Guillermo del Toro Gómez (; born October 9, 1964) is a Mexican film director, screenwriter, producer, and novelist. In his filmmaking career, del Toro has alternated between Spanish-language
dark fantasy pieces, such as the gothic horror film
The Devil's Backbone (2001), and
Pan's Labyrinth (2006), and more mainstream American action movies, such as the vampire superhero action film
Blade II (2002), the supernatural superhero film
Hellboy (2004), its sequel
Hellboy II: The Golden Army (2008), and the science fiction monster film
Pacific Rim (2013).