Eduardo Sánchez
Born: 1968-12-20 in Cuba
Known For: Directing
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.
Filmography
2026
- Breeder ... (Executive Producer)
2025
- Goosebumps: The Vanishing ... (Director)
- Lake Mungo Revisited as Self
2024
- Hysteria! ... (Director)
- Ghost Game ... (Executive Producer)
- Last Night at Terrace Lanes ... (Producer)
- The Blair Witch Documentary as Himself
- For Sale By Exorcist ... (Producer)
2023
- Will Trent ... (Director)
- The Jester ... (Producer)
- The Horror of Dolores Roach ... (Director)
- Disney 100: Remember That ... (Producer)
2022
- Star Trek: Strange New Worlds ... (Director)
- Satanic Hispanics ... (Director)
- El Vampiro ... (Director)
2021
- FBI: International ... (Director)
- Yellowjackets ... (Director)
- American Horror Stories ... (Director)
- CSI: Vegas ... (Director)
- Fantasy Island ... (Director)
- Unknown Dimension: The Story of Paranormal Activity as Self
- The Found Footage Phenomenon as Self
- The Tunnel: The Other Side of Darkness
- The Man From Boggy Creek as Self
2020
- 50 States of Fright ... (Writer)
- NEXT ... (Director)
- Cursed Films as Self
- The Blair Witch Project Project as Self - Interviewee
2019
- Nancy Drew ... (Director)
- The InBetween ... (Director)
- Portals ... (Director)
2018
- FBI ... (Director)
- Charmed ... (Director)
- Butterfly Kisses as Himself
2017
- Taken ... (Director)
- Neverending Night: The Making of Blair Witch as Self
2016
- Lucifer ... (Director)
- Queen of the South ... (Director)
- 12 Deadly Days ... (Director)
- Blair Witch ... (Executive Producer)
2015
2014
- From Dusk Till Dawn: The Series ... (Director)
- Intruders ... (Director)
- Exists ... (Director)
2013
- V/H/S/2 ... (Director)
- Four Corners of Fear as Eduardo Sanchez
2012
- Slice and Dice: The Slasher Film Forever as Self
- Ninjas vs. Monsters ... (Executive Producer)
2011
- Lovely Molly ... (Screenplay)
- Midnight Son ... (Executive Producer)
- Small Hours ... (Executive Producer)
2010
- Jedi Junkies as Self
2009
- The Shark Is Still Working as Self
- ParaAbnormal ... (Director)
2008
- Seventh Moon ... (Director)
2006
- Altered as Monger Warrior
2005
- Supernatural ... (Director)
2000
- Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2 ... (Executive Producer)
1999
- The Blair Witch Project ... (Director)
- Curse of the Blair Witch ... (Director)
- The Blair Witch Phenomenon as Self
- Sticks and Stones: Investigating the Blair Witch as Interviewer (voice)