Paco Plaza
Directing
- Born
- August 2, 1973 (age 53) · 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 the solo installment [REC] 3: Genesis, earning international recognition and numerous awards. Plaza is respected not only for his genre-breaking horror films but also for his versatility across other projects like Verónica (2017) and recent anthology work on V/H/S/Halloween (2025). His impact on contemporary horror cinema, especially through [REC]’s visceral realism, has cemented his reputation as one of Spain’s most influential genre filmmakers.
Known for
[REC]
November 20, 2007
[REC]²
September 15, 2009
Veronica
August 25, 2017
[REC]³ Genesis
March 30, 2012
Quarantine
October 10, 2008
[REC]⁴ Apocalypse
October 31, 2014
The Vault
March 4, 2021
The Grandmother
January 28, 2022
Sister Death
October 5, 2023
Eye for an Eye
August 30, 2019
V/H/S/Halloween
September 19, 2025
Requirements to Be a Normal Person
June 4, 2015
Behind the camera26
- 2025V/H/S/Halloween Director, Writer
- 2024Mugaritz: No Bread, No Dessert. Director
- 2023Sister Death Director, Executive Producer, Screenplay
- 2022The Grandmother Director
- 2021The Vault Crowd Assistant Director
- 2019Eye for an Eye Director
- 2017Veronica Director, Writer, Associate Producer
- 2015Requirements to Be a Normal Person Executive Producer
- 2014[REC]⁴ Apocalypse Creative Producer
- 2014