---
name: "Paco Cabezas"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/paco-cabezas"
fi1m_id: "paco-cabezas"
imdb_id: "nm2161247"
tmdb_id: 79279
wikidata_id: "Q2654533"
roles: ["Director"]
born: "1 January 1978"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 74
average_as: "director"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-17T18:35:12.041676+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Paco Cabezas

## Identity

Paco Cabezas

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/paco-cabezas
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** paco-cabezas
- **IMDb ID:** nm2161247
- **TMDB ID:** 79279
- **Wikidata ID:** Q2654533
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paco_Cabezas, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2654533, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2161247/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/79279

Director. Born 1 January 1978 in Seville, Spain.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Born:** 1 January 1978, Seville, Spain
- **Active:** 2014–present
- **Average Fi1m score:** 74, as director, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 76 (1), 2020s 71 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paco_Cabezas, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2654533, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2161247/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/79279

## Streaming the US now

- **Hulu:** [*Penny Dreadful*](https://film.one/tv/penny-dreadful.md) (76)
- **Netflix:** [*Wednesday*](https://film.one/tv/wednesday.md) (71)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Paco Cabezas is a Spanish film and television director and screenwriter. He began his career in the early 2000s with Spanish-language projects, including writing and directing the horror film *The Appeared* (2007) and the action comedy *Neon Flesh* (2010).

Cabezas made his American feature debut with the action film *Rage* (2014), starring Nicolas Cage, followed by the romantic action comedy *Mr. Right* (2015). He has since directed episodes of numerous television series, including *Penny Dreadful* (2016), *Into the Badlands* (2015–2017), *Fear the Walking Dead* (2017), *American Gods* (2017), *The Umbrella Academy* (2019–2024), *The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon* (2023–2025) and *Wednesday* (2025).

Born in the Seville area of Spain, Cabezas continues to work on both Spanish and international productions.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Wednesday* (2022), Fi1m 71, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/wednesday.md)
- *Penny Dreadful* (2014), Fi1m 76, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/penny-dreadful.md)

## Complete filmography (32)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *La nena* (2026), series, Executive Producer
- *The Purple Network* (2023), series, Director
- *The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon* (2023), series, Director
- *Wednesday* (2022), series, Director — Fi1m 71, [page](https://film.one/tv/wednesday.md)
- *The Gypsy Bride* (2022), series, Director
- *Penny Dreadful: City of Angels* (2020), series, Director, Supervising Producer
- *Goodbye* (2019), Director
- *The Umbrella Academy* (2019), series, Director
- *Deadly Class* (2019), series, Director
- *Blade Runner: Mundos Replicantes* (2018), as Comentarista
- *The Alienist* (2018), series, Director
- *American Gods* (2017), series, Director
- *Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency* (2016), series, Director
- *Mr. Right* (2016), Director
- *Into the Badlands* (2015), series, Director
- *Fear the Walking Dead* (2015), series, Director
- *Torrente 5: Operation Eurovegas* (2014), Script Consultant
- *The Strain* (2014), series, Director
- *Penny Dreadful* (2014), series, Director — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/tv/penny-dreadful.md)
- *Rage* (2014), Director
- *Cap Nord* (2012), Actor
- *Bon Appétit* (2010), Screenplay
- *Neon Flesh* (2010), Writer, Director
- *Spanish Movie* (2009), Writer
- *The Appeared* (2008), as Tv Chainsaw Psycho Killer · Director, Writer
- *Sexy Killer: You'll Die for Her* (2008), Writer
- *Les Volets* (2006), as The Director
- *Neon Flesh* (2005), Director, Writer
- *Teacher in a Bikini* (2002), as Sergio
- *Invasión Travesti* (2000), Director
- *Ladies of the Law* (2000), series, as Sami
- *Fausses alertes* (1999), Actor

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