Eduardo Sánchez

About

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

SupernaturalSeries • 2005FBISeries • 2018LuciferSeries • 2016Star Trek: Strange New WorldsSeries • 2022FBI: InternationalSeries • 2021Will TrentSeries • 2023YellowjacketsSeries • 2021CharmedSeries • 2018TakenSeries • 2017CSI: VegasSeries • 2021Nancy DrewSeries • 2019Queen of the SouthSeries • 2016American Horror StoriesSeries • 2021From Dusk Till Dawn: The SeriesSeries • 2014The Blair Witch ProjectMovie • 1999Fantasy IslandSeries • 202150 States of FrightSeries • 2020Goosebumps: The VanishingSeries • 2025NEXTSeries • 2020Hysteria!Series • 2024The JesterMovie • 2023The Horror of Dolores RoachSeries • 2023Blair WitchMovie • 2016The InBetweenSeries • 2019