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Paco Plaza is a Actor, Director, Scriptwriter and Associate Producer Espagnol born on 2 august 1973 at Valencia (Espagne)

Paco Plaza

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Nationality Espagne
Birth 2 august 1973 (51 years) at Valencia (Espagne)

Paco Plaza is a Spanish film director best known for writing and directing REC and REC 2 with Jaume Balagueró. He then went on to direct the REC parallel sequel REC 3: Genesis by himself while Jaume Balagueró directed the following film REC 4: Apocalypse. He speaks Spanish, English and French.

Usually with

Pablo Rosso
Pablo Rosso
(6 films)
David Gallart
David Gallart
(6 films)
Javier Botet
Javier Botet
(4 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Paco Plaza (10 films)

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Actor

[REC]²
[REC]² (2009)
, 1h25
Directed by Jaume Balagueró, Paco Plaza
Origin Espagne
Genres Thriller, Fantastic, Horror
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about religion, Films set in the future, Demons in film, Zombie films, Films about viral outbreaks, Political films, Dystopian films, Disaster films
Actors Manuela Velasco, Jonathan D. Mellor, Javier Botet, Pablo Rosso, Jaume Balagueró, Paco Plaza
Roles Zombie (uncredited)
Rating65% 3.2511453.2511453.2511453.2511453.251145
Dr. Owen (Jonathan Mellor), an official from the Ministry of Health, and a GEO team equipped with video cameras are sent into a quarantined apartment building to control the situation. After Martos, a GEO officer, is killed and infected encountering some of the infected, Owen uses religious mantra and rosary to hold him off in a room. It turns out that Owen is actually a priest sent by the Vatican to get a blood sample from a possessed girl named Tristana Medeiros.
Spanish Movie, 1h25
Origin Espagne
Genres Comedy
Actors Joaquín Reyes, Alexandra Jiménez, Silvia Abril, Leslie Nielsen, Carlos Areces, Juan Antonio Bayona
Roles Municipal
Rating43% 2.1706252.1706252.1706252.1706252.170625
Ramira (Alexandra Jiménez) works in Laura's house (Silvia Abril) as maid and nanny of her kids: Simeón and Ofendia (Óscar Lara & Laia Alda). Unfortunately, Ramira kills the child because he saw the sun despite suffering from photodermatitis. The woman tries to hide and lies to the mother about the death of her son.

