Eduardo Sánchez

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.

Directed

1. Lucifer (2016) — Director
2. Supernatural (2005) — Director
3. The Blair Witch Project (1999) — Director
4. V/H/S/2 (2013) — Director
5. Yellowjackets (2021) — Director
6. American Horror Stories (2021) — Director
7. FBI (2018) — Director
8. Star Trek: Strange New Worlds (2022) — Director
9. Charmed (2018) — Director
10. Queen of the South (2016) — Director
11. Exists (2014) — Director
12. From Dusk Till Dawn: The Series (2014) — Director
13. CSI: Vegas (2021) — Director
14. Nancy Drew (2019) — Director
15. Taken (2017) — Director
16. Altered (2006) — Director
17. Lovely Molly (2011) — Director
18. FBI: International (2021) — Director
19. Will Trent (2023) — Director
20. NEXT (2020) — Director
21. Curse of the Blair Witch (1999) — Director
22. The InBetween (2019) — Director
23. Fantasy Island (2021) — Director
24. Seventh Moon (2008) — Director
25. Intruders (2014) — Director
26. Hysteria! (2024) — Director
27. The Horror of Dolores Roach (2023) — Director
28. Goosebumps: The Vanishing (2025) — Director
29. Portals (2019) — Director
30. 12 Deadly Days (2016) — Director
31. Satanic Hispanics (2022) — Director
32. Sticks and Stones: Investigating the Blair Witch (1999) — Director
33. El Vampiro (2022) — Director
34. Four Corners of Fear (2013) — Director
35. ParaAbnormal (2009) — Director

Also appeared in

1. Altered (2006) — Monger Warrior
2. Butterfly Kisses (2018) — Himself
3. Cursed Films (2020) — Self
4. Unknown Dimension: The Story of Paranormal Activity (2021) — Self
5. The Shark Is Still Working (2009) — Self
6. Slice and Dice: The Slasher Film Forever (2012) — Self
7. The Found Footage Phenomenon (2021) — Self
8. Jedi Junkies (2010) — Self
9. The Blair Witch Documentary (2024) — Himself
10. The Woods Movie: The Making of The Blair Witch Project (2015) — Himself
11. Sticks and Stones: Investigating the Blair Witch (1999) — Interviewer (voice)
12. Neverending Night: The Making of Blair Witch (2017) — Self
13. The Tunnel: The Other Side of Darkness (2021)
14. The Man From Boggy Creek (2021) — Self
15. The Blair Witch Phenomenon (1999) — Self
16. Lake Mungo Revisited (2025) — Self
17. Four Corners of Fear (2013) — Eduardo Sanchez