Guillermo del Toro

Mexican film director

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Awards

Academy Awards, USA

2018

Won

Oscar (Best Achievement in Directing)

Won

Oscar (Best Motion Picture of the Year)

Nominated

Oscar (Best Original Screenplay)

2007

Nominated

Oscar (Best Writing, Original Screenplay)

Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA

2018

Nominated

Saturn Award (Best Director)

Nominated

Saturn Award (Best Writing)

2016

Nominated

Saturn Award (Best Director)

Nominated

Saturn Award (Best Writing)

2015

Nominated

Saturn Award (Best Writing)

2014

Nominated

Saturn Award (Best Director)

Nominated

Saturn Award (Best Writing)

2008

Won

George Pal Memorial Award

2007

Nominated

Saturn Award (Best Director)

Nominated

Saturn Award (Best Writing)

1998

Nominated

Saturn Award (Best Writer)

ALMA Awards

2014

Won

Anthony Quinn Award for Achievement in Motion Pictures

1998

Nominated

ALMA Award (Outstanding Latino Director of a Feature Film)

Amanda Awards, Norway

2018

Nominated

Amanda (Best Foreign Feature Film (Årets utenlandske kinofilm))

American Cinema Editors, USA

2019

Won

Golden Eddie Filmmaker of the Year Award

Amsterdam Fantastic Film Festival

2002

Won

Grand Prize of European Fantasy Film in Silver

Annie Awards

2019

Nominated

Annie (Outstanding Achievement for Directing in an Animated Television/Broadcast Production)

2014

Nominated

Annie (Outstanding Achievement in Storyboarding in an Animated TV/Broadcast Production)

Argentinean Film Critics Association Awards

2008

Won

Silver Condor (Best Foreign Film, Spanish Language (Mejor Película Iberoamericana))

Ariel Awards, Mexico

2007

Won

Silver Ariel (Best Direction (Mejor Dirección))

1993

Won

Golden Ariel

Won

Silver Ariel (Best Direction (Mejor Dirección))

Won

Silver Ariel (Best First Work (Mejor Ópera Prima))

Won

Silver Ariel (Best Original Story (Mejor Argumento Original))

Won

Silver Ariel (Best Screenplay (Mejor Guión Cinematográfico))

BAFTA Awards

2018

Nominated

BAFTA Film Award (Best Film)

Nominated

BAFTA Film Award (Best Screenplay - Original)

Won

David Lean Award for Direction

2007

Won

BAFTA Film Award (Best Film not in the English Language)

Nominated

BAFTA Film Award (Best Screenplay - Original)

Bodil Awards

2019

Nominated

Bodil (Best American Film (Bedste amerikanske film))

2008

Won

Bodil (Best Non-American Film (Bedste ikke-amerikanske film))

Bram Stoker Awards

2005

Nominated

Bram Stoker Award (Screenplay)

Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards

2018

Won

Critics Choice Award (Best Director)

Nominated

Critics Choice Award (Best Original Screenplay)

Brussels International Festival of Fantasy Film

1994

Won

Silver Raven

Cannes Film Festival

2006

Nominated

Golden Palm

1993

Won

Mercedes-Benz Award

Central Ohio Film Critics Association

2018

Nominated

COFCA Award (Best Director)

Cinema Brazil Grand Prize

2019

Nominated

Cinema Brazil Grand Prize (Best Foreign-Language Film (Melhor Filme Estrangeiro))

Cinema Writers Circle Awards, Spain

2007

Nominated

CEC Award (Best Director (Mejor Director))

Nominated

CEC Award (Best Screenplay, Original (Mejor Guión Original))

Cinénygma - Luxembourg International Film Festival

2003

Nominated

Grand Prize of European Fantasy Film in Gold

Costume Designers Guild Awards

2018

Won

Distinguished Collaborator Award

Daytime Emmy Awards

2019

Nominated

Daytime Emmy (Outstanding Directing for an Animated Program)

2018

Nominated

Daytime Emmy (Outstanding Children's Animated Series)

