Eduardo Sanchez

Eduardo Sanchez was born in Cuba in 1968. He studied Television Production at Montgomery College in Rockville, MD and received his BA in Motion Picture Production from the University of Central Florida in 1994.

It was at UCF where Eduardo met his future Haxan Films partners and in 1998 he co-wrote, co-edited and co-directed THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT. He also designed and built the original BLAIRWITCH.COM website and co-directed the TV special CURSE OF THE BLAIR WITCH for the Sci-FI Channel.

Eduardo directed the alien-abduction feature film ALTERED in 2005 and the Chinese ghost film SEVENTH MOON in 2009, starring Amy Smart. He then wrote, directed and edited the psychological horror film LOVELY MOLLY in 2012 and co-directed the zombie short film A RIDE IN THE PARK that was part of the anthology film V/H/S/2 released in 2013. His Bigfoot found footage film EXISTS premiered at SXSW 2014, winning the audience award in the Midnighters section. He recently directed a segment of the new horror anthology film, SATANIC HISPANICS, which won the best horror director award at this years FANTASTIC FEST.

In television, Eduardo directed episodes of SUPERNATURAL, LUCIFER, FROM DUSK TILL DAWN, Ryan Murphy's AMERICAN HORROR STORIES and the season 1 finale of YELLOWJACKETS. He was the Producing Director on Season 4 of QUEEN OF THE SOUTH and recently worked on STAR TREK: STRANGE NEW WORLDS and the final two, season-one episodes of BLUMHOUSE'S THE HORROR OF DOLORES ROACH for AMAZON.

He lives with his wife, Stefanie, their three children, Bianca, Lucas and Lennon, and a ridiculously large Star Wars collection in Urbana, Maryland, and you can learn more about his work on IMDB, or follow him on Twitter.

Interview recorded on 2022-10-23.

Below are some of the more fun excerpts from our episode with this guest. If you want to hear the real thought-provoking stuff you'll just have to check out the full interview!