Awards

Guillermo del Toro

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132 wins & 194 nominations

Ariel Awards, Mexico

2007 Winner Silver Ariel
- Best Direction (Mejor Dirección)
- Pan's Labyrinth
1993 Winner Golden Ariel
- Best Picture (Mejor Película)
- Cronos
1993 Winner Silver Ariel
- Best Direction (Mejor Dirección)
- Cronos
1993 Winner Silver Ariel
- Best Original Story (Mejor Argumento Original)
- Cronos
1993 Winner Silver Ariel
- Best Screenplay (Mejor Guión Cinematográfico)
- Cronos

Annie Awards

2023 Winner Annie
- Outstanding Achievement for Music in an Animated Feature
- Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio
Shared with: Alexandre Desplat · Roeban Katz · Patrick McHale
2023 Winner Annie
- Outstanding Achievement for Directing in an Animated Feature
- Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio
Shared with: Mark Gustafson
2019 Nominee Annie
- Outstanding Achievement for Directing in an Animated Television/Broadcast Production
- 3Below: Tales of Arcadia
Episode "Terra Incognita Part One"
Shared with: Rodrigo Blaas
2014 Nominee Annie
- Outstanding Achievement in Storyboarding in an Animated TV/Broadcast Production
- The Simpsons
Episode: "Treehouse of Horror XXIV"
Shared with: Guy Davis · Ralph Sosa

Argentinean Film Critics Association Awards

2008 Winner Silver Condor
- Best Foreign Film, Spanish Language (Mejor Película Iberoamericana)
- Pan's Labyrinth
Mexico/Spain,

Film Critics Circle of Australia Awards

2008 Nominee FCCA Award
- Best Foreign Language Film
- Pan's Labyrinth
Spain.

Bodil Awards

2019 Nominee Bodil
- Best American Film (Bedste amerikanske film)
- The Shape of Water
2008 Winner Bodil
- Best Non-American Film (Bedste ikke-amerikanske film)
- Pan's Labyrinth

Boston Society of Film Critics Awards

2017 Nominee BSFC Award
- Best Director
- The Shape of Water

Bram Stoker Awards

2017 Nominee Bram Stoker Award
- Screenplay
- The Shape of Water
Shared with: Vanessa Taylor
2015 Nominee Bram Stoker Award
- Screenplay
- Crimson Peak
Shared with: Matthew Robbins
2004 Nominee Bram Stoker Award
- Screenplay
- Hellboy

BAFTA Awards

2023 Winner BAFTA Film Award
- Best Animated Feature Film
- Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio
Shared with: Mark Gustafson · Gary Ungar · Alexander Bulkley
2018 Nominee BAFTA Film Award
- Best Screenplay (Original)
- The Shape of Water
Shared with: Vanessa Taylor
2018 Nominee BAFTA Film Award
- Best Film
- The Shape of Water
Shared with: J. Miles Dale
2018 Winner David Lean Award for Direction
- The Shape of Water
2007 Nominee BAFTA Film Award
- Best Screenplay - Original
- Pan's Labyrinth

Critics Choice Awards

2022 Nominee Critics Choice Award
- Best Director
- Nightmare Alley
2018 Nominee Critics Choice Award
- Best Original Screenplay
- The Shape of Water
Shared with: Vanessa Taylor
2018 Winner Critics Choice Award
- Best Director
- The Shape of Water

Brussels International Festival of Fantasy Film (BIFFF)

1994 Winner Silver Raven
- Cronos

Cannes Film Festival

Sitges - Catalonian International Film Festival

Chicago Film Critics Association Awards

2022 Nominee CFCA Award
- Best Adapted Screenplay
- Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio
Shared with: Patrick McHale
2017 Nominee CFCA Award
- Best Director
- The Shape of Water
2017 Nominee CFCA Award
- Best Original Screenplay
- The Shape of Water
Shared with: Vanessa Taylor

Cinema Brazil Grand Prize

2019 Nominee Cinema Brazil Grand Prize
- Best Foreign-Language Film (Melhor Filme Estrangeiro)
- The Shape of Water
USA.

Cinema Writers Circle Awards, Spain

2007 Nominee CEC Award
- Best Director (Mejor Director)
- Pan's Labyrinth
2007 Nominee CEC Award
- Best Screenplay, Original (Mejor Guión Original)
- Pan's Labyrinth

Cinénygma - Luxembourg International Film Festival

2003 Nominee Grand Prize of European Fantasy Film in Gold
- The Devil's Backbone
Méliès d'Argent at Amsterdam Fantastic Film Festival 2002.

