Jesús Franco
Personal Info
Known For
Directing
Known Credits
129
Gender
Male
Birthday
1930-05-12
Day of death
2013-04-02 (82 years old)
Place of Birth
Madrid, Spain
Jesús Franco
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
Exorcismo: The Transgressive Legacy of Clasificada “S”
Celestine
Inferno Rosso: Joe D'Amato on the Road of Excess
Eugenie
The Sadist of Notre Dame
Bahia Blanca
Slaves
On the Threshold to Another World
Esmeralda Bay
La cripta de las condenadas
Count Dracula
The Blood of Fu Manchu
Sinner: The Secret Diary of a Nymphomaniac
Exorcism
Venus in Furs
Flesh-Eating Mothers
Call Me Jess Redux
The Night Of Open Sex
The Erotic Rites of Frankenstein
Around the World in Eighty Days
Your Caresses
The Sinister Eyes of Dr. Orloff
Female Vampire
The Rhythm of Jess
Vampyros Lesbos
Camino solitario
The Castle of Fu Manchu
The Blues of Pop Street
99 Women
Sexorcismes
X312 - Flight to Hell
Les emmerdeuses
Debris Documentar
Barbed Wire Dolls
Attack of the Robots
Attack of the Robots
Midnight Party
Journey into Perversion
White Cannibal Queen
A Virgin Among the Living Dead
Falks Frauen
Ladies House of Pleasure
Marquis de Sade: Justine
Dolls for Sale
Downtown
Night of the Skull
The Devil Came from Akasava
El misterio del castillo rojo
Vampir Cuadecuc
Eurotika!
Call Him Jess
Strange Voyage
Kiss Me Killer
Wild Session
The Girl from Rio
Vampire Blues
Tío Jess
Clawing! A Journey Through the Spanish Horror
Al Pereira vs. the Alligator Ladies
Night Has a Thousand Desires
Bloody Moon
Queridos monstruos
The Diabolical Dr. Z
Robinson and His Tempestuous Slaves
Sadomania
Women Behind Bars
La última película de Jess Franco
Two Undercover Angels
Dr. Wong's Virtual Hell
What a Honeymoon
She Killed in Ecstasy
Greta, the Mad Butcher
Kiss Me Monster
The Hot Nights of Linda
Macumba Sexual
Daughter of Dracula
The Well
Sex Is Crazy
Idoru
The Sinister Doctor Orloff
Revenge of the Alligator Ladies
Jailhouse Wardress
Blood on My Shoes
Dr. Orloff's Monster
Death Whistles the Blues
Lucky, the Inscrutable
The Corpse Packs His Bags
Eugenie de Sade
Residence for Spies
Por la gracia de Luis
Succubus
El abuelo, la condesa y Escarlata la traviesa
The Awful Dr. Orlof
Coffins of Light
Macumba sexual: Voodoo Jess
Trip to Bangkok, Coffin included
Anna Said Yes
Antena Criminal: Making a Jess Franco Movie
Girl with the Red Lips
Jess' Women
Orson Welles in the Land of Don Quixote
Beloved Count
The Vengeance of Dr. Mabuse
Death Karate in Torremolinos
Soledad Miranda, Flower in the Desert
See you later Cowabunga: La maldición del cenachero diabólico!
Martes de Carnaval
The Bizarre World of Jess Franco
Black Boots, Leather Whip
Bloody Jess
Ban the Sadist Videos!
En busca del dragón dorado
Perversion Stories
Drácula Barcelona
Jesús in Furs
Exorciseme
Judoka Shadow versus Doctor Wong
Ellos robaron la picha de Hitler
Take-Away Spirit
Esa cosa con plumas
Los profundos sueños de Jennifer
Jesús Franco, manera de vivir
A Crack for Two
Shining Sex
Red Venice
Justine and the Whip
Angel of Death 2: The Prison Island Massacre
Lilian, the Perverted Virgin
White Skin Black Thighs
