Daniel Myrick, Eduardo Sanchez

The Profile

Co-directors of the 1999 independent horror film The Blair Witch Project.

Co-directors Daniel Myrick and Eduardo Sanchez made The Blair Witch Project (1999), a low-budget independent horror film that used a found-footage/pseudo-documentary approach and a viral internet campaign. The film achieved major box-office success and divided critics, while popularizing the found-footage subgenre.

Two reviews examine The Blair Witch Project's documentary-style approach and its viral internet marketing. Critics praise the film's atmosphere and influence on found-footage horror while noting implausible plot choices and uneven pacing. Overall regarded as influential though divisive.