down or postponed high-profile films to work on smaller ones that he has a personal connection to.

* ProductionPosse - His movies tend to have RonPerlman, Luke Goss, and/or Doug Jones; ''Film/{{Hellboy}} II'' featured all three of them in notable roles. The cinematography is usually done by Guillermo Navarro and Marco Beltrami scores most of his films.

His pet project is adapting Creator/HPLovecraft's ''Literature/AtTheMountainsOfMadness'' for the big screen. Despite backing from JamesCameron and tentative agreement by TomCruise to star, the project was [[ExecutiveMeddling cancelled by Universal]]: partly because they thought it unlikely for a CosmicHorrorStory film to make money at the box office, and partly because del Toro refused to [[AvoidTheDreadedGRating tone down some of its elements so that it would likely be rated PG-13]] (his proposed script would definitely catch an R). He has made attempts to find financing with 20th Century Fox, but has more recently stated that he wishes to put the project on hold due to its similarity to Scott's ''Film/{{Prometheus}}''.

Is a frequent collaborator with RonPerlman. He is also OneOfUs being an avid gamer who cites games like ''{{Half-Life}}'' and ''VideoGame/{{BioShock|1}}'' as being his favorites and he is currently making a game titled ''Insane''.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: It was rumored that he was approached to direct the upcoming Godzilla [[{{Godzilla2014}} remake]] (which is actually being directed by Gareth Edwards), though Guillermo has since debunked those rumors.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: It was rumored that he was approached to direct the upcoming Godzilla [[Godzilla2014 remake]] (which is actually being directed by Gareth Edwards), though Guillermo has since debunked those rumors.

** ''{{Cronos}}''
** ''TheDevilsBackbone''

* ClockworkCreature - ''{{Cronos}}'' and the ''Film/{{Hellboy}}'' movies have both featured creatures powered by clockwork. A clock also features prominently in ''Film/PansLabyrinth''.

* OneOfUs: He got GLaDOS herself to be in one of his movies. Enough said. He's also, unsurprisingly, a fan of ''VideoGame/Left4Dead''.

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** He also likes a particular type of creepiness; "I have a sort of a fetish for insects, clockwork, monsters, dark places, and unborn things,"

* OneOfUs: He got GLaDOS herself to be in one of his movies. Enough said. He's also, unsurprisingly, a fan of Left4Dead.

Del Toro is notoriously known for turning down high-budgeted SummerBlockbuster movies to work on smaller, independent projects. So far he has rejected offers to direct ''Film/IAmLegend''; ''Film/OneMissedCall''; ''TheLionTheWitchAndTheWardrobe''; ''Franchise/{{Halo}}'', and even ''HarryPotterAndTheHalfBloodPrince''. He did, however, accept an offer to work on the upcoming ''Film/TheHobbit'' film series, but ''Film/TheLordOfTheRings''-helmer Creator/PeterJackson would up taking over the director's spot, with del Toro staying on as a writer.

He made his literary debut with co-author Chuck Hogan in 2009, with the release of a vampire novel, ''TheStrain''. It is the first part of a trilogy of novels. He is also hoping for a final sequel to the Hellboy movies.

* ''TheStrain'' (Novel, 2009)

** ''Film/{{Hellboy}}'' and its sequel, ''TheGoldenArmy''.

Is a frequent collaborator with RonPerlman. He is also OneOfUs being an avid gamer who cites games like ''{{Half-Life}}'' and ''{{Bioshock}}'' as being his favorites and he is currently making a game titled ''Insane''.

** ''{{Mimic}}''
** ''{{Blade}} II''

* SignatureStyle - In addition to his CreatorThumbprint, his films often favor a specific and small palette (amber for ''Film/{{Hellboy}}'', blue-green for ''PansLabyrinth'' and yellow/blue for night/day in ''{{Blade}} 2'').

* ''Film/RiseOfTheGuardians'' (executive producer)

He is currently developing ''Trollhunters'', which he will produce at DreamWorksAnimation. He also announced that he will make Dreamworks his animation home and has already worked on a few projects, including ''WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda2'' and ''WesternAnimation/{{Megamind}}''. The full press release can be read [[http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/news/e3id8b4313a40c3bc11cb00b07f74df9f4a here]].