Jesús Franco
Directing
- Born:
- 1930-05-12
- Died:
- 2013-04-02
- Place of birth:
- Madrid, Spain
Biography
Jesús "Jess" Franco was a Spanish film director, writer, cinematographer and actor. His career took off in 1961 with his cult classic The Awful Dr. Orloff, which received wide distribution in the United States and England. Though he had some American box office success with Necronomicon, his first women-in-prison film Ninety-Nine Women, and his two Christopher Lee films, The Bloody Judge and Count Dracula, he never achieved wide commercial success. Franco moved from Spain to France in 1970 so that he could make more violent and sexual films, and it was at this point that his career began to go downhill commercially, as he turned to low-budget filmmaking with a heavier accent on adult-oriented films. Although he produced a few well-received, low budget horror films in the early 70's, many people in the industry considered him a porn director due to the huge number of X-rated adult films he began churning out. Franco returned to low-budget horror in a brief comeback period from 1980-1983, but after 1983, his career took a second downturn. With the exception of Faceless and Killer Barbies, his films after 1984 are quite disliked and obscure due to their incredibly low budgets. Franco has nevertheless retained a large cult following through the years with his sexually-charged horror films, some of which are regarded as masterpieces by his avid followers.
Known For
Filmography
Exorcismo: The Transgressive Legacy of Clasificada “S”
Inferno Rosso: Joe D'Amato on the Road of Excess
Wild Session
Drácula Barcelona
Soledad Miranda, Flower in the Desert
Queridos monstruos
Call Me Jess Redux
Clawing! A Journey Through the Spanish Horror
Falks Frauen
Revenge of the Alligator Ladies
La última película de Jess Franco
The Rhythm of Jess
Al Pereira vs. the Alligator Ladies
Los profundos sueños de Jennifer
Tío Jess
La cripta de las condenadas
Debris Documentar
Macumba sexual: Voodoo Jess
Por la gracia de Luis
Idoru
Martes de Carnaval
Take-Away Spirit
Coffins of Light
Ellos robaron la picha de Hitler
Jesús Franco, manera de vivir
Beloved Count
Angel of Death 2: The Prison Island Massacre
Bloody Jess
Ban the Sadist Videos!
The Well
Jesús in Furs
Jess' Women
See you later Cowabunga: La maldición del cenachero diabólico!
On the Threshold to Another World
Death Karate in Torremolinos
Red Venice
Perversion Stories
Antena Criminal: Making a Jess Franco Movie
Journey into Perversion
Orson Welles in the Land of Don Quixote
Call Him Jess
Eurotika!
Vampire Blues
Dr. Wong's Virtual Hell
Eurotrash
El abuelo, la condesa y Escarlata la traviesa
Esmeralda Bay
Flesh-Eating Mothers
Esa cosa con plumas
Girl with the Red Lips
Trip to Bangkok, Coffin Included
Judoka Shadow versus Doctor Wong
A Crack for Two
Lilian, the Perverted Virgin
The Sinister Doctor Orloff
Night Has a Thousand Desires
Lonely Road
Bahia Blanca
Macumba Sexual
The Night Of Open Sex
Black Boots, Leather Whip
En busca del dragón dorado
Blood on My Shoes
The Blues of Pop Street
The Bizarre World of Jess Franco
Jailhouse Wardress
Sadomania
Bloody Moon
Sex Is Crazy
White Cannibal Queen
What a Honeymoon
Justine and the Whip
The Sadist of Notre Dame
Slaves
Kiss Me Killer
Greta, the Mad Butcher
Shining Sex
White Skin Black Thighs
Downtown
The Troublemakers
Ladies House of Pleasure
Barbed Wire Dolls
Midnight Party
Exorcism
The Hot Nights of Linda
Female Vampire
Women Behind Bars
Sexorcismes
Lorna, the Exorcist
Celestine
Night of the Skull
Dolls for Sale
A Virgin Among the Living Dead
The Other Side of the Mirror
Sinner: The Secret Diary of a Nymphomaniac
The Erotic Rites of Frankenstein
Eugenie de Sade
The Sinister Eyes of Dr. Orloff
The Vengeance of Dr. Mabuse
Daughter of Dracula
The Corpse Packs His Bags
Robinson and His Tempestuous Slaves
Vampir Cuadecuc
She Killed in Ecstasy
X312 - Flight to Hell
Vampyros Lesbos
The Devil Came from Akasava
Count Dracula
Eugenie
Your Caresses
Venus in Furs
The Castle of Fu Manchu
Marquis de Sade: Justine
Kiss Me Monster
Two Undercover Angels
The Girl from Rio
99 Women
The Blood of Fu Manchu
Succubus
Residence for Spies
Lucky, the Inscrutable
The Diabolical Dr. Z
Attack of the Robots
Dr. Orloff's Monster
Strange Voyage
Death Whistles the Blues
The Awful Dr. Orlof
Anna Said Yes
Around the World in 80 Days
El misterio del castillo rojo