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Paco Plaza
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.
Filmography
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Drag Race España
On the Spanish version of RuPaul's Drag Race, Supremme de Luxe presides as Spain's most talented queens compete...
[REC]²
The action continues from [REC], with the medical officer and a SWAT team outfitted with video cameras are sent...
Spanish Movie
Large doses of humor, ingenious nods to Spain's most recent national cinema, an artistic cast highly linked to...
[REC]: Horror Without Pause
The horror film [REC] — directed by Jaume Balagueró and Paco Plaza, and released in 2007 — was an unprecedented...
Berlanga!!
How does the vision of the brilliant Spanish filmmaker Luis García Berlanga (1921-2010) remain relevant in a ti...
Suburbs
A young auditor live peacefully in a residential block consisting of identical townhouses. However, a purely ca...
Cult of Terror
A journey of years through many countries and film festivals; a nostalgic, adrenaline-fueled and rock-spirited...
Jokes & Cigarettes
Barcelona, Spain, in the late sixties. Eugenio, a young jeweler who has fallen in love with Conchita, a singer,...
Beyond Blood
High Tension, Inside, Martyrs, Frontier(s) and Them. In the years of 2003 to 2008, those sensational and innova...
La suite nupcial
Clawing! A Journey Through the Spanish Horror
In the late sixties, Spanish cinema began to produce a huge amount of horror genre films: international markets...
Heirs of the Beast
The story of the making and subsequent success of The Day of the Beast, the Spanish cult film directed by Álex...
Queridos monstruos
Cinémas d'Horreur - Apocalypse, Virus, Zombies
In recent years, horror cinema has become an unavoidable phenomenon whether in America, Asia or Europe. Zombies...