Paco Plaza

Director

Born: August 2, 1973 (age 52)
From: Valencia, Spain

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 style and claustrophobic suspense. Plaza directed and co-wrote the original [REC] alongside Jaume Balagueró and continued to shape the series through [REC] 2 and…

Filmography (32)

V/H/S/Halloween (2025)
Director
Mugaritz: No Bread, No Dessert. (2024)
Director
Jokes & Cigarettes (2023)
Chicho
Sister Death (2023)
Director
[REC]: Horror Without Pause (2022)
Self - Filmmaker
The Grandmother (2022)
Director
Berlanga!! (2021)
Self - Filmmaker
Campofrío: Disfrute en vida (2020)
Director
La suite nupcial (2020)
Camarero
Eye for an Eye (2019)
Director
Beyond Blood (2019)
Self
Cult of Terror (2017)
Self - Filmmaker
Veronica (2017)
Director
Heirs of the Beast (2016)
Queridos monstruos (2014)
Self
Ultraviolet (2014)
Director
Clawing! A Journey Through the Spanish Horror (2014)
Self - Director
[REC]³ Genesis (2012)
Director
Luna di miele, luna di sangue VII
Luna di miele, luna di sangue VII (2010)
Director
Bunbury 3D (2010)
Director
Cinémas d'Horreur - Apocalypse, Virus, Zombies (2010)
Self
Spanish Movie (2009)
Municipal
[REC]² (2009)
Director
[REC] (2007)
Director
Small Gauge Trauma (2006)
Director
A Christmas Tale (2005)
Director
Romasanta: The Werewolf Hunt (2004)
Director
Second Name (2002)
Director
OT: The Movie (2002)
Director
Abuelitos (1999)
Director