Directors Guild of America, USA

2018

Won

DGA Award (Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film)

Empire Awards, UK

2008

Won

Inspiration Award

2007

Nominated

Empire Award (Best Director)

Fantafestival

1995

Won

Best Direction

Fantasporto

2007

Won

International Fantasy Film Award (Best Film)

1994

Won

Audience Jury Award

Won

International Fantasy Film Award (Best Film)

Film Critics Circle of Australia Awards

2008

Nominated

FCCA Award (Best Foreign Language Film)

Fotogramas de Plata

2007

Won

Fotogramas de Plata (Best Film (Mejor Película Española))

Gérardmer Film Festival

2002

Won

International Critics Award

Won

Special Jury Prize

Won

Youth Jury Grand Prize

Golden Globes, USA

2018

Won

Golden Globe (Best Director - Motion Picture)

Nominated

Golden Globe (Best Screenplay - Motion Picture)

Gotham Awards

2006

Won

World Cinema Tribute Award

Goya Awards

2007

Nominated

Goya (Best Director (Mejor Director))

Won

Goya (Best Screenplay - Original (Mejor Guión Original))

Guadalajara Mexican Film Festival

1993

Won

DICINE Award

Havana Film Festival

1993

Won

Coral (Best First Work)

Hollywood Film Festival

2013

Nominated

Hollywood Movie Award

Houston Film Critics Society Awards

2018

Nominated

HFCS Award (Best Director)

Hugo Awards

2018

Nominated

Hugo (Best Dramatic Presentation - Long Form)

2014

Nominated

Hugo (Best Dramatic Presentation - Long Form)

2013

Nominated

Hugo (Best Dramatic Presentation - Long Form)

Imagen Foundation Awards

2018

Nominated

Imagen Award (Best Director)

2007

Won

Imagen Award (Best Director - Film)

2004

Won

Creative Achievement Award

Won

Imagen Award (Best Director - Feature Film)

Independent Spirit Awards

2007

Nominated

Independent Spirit Award (Best Feature)

Irish Film and Television Awards

2018

Nominated

IFTA Award (Best International Film)

London Critics Circle Film Awards

2018

Nominated

ALFS Award (Director of the Year)

2007

Nominated

ALFS Award (Director of the Year)

Nominated

ALFS Award (Screenwriter of the Year)

Málaga Spanish Film Festival

2018

Won

Málaga-Sur Award

Moscow International Film Festival

1993

Nominated

Golden St. George

MTV Movie Awards, Latin America

2002

Won

MTV Movie Award (MTV North Feed (mostly Mexico) - Best Mexican Working in a Foreign Movie (Mejor Fuga de Talento Mexicano al Extranjero))

Nikkan Sports Film Awards

2018

Nominated

Nikkan Sports Film Award (Best Foreign Film)

Oklahoma Film Critics Circle Awards

2018

Nominated

OFCC Award (Best Director)

Online Film Critics Society Awards

2007

Nominated

OFCS Award (Best Director)

Won

OFCS Award (Best Screenplay, Original)

Palm Springs International Film Festival

2018

Won

Chairman's Vanguard Award

2007

Won

FIPRESCI Prize

PGA Awards

2018

Won

PGA Award (Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures)

2015

Nominated

PGA Award (Outstanding Producer of Animated Theatrical Motion Pictures)

Premios ACE

2007

Won

Premio ACE (Cinema - Best Film)

1995

Won

Premio ACE (Cinema - Best First Work)

Robert Festival

2019

Nominated

Robert (Best English Language Film (Årets engelsksprogede film))

Sant Jordi Awards

2007

Won

Sant Jordi (Best Film (Mejor Película Española))

ShoWest Convention, USA

2006

Won

ShoWest Award (International Achievement in Filmmaking)

Sitges - Catalonian International Film Festival

1997

Nominated

Best Film

1993

Won

Best Screenplay

Writers Guild of America, USA

2018

Nominated

WGA Award (Screen) (Original Screenplay)

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