Eduardo Sánchez (director)

Cuban-born American film director

Eduardo Sánchez
Born	Eduardo Miguel Sánchez-Quiros (1968-12-20) December 20, 1968 (age 55) Havana, Cuba
Occupation(s)	Director, producer, screenwriter, editor
Spouse	Stefanie De Cassan

Eduardo Miguel Sánchez-Quiros (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

The Blair Witch Project (1999)
Altered (2006)
Seventh Moon (2008)
Lovely Molly (2011)
Exists (2014)

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")

References

^ Otto, Jeff (17 October 2009). "Directors Ed Sánchez and Dan Myrick Discuss 'Blair Witch' Influence". BloodyDisgusting.
^ http://www.goodreads.com/author_blog_posts/4297628-meet-eduardo-s-nchez-writer-director-the-blair-witch-project-lovely. Retrieved 2013-08-17. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
^ "His Life After Blair Witch". Insights - Fall '02. Montgomery College. Archived from the original on September 6, 2006. Retrieved 24 June 2013.
^ "Film Special". Washington Post. 30 June 1999. Retrieved 24 June 2013.
^ Mysa, Kiko Martinez for (13 September 2023). "'Satanic Hispanics' brings gory Latino vampire comedy to Texas". Mysa.