Jesús Franco
Personal Info
Known For
Directing
Known Credits
132
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
Midnight Party
Vampire Blues
Vampyros Lesbos
White Cannibal Queen
Vampir Cuadecuc
Kiss Me Killer
Attack of the Robots
Attack of the Robots
Dolls for Sale
Falks Frauen
Debris Documentar
The Well
Barbed Wire Dolls
Bloody Jess
Idoru
Anna Said Yes
Call Me Jess Redux
Jailhouse Wardress
Eugenie de Sade
Sexorcismes
Martes de Carnaval
Beloved Count
Bahia Blanca
Two Undercover Angels
Call Him Jess
Kiss Me Monster
Queridos monstruos
Marquis de Sade: Justine
Eugenie
The Vengeance of Dr. Mabuse
Around the World in 80 Days
Venus in Furs
Sex Is Crazy
Tío Jess
Your Caresses
Macumba Sexual
Celestine
99 Women
Exorcismo: The Transgressive Legacy of Clasificada “S”
Female Vampire
The Troublemakers
Greta, the Mad Butcher
Black Boots, Leather Whip
Sadomania
Take-Away Spirit
The Girl from Rio
Eurotika!
Lucky, the Inscrutable
Inferno Rosso: Joe D'Amato on the Road of Excess
Ban the Sadist Videos!
Lorna, the Exorcist
Count Dracula
She Killed in Ecstasy
A Virgin Among the Living Dead
Slaves
Sinner: The Secret Diary of a Nymphomaniac
Jess' Women
The Night Of Open Sex
The Hot Nights of Linda
Downtown
The Erotic Rites of Frankenstein
The Blood of Fu Manchu
The Castle of Fu Manchu
X312 - Flight to Hell
Succubus
The Awful Dr. Orlof
Coffins of Light
The Sinister Doctor Orloff
Bloody Moon
Flesh-Eating Mothers
Exorcism
Esmeralda Bay
The Other Side of the Mirror
Daughter of Dracula
Strange Voyage
Night of the Skull
La última película de Jess Franco
The Devil Came from Akasava
Soledad Miranda, Flower in the Desert
Robinson and His Tempestuous Slaves
Night Has a Thousand Desires
Dr. Wong's Virtual Hell
What a Honeymoon
Wild Session
Ladies House of Pleasure
Clawing! A Journey Through the Spanish Horror
Orson Welles in the Land of Don Quixote
El abuelo, la condesa y Escarlata la traviesa
Dr. Orloff's Monster
Death Whistles the Blues
Women Behind Bars
Perversion Stories
The Diabolical Dr. Z
The Sinister Eyes of Dr. Orloff
Death Karate in Torremolinos
The Sadist of Notre Dame
Blood on My Shoes
Exorciseme
Revenge of the Alligator Ladies
Al Pereira vs. the Alligator Ladies
Macumba sexual: Voodoo Jess
Residence for Spies
Jesús in Furs
The Blues of Pop Street
Martes de Carnaval
La cripta de las condenadas
Girl with the Red Lips
El misterio del castillo rojo
Judoka Shadow versus Doctor Wong
The Corpse Packs His Bags
Trip to Bangkok, Coffin included
Los profundos sueños de Jennifer
Por la gracia de Luis
On the Threshold to Another World
Esa cosa con plumas
Lonely Road
Antena Criminal: Making a Jess Franco Movie
En busca del dragón dorado
Ellos robaron la picha de Hitler
Journey into Perversion
The Rhythm of Jess
The Bizarre World of Jess Franco
Drácula Barcelona
See you later Cowabunga: La maldición del cenachero diabólico!
Jesús Franco, manera de vivir
A Crack for Two
Shining Sex
Red Venice
Angel of Death 2: The Prison Island Massacre
Justine and the Whip
Lilian, the Perverted Virgin
White Skin Black Thighs
