Paco Plaza
Directing · Screenplay · Director · Crowd Assistant Director
Born Aug 2, 1973 · Valencia, Spain
Active 1996–present · Awards: Sitges Film Festival Best Director award
Paco Plaza is a critically acclaimed Spanish film director, screenwriter, and producer best known for co-creating the influential [REC] franchise, which debuted in 2007 and helped redefine found-footage horror with its intense, immersive…
Filmography
V/H/S/Halloween (2025) — Director · WriterFate (2025) — Director · Executive Producer · CreatorThe Same — Director · Writer[REC] (2007) — Screenplay · Director[REC]² (2009) — Zombie (uncredited) · Screenplay · DirectorThe Vault (2021) — Crowd Assistant DirectorVeronica (2017) — Director · Writer · Associate ProducerQuarantine (2008) — Writer[REC]⁴ Apocalypse (2014) — Creative Producer[REC]³ Genesis (2012) — Director · Screenplay · StoryEye for an Eye (2019) — DirectorThe Grandmother (2022) — DirectorSister Death (2023) — Director · Executive Producer · ScreenplayRequirements to Be a Normal Person (2015) — Executive ProducerJokes & Cigarettes (2023) — ChichoA Christmas Tale (2005) — DirectorSpanish Movie (2009) — MunicipalRomasanta: The Werewolf Hunt (2004) — DirectorSecond Name (2002) — Director · WriterStories to Stay Awake (2021) — Director · WriterUltraviolet (2014) — Director · ScreenplayAbuelitos (1999) — DirectorHeirs of the Beast (2016)A or B (2010) — Producer