Costume Designers Guild Awards

2018 Winner Distinguished Collaborator Award

Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards

2017 Winner DFWFCA Award
- Best Director
- The Shape of Water
2017 Nominee DFWFCA Award
- Best Screenplay
- The Shape of Water
2nd place
Shared with: Vanessa Taylor

Daytime Emmy Awards

2021 Nominee Daytime Emmy
- Outstanding Children's Animated Series
- Wizards
Shared with: Aaron Waltke · Chad Quandt · Marc Guggenheim · Chad Hammes · Lauren Prince
2019 Nominee Daytime Emmy
- Outstanding Directing for an Animated Program
- Trollhunters: Tales of Arcadia
Shared with: Rodrigo Blaas · Elaine Bogan · Johane Matte · Andrew L. Schmidt
2018 Nominee Daytime Emmy
- Outstanding Children's Animated Series
- Trollhunters: Tales of Arcadia
Shared with: Rodrigo Blaas · Marc Guggenheim · Chad Hammes · Christina Steinberg · Dan Hageman · Kevin Hageman · Lawrence Jonas
2017 Winner Daytime Emmy
- Outstanding Directing in an Animated Program
- Trollhunters: Tales of Arcadia
Shared with: Rodrigo Blaas
2017 Nominee Daytime Emmy
- Outstanding Special Class Animated Program
- Trollhunters: Tales of Arcadia
Shared with: Rodrigo Blaas · Marc Guggenheim · Chad Hammes · Christina Steinberg · Dan Hageman · Kevin Hageman · Lawrence Jonas

Directors Guild of America, USA

2018 Winner DGA Award
- Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film
- The Shape of Water
Shared with: J. Miles Dale · Dennis Chapman · Pierre Henry · Tyler Delben

Fantafestival

1995 Winner Best Direction
- Cronos

Fantasporto

Florida Film Critics Circle Awards

2022 Nominee FFCC Award
- Best Adapted Screenplay
- Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio
Based on the characters and novel by Carlo Collodi
Shared with: Matthew Robbins · Gris Grimly · Patrick McHale
2017 Nominee FFCC Award
- Best Director
- The Shape of Water
2017 Nominee FFCC Award
- Best Original Screenplay
- The Shape of Water
Shared with: Vanessa Taylor

Fotogramas de Plata

2007 Winner Fotogramas de Plata
- Best Spanish Film (Mejor Película Española)
- Pan's Labyrinth
Tied with Volver (2006).

Gérardmer Film Festival

Golden Globes, USA

2023 Nominee Golden Globe
- Best Original Song - Motion Picture
- Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio
For "Ciao Papa"
Shared with: Alexandre Desplat · Roeban Katz
2018 Winner Golden Globe
- Best Director - Motion Picture
- The Shape of Water
2018 Nominee Golden Globe
- Best Screenplay - Motion Picture
- The Shape of Water
Shared with: Vanessa Taylor

Golden Rooster Awards

2007 Winner Audience Award
- Best International Film
- Pan's Labyrinth

Satellite Awards

2018 Nominee Satellite Award
- Best Director
- The Shape of Water
2018 Nominee Satellite Award
- Best Screenplay, Original
- The Shape of Water
Shared with: Vanessa Taylor
2014 Winner Auteur Award

Gotham Awards

2006 Winner World Cinema Tribute Award
Shared with: Alfonso Cuarón · Alejandro G. Iñárritu

Goya Awards

2007 Nominee Goya
- Best Director (Mejor Director)
- Pan's Labyrinth
2007 Winner Goya
- Best Original Screenplay (Mejor Guión Original)
- Pan's Labyrinth