Director

Veronica
Veronica (2017)
, 1h50
Directed by Paco Plaza
Origin Espagne
Genres Drama, Horror
Themes Films about children, Films about religion, Demons in film, Ghost films
Actors Sandra Escacena, Ana Torrent, Leticia Dolera
Rating62% 3.1002953.1002953.1002953.1002953.100295
Madrid, 1991. Lors d'une éclipse solaire, une lycéenne, Verónica, participe à une séance de spiritisme avec ses deux amies. La jeune fille est harcelée par des créatures surnaturelles qui menacent de s'en prendre à elle et à sa famille. La santé mentale de Verónica se dégrade : elle devient peu à peu insomniaque et violente avec ses proches, et est prise de crises soudaines...
[REC]³ Genesis, 1h20
Directed by Paco Plaza
Origin Espagne
Genres Drama, Thriller, Horror comedy, Romantic comedy, Horror
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about religion, Demons in film, Zombie films, Films about viral outbreaks, Comedy horror films, Disaster films, Films about marriage
Actors Leticia Dolera, Javier Botet, Alex Monner, Manuela Velasco
Rating50% 2.505662.505662.505662.505662.50566
Koldo and Clara are about to celebrate their wedding day. The wedding is filmed by Koldo's cousin, Adrián, and their wedding photographer, Atun, plus footage cuts from other guests' mobile phones and cameras. The guests travel to the wedding reception, held in a huge mansion, on chartered coaches. Adrián films his uncle, who says he was bitten by a dog, but says he will be all right.
[REC]²
[REC]² (2009)
, 1h25
Directed by Jaume Balagueró, Paco Plaza
Origin Espagne
Genres Thriller, Fantastic, Horror
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about religion, Films set in the future, Demons in film, Zombie films, Films about viral outbreaks, Political films, Dystopian films, Disaster films
Actors Manuela Velasco, Jonathan D. Mellor, Javier Botet, Pablo Rosso, Jaume Balagueró, Paco Plaza
Rating65% 3.2511453.2511453.2511453.2511453.251145
Dr. Owen (Jonathan Mellor), an official from the Ministry of Health, and a GEO team equipped with video cameras are sent into a quarantined apartment building to control the situation. After Martos, a GEO officer, is killed and infected encountering some of the infected, Owen uses religious mantra and rosary to hold him off in a room. It turns out that Owen is actually a priest sent by the Vatican to get a blood sample from a possessed girl named Tristana Medeiros.
REC
REC (2007)
, 1h18
Directed by Jaume Balagueró, Paco Plaza
Origin Espagne
Genres Fantastic, Horror
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about religion, Demons in film, Zombie films, Films about viral outbreaks, Disaster films
Actors Manuela Velasco, Javier Botet, Pablo Rosso
Rating73% 3.697943.697943.697943.697943.69794
Ángela Vidal (Manuela Velasco), and her cameraman, Pablo, are covering the night shift in one of Barcelona's local fire stations for the documentary television series While You're Sleeping. While they are recording, the firehouse receives a call about an old woman, Mrs. Izquierdo, who is trapped in her apartment and screaming. Ángela and Pablo accompany two of the firefighters, Álex and Manu, to the apartment building, where two police officers are waiting. As they approach the old woman, she becomes aggressive and attacks one of the officers, biting his neck.
A Christmas Tale, 1h11
Directed by Paco Plaza
Origin Espagne
Genres Drama, Thriller, Horror
Themes Christmas films
Actors Ivana Baquero, Elsa Pataky
Rating62% 3.1014653.1014653.1014653.1014653.101465
Hiver 1985. Un groupe d'enfants, composé de Koldo (Christian Casas), Peti (Roger Babià), Tito (Pau Poch), Eugenio (Daniel Casadellà) et Moni (Ivana Baquero), la seule fille du groupe, trouve une femme, habillée en Père Noël, piégée dans un trou dans les bois. Lorsqu'ils vont au poste de police pour donner l'alerte, ils découvrent que la femme est une dangereuse criminelle, Rebeca Expósito (Maru Valdivieso), ayant dérobé deux millions de pesetas et recherchée pour braquage de banque. Les enfants prennent la décision de ne pas la laisser sortir du trou tant qu'elle ne leur donnera pas son butin. Cependant, une fois qu'elle leur a donné l'argent, et par peur des représailles, ils ne libèrent pas leur prisonnière; après des jours de privation et d'emprisonnement dans la forêt, la voleuse meurt.
Romasanta: The Werewolf Hunt, 1h31
Directed by Paco Plaza
Origin Espagne
Genres Action, Horror
Themes Films about animals, Films about magic and magicians, Wolves in film, Werewolves in film, Serial killer films, Mise en scène d'un mammifère
Actors Julian Sands, Elsa Pataky, John Sharian, Ivana Baquero, Macarena Gómez, Laura Mañá
Rating51% 2.5998852.5998852.5998852.5998852.599885
The story takes place in 1851 and deals with a small Spanish village apparently plagued by what we would now call a serial killer, as corpses are discovered bearing both savage mutilation and precise surgical incisions. Clues point toward Manuel Romasanta (Julian Sands), who confesses to the crimes, but claims that he is a victim of lycanthropy. A scientist, Professor Philips (David Gant), argues that Romasanta suffers not from a supernatural curse but from a mental disorder.
Second Name, 1h33
Directed by Paco Plaza
Origin Espagne
Genres Drama, Thriller, Horror
Actors Teresa Gimpera Flaquer, Craig Hill
Rating54% 2.70622.70622.70622.70622.7062
After the suicide of her father, Daniella (Erica Prior) investigates her family's past.

