🎬 Director
Paco Plaza
Age · 52
Born · Aug 2, 1973
From · Valencia, Spain
Films · 19
🎬 Director
Biography
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.
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![[REC]²](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w92/4JG5WKfIGD6r7hdbqJVr2WKIxEe.jpg){kind=small}
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![[REC]³ Genesis poster](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/tI1534q0Up7PBcLdXdFerLmIXn3.jpg)
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![[REC]³ Genesis](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w92/tI1534q0Up7PBcLdXdFerLmIXn3.jpg){kind=small}
