Eduardo Sánchez (director)
Cuban-born American film director
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Eduardo Miguel Sánchez-Quirós (born December 20, 1968) is a Cuban-born American director, known for his work in the horror genre. His most famous credit is for co-directing and writing the 1999 psychological horror film The Blair Witch Project with Daniel Myrick.[1]
Early life and education
Born in 1968, Sánchez moved to Spain with his family at the age of two, before settling in the United States in 1972.[2] His family located to Montgomery County, Maryland, where he attended Wheaton High School. He later studied television production at Montgomery College in Maryland [3][4] and obtained his B.A. degree from the University of Central Florida Film Department where he studied with Mary C. Johnson and Charles Harpole. In 1999, Sánchez was joint-recipient of the inaugural Independent Spirit John Cassavetes Award.
Filmography
Feature films
| Year | Title | Credited as | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Director | Writer | Editor | Notes | ||
| 1999 | The Blair Witch Project | Yes | Yes | Yes | Co-directed with Daniel Myrick |
| 2006 | Altered | Yes | Story | No | |
| 2008 | Seventh Moon | Yes | Yes | No | |
| 2011 | Lovely Molly | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| 2014 | Exists | Yes | Story | Yes | Co-edited with Andrew Eckblad and Andy Jenkins |
Short films
- Curse of the Blair Witch (1999)
- Sticks and Stones: Investigating the Blair Witch (1999)
- A Ride in the Park (2013) (segment from V/H/S/2)
- The Vampire (2022) (segment from Satanic Hispanics)[5]
Web series
- ParaAbnormal (2009)
- Four Corners of Fear (2013)
Television episodes
- Supernatural (2005–2020) (5 episodes)
- Intruders (2014) (4 episodes)
- From Dusk till Dawn: The Series (2014–2016) (4 episodes)
- 12 Deadly Days (2016) (1 episode)
- Lucifer (2016–2021) (2 episodes)
- Queen of the South (2016–2021) (8 episodes)
- Taken (2017–18) (2 episodes)
- The Passage (2019) (episode "You Are like the Sun")
- The InBetween (2019) (episode "The Devil's Refugee")
- neXt (2020) (episode "file #4")
- Nancy Drew (2021) (episode "The Reunion of The Lost Souls")
- American Horror Stories (2021) (episode "Drive In")
- Yellowjackets (2022) (episode "Sic Transit Gloria Mundi")
- Charmed (2022) (episode "Truth or Dares")
- CSI: Vegas (2023) (episode "Third Time's the Charm")
- FBI (2023) (episode "Family First")
- FBI: International (2023) (episode "Jealous Mistress")
- Star Trek: Strange New Worlds (2023) (episode "Among the Lotus Eaters")
- Hysteria (2024) (episode "Speaking in Tongues")
- Goosebumps (2025) (episode "The Girl Next Door")
- Will Trent (2026) (episode "Nice to Meet You, Malcolm")
Actor
- Unknown Dimension: The Story of Paranormal Activity (2021) (Documentary film, himself)