Scriptwriter

Veronica
Veronica (2017)
, 1h50
Directed by Paco Plaza
Origin Espagne
Genres Drama, Horror
Themes Films about children, Films about religion, Demons in film, Ghost films
Actors Sandra Escacena, Ana Torrent, Leticia Dolera
Roles Writer
Rating62% 3.1002953.1002953.1002953.1002953.100295
Madrid, 1991. Lors d'une éclipse solaire, une lycéenne, Verónica, participe à une séance de spiritisme avec ses deux amies. La jeune fille est harcelée par des créatures surnaturelles qui menacent de s'en prendre à elle et à sa famille. La santé mentale de Verónica se dégrade : elle devient peu à peu insomniaque et violente avec ses proches, et est prise de crises soudaines...
[REC]⁴ Apocalypse, 1h36
Directed by Jaume Balagueró
Origin Espagne
Genres Drama, Thriller, Fantastic, Horror
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about religion, Demons in film, Zombie films, Films about viral outbreaks, Disaster films
Actors Manuela Velasco, Javier Botet, Héctor Colomé, Emilio Buale Coka
Roles Creative Producer
Rating53% 2.658062.658062.658062.658062.65806
The film opens with the GEOs sent in to recover Ángela. They begin setting bombs all over the apartments, but when they're ambushed by the infected Manu and the old man, they then kill them off and kill the officers infected as well. They then hear Ángela's screams for help and tell her it is time to get out.
[REC]³ Genesis, 1h20
Directed by Paco Plaza
Origin Espagne
Genres Drama, Thriller, Horror comedy, Romantic comedy, Horror
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about religion, Demons in film, Zombie films, Films about viral outbreaks, Comedy horror films, Disaster films, Films about marriage
Actors Leticia Dolera, Javier Botet, Alex Monner, Manuela Velasco
Rating50% 2.505662.505662.505662.505662.50566
Koldo and Clara are about to celebrate their wedding day. The wedding is filmed by Koldo's cousin, Adrián, and their wedding photographer, Atun, plus footage cuts from other guests' mobile phones and cameras. The guests travel to the wedding reception, held in a huge mansion, on chartered coaches. Adrián films his uncle, who says he was bitten by a dog, but says he will be all right.
[REC]²
[REC]² (2009)
, 1h25
Directed by Jaume Balagueró, Paco Plaza
Origin Espagne
Genres Thriller, Fantastic, Horror
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about religion, Films set in the future, Demons in film, Zombie films, Films about viral outbreaks, Political films, Dystopian films, Disaster films
Actors Manuela Velasco, Jonathan D. Mellor, Javier Botet, Pablo Rosso, Jaume Balagueró, Paco Plaza
Rating65% 3.2511453.2511453.2511453.2511453.251145
Dr. Owen (Jonathan Mellor), an official from the Ministry of Health, and a GEO team equipped with video cameras are sent into a quarantined apartment building to control the situation. After Martos, a GEO officer, is killed and infected encountering some of the infected, Owen uses religious mantra and rosary to hold him off in a room. It turns out that Owen is actually a priest sent by the Vatican to get a blood sample from a possessed girl named Tristana Medeiros.
Quarantine
Quarantine (2008)
, 1h29
Directed by John Erick Dowdle
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Thriller, Fantasy, Horror
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about religion, Films about the labor movement, Zombie films, Films about viral outbreaks, Disaster films, American disaster films
Actors Jennifer Carpenter, Jay Hernández, Columbus Short, Greg Germann, Steve Harris, Marin Hinkle
Roles Writer
Rating59% 2.998112.998112.998112.998112.99811
A television reporter named Angela Vidal (Jennifer Carpenter) and her cameraman Scott Percival (Steve Harris) are assigned to follow firefighters Jake (Jay Hernandez) and Fletcher (Johnathon Schaech) on their night shift. The crew responds to an emergency call from an apartment building. The apartment manager Yuri (Rade Sherbedgia) says that he and other residents heard screams from the room of an old woman named Mrs. Espinoza (Jeannie Epper), who has locked herself in her apartment. Jake, Fletcher, Yuri, police officers Danny (Columbus Short) and James (Andrew Fiscella), and the camera crew go to the apartment, where they find Mrs. Espinoza in serious condition. She is bleeding severely and foaming at the mouth. Moments later, they are attacked by Espinoza who bites James in the neck. They take him downstairs for medical assistance, while Fletcher stays with a now sedated Mrs. Espinoza upstairs. However, when they get downstairs, they find the apartment doors have been locked from the outside, leaving everyone, including several residents, trapped inside. Upstairs, Fletcher is attacked by Mrs. Espinoza and thrown from the railing to the ground, leaving him in serious condition. Lawrence (Greg Germann), a veterinarian, starts tending to the injured as best as possible.
REC
REC (2007)
, 1h18
Directed by Jaume Balagueró, Paco Plaza
Origin Espagne
Genres Fantastic, Horror
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about religion, Demons in film, Zombie films, Films about viral outbreaks, Disaster films
Actors Manuela Velasco, Javier Botet, Pablo Rosso
Rating73% 3.697943.697943.697943.697943.69794
Ángela Vidal (Manuela Velasco), and her cameraman, Pablo, are covering the night shift in one of Barcelona's local fire stations for the documentary television series While You're Sleeping. While they are recording, the firehouse receives a call about an old woman, Mrs. Izquierdo, who is trapped in her apartment and screaming. Ángela and Pablo accompany two of the firefighters, Álex and Manu, to the apartment building, where two police officers are waiting. As they approach the old woman, she becomes aggressive and attacks one of the officers, biting his neck.