The following is a list of awards and nominations received by Guillermo del Toro.
Guillermo del Toro is a Mexican filmmaker and author who has received nominations for eight Academy Awards, winning three, and seven Golden Globe Awards, with two wins. He has also won three BAFTA Awards, three Critics' Choice Movie Awards, two Annie Awards, a Producers Guild of America Award, a Directors Guild of America Award, a Daytime Emmy Award, six Ariel Awards, and the Golden Lion.
Del Toro won the Academy Awards for Best Picture and Best Director for the romantic fantasy The Shape of Water (2017) and Best Animated Feature for Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio (2022). He was Oscar-nominated for Best Original Screenplay for dark fantasy Pan's Labyrinth (2006) and The Shape of Water and Best Picture for the neo-noir Nightmare Alley (2021).
For directing the animated film Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio he won the Academy Award, BAFTA Award for Best Animated Film, and the Golden Globe Award for Best Animated Feature Film. For his work on television, he received the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing in an Animated Program for the Netflix series Trollhunters: Tales of Arcadia in 2017. He received a nomination for the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Children's Animated Program for the Netflix series Wizards: Tales of Arcadia in 2021.
Major associations Academy Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 2006 Best Original Screenplay Pan's Labyrinth 2017 Best PictureThe Shape of Water Best Director Best Original Screenplay 2021 Best Picture Nightmare Alley2022Best Animated FeatureGuillermo del Toro's Pinocchio 2025 Best PictureFrankenstein Best Adapted Screenplay
BAFTA Awards Year Category Nominated work Result British Academy Film Awards 2007 Best Original Screenplay Pan's Labyrinth 2018 Best Film The Shape of Water Best Direction Best Original Screenplay 2023 Best Animated Film Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio
Emmy Awards Year Category Nominated work Result Daytime Emmy Awards 2017 Outstanding Special Class Animated Program Trollhunters: Tales of Arcadia Outstanding Directing in an Animated Program 2018 Outstanding Children's Animated Program 2019 Outstanding Directing in an Animated Program 2021 Outstanding Children's Animated Program Wizards: Tales of Arcadia
Golden Globe Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 2018 Best Motion Picture – DramaThe Shape of Water Best Director – Motion Picture Best Screenplay – Motion Picture 2023 Best Motion Picture – Animated Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio Best Original Song "Ciao Papa" 2026 Best Motion Picture – DramaFrankenstein Best Director – Motion Picture
Industry awards Organizations Year Category Work Result Art Directors Guild Awards 2022 William Cameron Menzies Award Capri Hollywood International Film Festival2022Best Animated FeatureGuillermo del Toro's Pinocchio 2025Best PictureFrankenstein Capri Visionary AwardCapri Producer Award Cannes Film Festival 1993 Mercedes-Benz Award Cronos 2006 Palme d'Or Pan's Labyrinth Critics' Choice Movie Awards 2018 Best Picture The Shape of Water Best Director Best Original Screenplay 2022Best Picture Nightmare Alley Best Director 2023 Best Animated Feature Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio Best Song ("Ciao Papa") 2026 Best Picture Frankenstein Best Director Best Adapted Screenplay Directors Guild of America Award 2018 Outstanding Directing – Feature Film The Shape of Water 2026 Frankenstein Gotham Awards 2006 World Cinema Tribute Award Goya Awards 2007 Best FilmPan's Labyrinth Best Director Best Original Screenplay Hollywood Walk of Fame 2019 Motion Pictures Hugo Awards 2007 Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form Pan's Labyrinth 2009 Hellboy II: The Golden Army 2013 The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey 2014 Pacific Rim Imagine Film Festival2002Méliès d'ArgentThe Devil's BackboneIndependent Spirit Awards 2007 Best Feature Pan's Labyrinth Producers Guild of America Awards 2018 Best Theatrical Motion Picture The Shape of Water 2023 Best Animated Motion Picture Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio 2026 Best Theatrical Motion Picture Frankenstein Venice Film Festival 2017 Golden Lion The Shape of Water 2025 Frankenstein Writers Guild of America Awards 2018 Best Original Screenplay The Shape of Water 2026 Best Adapted Screenplay Frankenstein
