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Francisco Plaza Trinidad (born 8 February 1973), simply known as Paco Plaza, is a Spanish filmmaker known for his works in the horror genre.[1] He is the co-creator of the REC zombie film franchise.[1][2]

Paco Plaza
At the 2009 Venice Film Festival
Born	Francisco Plaza Trinidad (1973-02-08) 8 February 1973 (age 49) Valencia, Spain
Alma mater	CEU Cardinal Herrera University
Occupation	Film director screenwriter

Career

Francisco Plaza Trinidad was born on 8 February 1973 in Valencia.[3][4] Plaza has a degree in Audiovisual Communication from CEU Cardinal Herrera University and a diploma in Film Direction from the ECAM. He speaks Spanish, English and French.

Although he is best known as a director, he is also a screenwriter, producer, editor and even was a costume designer on one occasion for Tropismos (1995), his first short film and with which he made his debut as a director.

Paco is known in Spanish cinema and abroad for the creation of the trilogy REC (2007). A year after the release of the first film, American director John Erick Dowdle made an adaptation of the Paco Plaza film, under the name of Quarantine (2008). The trilogy REC has accumulated a total of 26 awards and 17 nominations in numerous film festivals.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Director	Writer	Notes
2002	El segundo nombre	Yes	Yes
	OT: La película	Yes	No	Documentary Co-directed with Jaume Balaguero
2004	Romasanta	Yes	No
2007	REC	Yes	Yes	Co-directed with Jaume Balaguero
2009	REC 2	Yes	Yes
2010	Bunbury 3D	Yes	No	Concert film
2012	REC 3: Genesis	Yes	Yes
2017	Verónica	Yes	Yes	Also associate producer
2019	Quien a hierro mata	Yes	No	IMDb
2021	La abuela	Yes	No
TBA	Hermana Muerte	Yes	No	[5]

As actor

Year	Title	Role
1996	Adosados	Marido
2009	REC 2	Zombie
	Spanish Movie	Municipal
2020	La Suite Nupcial	Cameo Camarero

Producer only

Year	Title	Notes
2014	REC 4: Apocalypse	Creative producer
2015	Requirements to Be a Normal Person	Producer and executive producer

Short Film

Year	Title	Director	Writer	Producer	Notes
1995	Tropismos	Yes	Yes	Yes	Also editor and costume designer
1997	Tarzán en el Café Lisboa	Yes	Yes	Yes	Also editor
1999	Abuelitos	Yes	No	No
2001	Puzzles	Yes	No	No
2007	Sr. Rosso	No	No	Yes
2009	Lo siento, te quiero	No	No	Yes
2010	Luna de miele, Luna di sangue VII	Yes	Yes	No
2013	Habitantes	No	No	Yes
2014	Ultravioleta	Yes	Yes	No	Advertising short Also additional still photographer
2020	D.E.V.:Disfrute en Vida	Yes	No	No	Advertising short Co-directed with Daniel Sánchez Arévalo

Television

Year	Title	Director	Writer	Notes
2005	Cuento de Navidad	Yes	No	TV movie
2016	El Ministerio del Tiempo	Yes	No	Episode: "Tiempo de magia"
2021	Historias para no dormir	Yes	Yes	Episode: "Freddy"[6]

As actor

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1990	La Forja de un Rebelde	Extra	TV Series 1 episode
	Eva y Adan: Agencia Matrimonial	Policia
2002	Cuentame	Policía Gris

References

External links

• Paco Plaza at IMDb

На других языках

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[de] Paco Plaza

Paco Plaza (* 8. Februar 1973 in Valencia) ist ein spanischer Filmregisseur, vor allem bekannt durch seine Arbeit bei [REC] und [REC]² zusammen mit Jaume Balagueró.[1] Er studierte Informatik an der Universität Valencia und absolvierte einen Filmgestaltungskurs an der Hochschule für Film und audiovisuelle Medien Madrid (ECAM).[2] Daneben schrieb er auch das Drehbuch für [REC]³ Génesis.[3] Bei [REC]³ Génesis führte er daneben erstmals alleine Regie.[4]

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- [en] Paco Plaza

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[es] Paco Plaza

Francisco Plaza Trinidad (Valencia, 8 de febrero de 1973), más conocido como Paco Plaza, es un director de cine español. Actualmente reside en Madrid.

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[ru] Пласа, Пако

Фра́нсиско Пла́са Тринидад (исп. Francisco Plaza Trinidad, или просто Па́ко Пла́са исп. Paco Plaza; род. 8 февраля 1973 года, Валенсия, Испания[1][2]) — испанский режиссёр и сценарист родом из Валенсии, проживающий в Барселоне.

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