Awards & Winners

Eduardo Sánchez

Date of Birth 20-December-1967
Place of Birth Cuba
(Latin America, Hurricane belt, Greater Antilles, Americas, North America)
Nationality United States of America
Also know as Eduardo Sanchez, Eduardo Miguel Sánchez-Quiros, Ed Sanchez, Eduardo Miguel Sánchez-Quiros, Edúardo Sanchez, Eduardo Sanchez, Ed Sanchez, Eduardo Sanchez
Profession Film director, Screenwriter, Film Producer, Film Editor, Actor
Eduardo Miguel Sánchez-Quiros is a Cuban-born American director, most famous for co-directing and writing the 1999 psychological horror The Blair Witch Project with Daniel Myrick. Born in 1967, Sánchez moved to Spain with his family at the age of two, before settling in the United States in 1972. He studied television production at Montgomery College in Maryland and obtained his B.A. degree from the University of Central Florida film department where he studied with Dr. Mary C. Johnson and Dr. Charles Harpole. In 1999, Sánchez was joint-recipient of the inaugural Independent Spirit John Cassavetes Award. He is married to the former Stefanie De Cassan and lives with her and their children in the greater Washington, DC area.

Awards by Eduardo Sánchez

Check all the awards nominated and won by Eduardo Sánchez.

2002


Nominations 2002 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
ALMA Award for Special Achievement The Blair Witch Project

2000


Independent Spirit John Cassavetes Award
Honored for : The Blair Witch Project

Nominations 2000 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
ALMA Award for Outstanding Director of a Feature Film The Blair Witch Project
Outstanding Director of a Feature Film
Razzie Award for Worst Screenplay Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2
based on characters created by Daniel Myrick and Eduardo Sanchez
Independent Spirit John Cassavetes Award The Blair Witch Project

1999


Nominations 1999 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
British Independent Film Award for Best Foreign Independent Film - English Language The Blair Witch Project