🎬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.

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Recent movies

#	Name	Character	Rating
1	Jokes & Cigarettes (2023)	Chicho	-	-
2	Sister Death (2023)	Director / Writer		3.5
3	The Grandmother (2022)	Director / Writer		5.7
4	The Vault (2021)	Director / Writer		6.5
5	La suite nupcial (2020)	Camarero	-	-
6	Eye for an Eye (2019)	Director / Writer		7
7	Veronica (2017)	Director / Writer		5.7
8	Cult of Terror (2017)	Self - Filmmaker	-	-
9	[REC]⁴ Apocalypse (2014)	Director / Writer		5.9
10	[REC]³ Genesis (2012)	Director / Writer		6
11	[REC]² (2009)	Director / Writer		6.8
12	Spanish Movie (2009)	Municipal		4
13	Quarantine (2008)	Director / Writer		6.4
14	[REC] (2007)	Director / Writer		7.2
15	A Christmas Tale (2005)	Director / Writer	-	-