Paco Cabezas

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Paco Cabezas
Born (1978-01-11) January 11, 1978 (age 46)
Seville, Spain
NationalitySpanish
Occupation(s)Film director, television director and screenwriter
Years active2000–present

Paco Cabezas (born January 11, 1978) is a Spanish film director and screenwriter, best known for directing The Appeared , Rage and Mr. Right .

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Career

In 2007, Cabezas wrote and directed Spanish language horror film The Appeared , following that, in 2008, he wrote the screenplay for the Spanish horror comedy film Sexykiller . [1] In 2009, he wrote the script for the comedy film Spanish Movie . In 2010, he wrote the script for the romantic drama Bon Appétit and also wrote and directed action comedy film Neon Flesh . [1]

In 2014, Cabezas directed and wrote the first ceremony of the Feroz Awards. He also directed action-crime film Rage starring Nicolas Cage, Rachel Nichols, Peter Stormare, and Danny Glover. [1] Scripted by Jim Agnew and Sean Keller, the film was released on May 9, 2014 by Image Entertainment, and it was Cabezas' American debut film. [2] [1]

In 2015, Cabezas directed an action-comedy romance film Mr. Right based on the script by Max Landis. [3] The film starred Sam Rockwell, Anna Kendrick, Tim Roth, James Ransone, Anson Mount, Michael Eklund and RZA. The film got the closing night premiere at the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival. [4]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleDirectorWriterNotes
2000Invasión TravestiYesYes
2007 The Appeared YesYes
2008 Sexykiller NoYes
2009 Spanish Movie NoYes
2010 Bon Appétit NoYes
2010 Neon Flesh YesYes
2014 Rage YesNo
2015 Mr. Right YesNo
2019 Bye YesNo

Television

YearTitleDirectorWriterProducerNotes
2005Neon FleshNoYesSupervisingWriter, supervising producer (36 episodes) [5]
2005–2006 Bones NoYesYesWriter (3 episodes), producer (21 episodes) [6]
2014 I Premios Feroz YesYesNoTV special
2016–2019 Penny Dreadful YesNoNoTV special
2016 Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency YesNoNo
2017–2018 Into the Badlands YesNoNo
2017 The Strain YesNoNo
2017 Fear the Walking Dead YesNoNo
2018 The Alienist YesNoNo
2019 Deadly Class YesNoNo
2019 American Gods YesNoNo
2020 Penny Dreadful: City of Angels YesNoNo
2022 In From the Cold YesNoNo
2022 The Umbrella Academy YesNoNo
2022 The Gypsy Bride YesNoNo
2023 The Purple Network YesExecutiveAlso creator

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