Directing
Eduardo Sánchez
Born December 20, 1968 · Cuba
Biography
Eduardo Sánchez is an American filmmaker best known as the co-director, co-writer, and co-creator of The Blair Witch Project, the film widely credited with bringing found footage film into the mainstream. Released in 1999, The Blair Witch Project used improvised performances, POV camerawork, and viral internet marketing to create an unprecedented sense of realism, becoming one of the most influential and profitable independent films in cinema history. Sánchez has continued to work extensively within the horror genre, directing and writing films such as Seventh Moon, Lovely Molly, and Exists, securing his legacy as a foundational architect of modern horror cinema.
Known for
8.0
Lucifer
Director
8.4
Supernatural
Director
6.5
The Blair Witch Project
Director, Writer, Editor
5.0
Blair Witch
Executive Producer, Characters
6.0
V/H/S/2
Director
7.7
Yellowjackets
Director
6.3
American Horror Stories
Director
4.1
Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2
Executive Producer, Characters
7.1
FBI
Director
8.1
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds
Director
4.8
Charmed
Director
8.0
Queen of the South
Director, Co-Executive Producer
3.9
The Jester
Producer
5.2
Exists
Director, Story, Editor
6.8
From Dusk Till Dawn: The Series
Director
7.4
CSI: Vegas
Director
6.8
Nancy Drew
Director
6.6
Taken
Director
5.6
Altered
Monger Warrior, Director
5.1 TMDB
Lovely Molly
Screenplay, Director, Editor
Filmography
- 2027Blair Witch ProjectCharacters, Executive ProducerMovie
- 2026MugreExecutive ProducerMovie
- 2026The Influencer ProjectProducerMovie
- 2026For Sale By ExorcistProducerMovie
- 2026BreederExecutive ProducerMovie
- 2025In Search of Darkness: 1995-1999SelfMovie
- 2025Lake Mungo RevisitedSelfMovie
- 2025Goosebumps: The VanishingDirectorSeries
- 2024The Blair Witch DocumentaryHimselfMovie
- 2024Hysteria!DirectorSeries
- 2024Ghost GameExecutive ProducerMovie
- 2024Last Night at Terrace LanesProducerMovie
- 2023Disney 100: Remember ThatProducerMovie
- 2023The JesterProducerMovie
- 2023The Horror of Dolores RoachDirectorSeries
- 2023Will TrentDirectorSeries
- 2022Satanic HispanicsDirector, EditorMovie
- 2022El VampiroDirectorMovie
- 2022Star Trek: Strange New WorldsDirectorSeries
- 2021The Tunnel: The Other Side of DarknessMovie
- 2021YellowjacketsDirectorSeries
- 2021Unknown Dimension: The Story of Paranormal ActivitySelfMovie
- 2021CSI: VegasDirectorSeries
- 2021FBI: InternationalDirectorSeries
- 2021The Found Footage PhenomenonSelfMovie
- 2021Fantasy IslandDirectorSeries
- 2021American Horror StoriesDirectorSeries
- 2021The Man From Boggy CreekSelfMovie
- 2020NEXTDirectorSeries
- 202050 States of FrightWriterSeries
- 2020Cursed FilmsSelfSeries
- 2019PortalsDirector, EditorMovie
- 2019Nancy DrewDirectorSeries
- 2019The InBetweenDirectorSeries
- 2018Butterfly KissesHimselfMovie
- 2018CharmedDirectorSeries
- 2018FBIDirectorSeries
- 2017TakenDirectorSeries
- 2017Neverending Night: The Making of Blair WitchSelfMovie
- 201612 Deadly DaysDirectorSeries
- 2016Blair WitchExecutive Producer, CharactersMovie
- 2016Queen of the SouthDirector, Co-Executive ProducerSeries
- 2016LuciferDirectorSeries
- 2015The Woods Movie: The Making of The Blair Witch ProjectHimselfMovie
- 2014IntrudersDirectorSeries
- 2014ExistsDirector, Story, EditorMovie
- 2014From Dusk Till Dawn: The SeriesDirectorSeries
- 2013Four Corners of FearEduardo Sanchez, Director, Producer, StorySeries
- 2013V/H/S/2DirectorMovie
- 2012Ninjas vs. MonstersExecutive ProducerMovie
- 2012Slice and Dice: The Slasher Film ForeverSelfMovie
- 2011Lovely MollyScreenplay, Director, EditorMovie
- 2011Small HoursExecutive ProducerMovie
- 2011Midnight SonExecutive ProducerMovie
- 2010Jedi JunkiesSelfMovie
- 2009ParaAbnormalDirector, CreatorSeries
- 2009The Shark Is Still WorkingSelfMovie
- 2008Seventh MoonDirector, Story, ScreenplayMovie
- 2006AlteredMonger Warrior, DirectorMovie
- 2005SupernaturalDirectorSeries
- 2000Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2Executive Producer, CharactersMovie
- 1999Sticks and Stones: Investigating the Blair WitchInterviewer (voice), Director, WriterMovie
- 1999The Blair Witch PhenomenonSelfMovie
- 1999The Blair Witch ProjectDirector, Writer, EditorMovie
- 1999Curse of the Blair WitchDirector, WriterMovie
- —Griffin's GhostProducerMovie
- —Petersons: Site 3Executive ProducerMovie
- —Last LookCo-DirectorMovie
- —Experiment 11Executive ProducerMovie
- —Giant VoidExecutive ProducerMovie