
Eduardo Sánchez
Known for directing · Born 20 December 1968 · 57 · Cuba
72 credits
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

Lucifer
2016

Supernatural
2005

The Blair Witch Project
1999

V/H/S/2
2013

Yellowjackets
2021

American Horror Stories
2021

FBI
2018

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds
2022

From Dusk Till Dawn: The Series
2014

Charmed
2018

Queen of the South
2016

Exists
2014