Critics awards Year Organizations Category Work 1993 Moscow International Film Festival Golden St. George Cronos Havana Film Festival Best First Work Sitges Film Festival Best Film Best Screenplay 1994 Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival Silver Raven 1995 Association of Latin Entertainment Critics Award Best First Work 1997 Sitges Film Festival Best Film Mimic 1998 ALMA Award Outstanding Latino Director of a Feature Film 2002 Sitges Film Festival Time-Machine Honorary Award 2004 Imagen Award Creative Achievement Award Best Director - Film Hellboy 2005 Bram Stoker Award Best Screenplay 2006 Austin Film Critics Association Awards Best Foreign Film Pan's Labyrinth Dublin Film Critics Circle Award Best Director 2007 Empire Award Best Director Austin Film Critics Association Awards Best Film Best Original Screenplay Fantasporto Best International Fantasy Film Award Film Critics Circle of Australia Award Best Foreign Language Film London Critics Circle Film Award Director of the Year Screenwriter of the Year National Society of Film Critics Award Best Director Online Film Critics Society Award Best Director Best Original Screenplay Palm Springs International Film Festival Best Foreign Language Film Association of Latin Entertainment Critics Award Best Film Imagen Award Best Director - Film 2008 Bodil Award Bodil Award for Best Non-American Film Nebula Award Best Script Empire Award Inspiration Award 2013 Hollywood Film Festival Hollywood Movie Award Pacific Rim 2014 Ray Bradbury Award Outstanding Dramatic Presentation 2017 Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award Best DirectorThe Shape of Water Detroit Film Critics Society Award Best Director Best Screenplay Boston Society of Film Critics Award Best Director Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Award Best Director Best Original Screenplay San Francisco Film Critics Circle Award Best Director Best Original Screenplay San Diego Film Critics Society Award Best Director Chicago Film Critics Association Award Best Director Best Original Screenplay Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association Best Director Best Screenplay St. Louis Film Critics Association Award Best Director Best Original Screenplay Florida Film Critics Circle Award Best Director Best Screenplay Online Film Critics Society Award Best Director Best Original Screenplay 2018 AACTA International Award Best Direction Houston Film Critics Society Award Best Director London Film Critics' Circle Award Director of the Year
Miscellaneous awards Organizations Year Category Work Result AARP Movies for Grownups Awards2018 Best DirectorThe Shape of Water Best Screenwriter 2022 Best DirectorNightmare Alley Best Screenwriter 2026 Best Director Frankenstein Annie Awards 2014 Storyboarding in a Television Production The Simpsons (Episode: "Treehouse of Horror XXIV") 2019 Directing in an Animated Television / Broadcast Production 3Below: Tales of Arcadia (Episode: "Terra Incognita, Part 1") 2022 Best Animated Feature Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio Best Directing in a Feature Production Best Music in a Feature Production Ariel Awards 1993 Ariel de OroCronos Best Director Best Screenplay Best Original Story Best First Work 2007 Yuta Pan's Labyrinth Fangoria Chainsaw Awards 2002 Fangoria Hall of Fame Himself 2005 Best Screenplay Hellboy 2009Hellboy II: The Golden Army 2016 Best Wide-Release Film Crimson Peak Saturn Awards 1998 Best Writing Mimic 2007 Best DirectorPan's Labyrinth Best Writing 2008 The George Pal Memorial Award 2009 Best Horror Film Hellboy II: The Golden Army 2014 Best Director Pacific Rim 2015 Best Writing The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug 2016 Best Horror FilmCrimson Peak Best Director Best Writing 2018 Best Fantasy Film The Shape of Water Best Director Best Writing (with Vanessa Taylor) 2022 Best Thriller Film Nightmare Alley Best Director Best Writing (with Kim Morgan)
In 2026, del Toro was a recipient of the Inkpot Award at the annual San Diego Comic Con.Inkpot Awards
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