Guadalajara International Film Festival

1993 Winner DICINE Award
- Cronos

Havana Film Festival

1993 Winner Coral
- Best First Work
- Cronos

Hollywood Film Awards

2013 Nominee Hollywood Movie Award
- Pacific Rim

Hollywood Makeup Artist and Hair Stylist Guild Awards

2015 Winner Distinguished Artisan Award

Hugo Awards

2018 Nominee Hugo
- Best Dramatic Presentation - Long Form
- The Shape of Water
Shared with: Vanessa Taylor
2014 Nominee Hugo
- Best Dramatic Presentation - Long Form
- Pacific Rim
Shared with: Travis Beacham
2013 Nominee Hugo
- Best Dramatic Presentation - Long Form
- The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Shared with: Fran Walsh · Philippa Boyens · Peter Jackson
2009 Nominee Hugo
- Best Dramatic Presentation - Long Form
- Hellboy II: The Golden Army
Shared with: Mike Mignola
2007 Winner Hugo
- Best Dramatic Presentation - Long Form
- Pan's Labyrinth

Humanitas Prize

2023 Winner Humanitas Prize
- Family Feature Film
- Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio
2023 Winner Humanitas Prize
- Family Feature Film
- Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio
Shared with: Patrick McHale

Imagen Foundation Awards

2018 Nominee Imagen Award
- Best Director
- The Shape of Water
2007 Winner Imagen Award
- Best Director - Film
- Pan's Labyrinth
2004 Winner Imagen Award
- Best Director - Feature Film
- Hellboy
2004 Winner Creative Achievement Award

Film Independent Spirit Awards

2007 Nominee Independent Spirit Award
- Best Feature
- Pan's Labyrinth
Shared with: Bertha Navarro · Alfonso Cuarón · Frida Torresblanco · Álvaro Augustin

Irish Film and Television Awards

2018 Nominee IFTA Award
- Best International Film
- The Shape of Water
Shared with: J. Miles Dale

Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards

2017 Winner KCFCC Award
- Best Director
- The Shape of Water

Las Vegas Film Critics Society Awards

2022 Nominee Sierra Award
- Best Original Song
- Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio
Song: "Ciao Papa"
Shared with: Alexandre Desplat · Roeban Katz
2017 Winner Sierra Award
- Best Director
- The Shape of Water

London Critics Circle Film Awards

2018 Nominee ALFS Award
- Director of the Year
- The Shape of Water
2007 Nominee ALFS Award
- Director of the Year
- Pan's Labyrinth
2007 Nominee ALFS Award
- Screenwriter of the Year
- Pan's Labyrinth

Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards

2017 Winner LAFCA Award
- Best Director
- The Shape of Water
Tied with Luca Guadagnino for Call Me by Your Name (2017).

Málaga Spanish Film Festival

2018 Winner Málaga-Sur Award

Mexican Cinema Journalists

2017 Winner Silver Goddess
- Best Film (Mejor Película)
- The Thin Yellow Line
Shared with: Alejandro Springall · Bertha Navarro

Moscow International Film Festival

1993 Nominee Golden St. George
- Cronos

National Society of Film Critics Awards, USA

2007 Nominee NSFC Award
- Best Director
- Pan's Labyrinth
Tied with Martin Scorsese for The Departed (2006) in 2nd place.

Online Film Critics Society Awards

2023 Nominee OFCS Award
- Best Adapted Screenplay
- Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio
Shared with: Patrick McHale · Matthew Robbins
2017 Nominee OFCS Award
- Best Director
- The Shape of Water
2017 Nominee OFCS Award
- Best Original Screenplay
- The Shape of Water
Shared with: Vanessa Taylor
2007 Nominee OFCS Award
- Best Director
- Pan's Labyrinth
2007 Winner OFCS Award
- Best Original Screenplay
- Pan's Labyrinth

