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Director
Eduardo Sánchez
- Born December 20, 1968 in Cuba
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.
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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
Lucifer2016
Supernatural2005
The Blair Witch Project1999
Blair Witch2016
V/H/S/22013
Yellowjackets2021
American Horror Stories2021
Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 22000
Filmography
- TBAGriffin's GhostFilmProducer
- TBAPetersons: Site 3FilmExecutive Producer
- TBALast LookFilmCo-Director
- TBAExperiment 11FilmExecutive Producer
- TBAGiant VoidFilmExecutive Producer
- 2027Blair Witch ProjectFilmCharacters, Executive Producer
- 2026The Influencer ProjectFilmProducer
- 2026For Sale By ExorcistFilmProducer
- 2026BreederFilmExecutive Producer
- 2026MugreFilmExecutive Producer
- 2025Goosebumps: The VanishingSeriesDirector
- 2025In Search of Darkness: 1995-1999FilmSelf
- 2025Lake Mungo RevisitedFilmSelf
- 2024Hysteria!SeriesDirector
- 2024Ghost GameFilmExecutive Producer
- 2024Last Night at Terrace LanesFilmProducer
- 2024The Blair Witch DocumentaryFilmHimself
- 2023The JesterFilmProducer
- 2023Will TrentSeriesDirector
- 2023The Horror of Dolores RoachSeriesDirector
- 2023Disney 100: Remember ThatFilmProducer
- 2022Star Trek: Strange New WorldsSeriesDirector
- 2022Satanic HispanicsFilmDirector, Editor
- 2022El VampiroFilmDirector
- 2021YellowjacketsSeriesDirector
- 2021American Horror StoriesSeriesDirector
- 2021CSI: VegasSeriesDirector
- 2021FBI: InternationalSeriesDirector
- 2021Fantasy IslandSeriesDirector
- 2021Unknown Dimension: The Story of Paranormal ActivityFilmSelf
- 2021The Found Footage PhenomenonFilmSelf
- 2021The Tunnel: The Other Side of DarknessFilm
- 2021The Man From Boggy CreekFilmSelf
- 2020NEXTSeriesDirector
- 202050 States of FrightSeriesWriter
- 2020Cursed FilmsSeriesSelf
- 2019Nancy DrewSeriesDirector
- 2019The InBetweenSeriesDirector
- 2019PortalsFilmDirector, Editor
- 2018FBISeriesDirector
- 2018CharmedSeriesDirector
- 2018Butterfly KissesFilmHimself
- 2017TakenSeriesDirector
- 2017Neverending Night: The Making of Blair WitchFilmSelf
- 2016LuciferSeriesDirector
- 2016Blair WitchFilmExecutive Producer, Characters
- 2016Queen of the SouthSeriesDirector, Co-Executive Producer
- 201612 Deadly DaysSeriesDirector
- 2015The Woods Movie: The Making of The Blair Witch ProjectFilmHimself
- 2014ExistsFilmDirector, Story, Editor
- 2014From Dusk Till Dawn: The SeriesSeriesDirector
- 2014IntrudersSeriesDirector
- 2013V/H/S/2FilmDirector
- 2013Four Corners of FearSeriesEduardo Sanchez, Director, Producer, Story
- 2012Slice and Dice: The Slasher Film ForeverFilmSelf
- 2012Ninjas vs. MonstersFilmExecutive Producer
- 2011Lovely MollyFilmScreenplay, Director, Editor
- 2011Midnight SonFilmExecutive Producer
- 2011Small HoursFilmExecutive Producer
- 2010Jedi JunkiesFilmSelf
- 2009The Shark Is Still WorkingFilmSelf
- 2009ParaAbnormalSeriesDirector, Creator
- 2008Seventh MoonFilmDirector, Story, Screenplay
- 2006AlteredFilmMonger Warrior, Director
- 2005SupernaturalSeriesDirector
- 2000Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2FilmExecutive Producer, Characters
- 1999The Blair Witch ProjectFilmDirector, Writer, Editor
- 1999Curse of the Blair WitchFilmDirector, Writer
- 1999Sticks and Stones: Investigating the Blair WitchFilmInterviewer (voice), Director, Writer
- 1999The Blair Witch PhenomenonFilmSelf