Palm Springs International Film Festival

2018 Winner Chairman's Vanguard Award
- The Shape of Water
"Guillermo del Toro is a master storyteller, whose boundless imagination has crafted a visually dazzling fable with The Shape of Water. This romantic story of a woman discovering herself as she falls for someone otherworldly is driven by an astounding performance by Sally Hawkins, and features an acclaimed cast including Octavia Spencer, Richard Jenkins, Michael Shannon, Doug Jones and Michael Stulhbarg. This exemplary group of actors brings to life this magical ode to cinema."
Shared with: Sally Hawkins · Octavia Spencer · Richard Jenkins · Michael Shannon · Doug Jones · Michael Stuhlbarg
2007 Winner FIPRESCI Prize
- Best Foreign Language Film
- Pan's Labyrinth

PGA Awards

2023 Winner PGA Award
- Outstanding Producer of Animated Theatrical Motion Pictures
- Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio
Shared with: Alexander Bulkley · Gary Ungar
2018 Winner PGA Award
- Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures
- The Shape of Water
Shared with: J. Miles Dale · Dennis Chapman · Marie-Claude Harnois · Douglas Wilkinson · Dennis Berardi
2015 Nominee PGA Award
- Outstanding Producer of Animated Theatrical Motion Pictures
- The Book of Life
Shared with: Brad Booker

Danish Film Awards (Robert)

2019 Nominee Robert
- Best English Language Film (Årets engelsksprogede film)
- The Shape of Water

San Diego Film Critics Society Awards

2023 Nominee SDFCS Award
- Best Adapted Screenplay
- Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio
Tied with Samuel D. Hunter for The Whale (2022); David Kajganich for Bones and All (2022); and Sarah Polley and Miriam Toews for Women Talking (2022) in 2nd place
Shared with: Patrick McHale · Gris Grimly · Matthew Robbins
2022 Nominee SDFCS Award
- Best Director
- Nightmare Alley
2022 Nominee SDFCS Award
- Best Adapted Screenplay
- Nightmare Alley
2nd place
Shared with: Kim Morgan
2017 Nominee SDFCS Award
- Best Director
- The Shape of Water

Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America

2018 Nominee Bradbury Award
- Outstanding Dramatic Presentation
- The Shape of Water
Shared with: Vanessa Taylor
2014 Nominee Bradbury Award
- Pacific Rim
Shared with: Travis Beacham
2008 Winner Nebula Award
- Best Script
- Pan's Labyrinth

ShoWest Convention, USA

2006 Winner ShoWest Award
- International Achievement in Filmmaking

Southeastern Film Critics Association Awards

2017 Winner SEFCA Award
- Best Director
- The Shape of Water

USC Scripter Award

2023 Nominee USC Scripter Award
- Film
- Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio
Based on the fairy tale 'The Adventures of Pinocchio' by Carlo Collodi
Shared with: Patrick McHale · Matthew Robbins

Venice Film Festival

Walk of Fame

2019 Winner Star on the Walk of Fame
- Motion Picture
On August 6, 2019. At 6918 Hollywood Blvd.

Writers Guild of America, USA

2022 Nominee WGA Award (Screen)
- Adapted Screenplay
- Nightmare Alley
Shared with: Kim Morgan
2018 Nominee WGA Award (Screen)
- Original Screenplay
- The Shape of Water
Shared with: Vanessa Taylor

Empire Awards, UK

2008 Winner Inspiration Award
2007 Nominee Empire Award
- Best Director
- Pan's Labyrinth

Amsterdam Fantastic Film Festival

2002 Winner Grand Prize of European Fantasy Film in Silver
- The Devil's Backbone

San Francisco Film Critics Circle

2017 Winner SFFCC Award
- Best Director
- The Shape of Water
2017 Nominee SFFCC Award
- Best Screenplay, Original
- The Shape of Water
Shared with: Vanessa Taylor

Visual Effects Society Awards

2022 Winner Award for Creative Excellence

Amanda Awards, Norway

2018 Nominee Amanda
- Best Foreign Feature Film (Årets utenlandske kinofilm)
- The Shape of Water
USA.

MTV Movie Awards, Latin America

2002 Winner MTV Movie Award
- MTV North Feed (mostly Mexico) - Best Mexican Working in a Foreign Movie (Mejor Fuga de Talento Mexicano al Extranjero)
- The Devil's Backbone
- Blade II