Jesús Franco
Personal Info
Known For
Directing
Known Credits
130
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
Clawing! A Journey Through the Spanish Horror
Your Caresses
Slaves
A Virgin Among the Living Dead
Eugenie
Barbed Wire Dolls
Bahia Blanca
Falks Frauen
Debris Documentar
Midnight Party
Venus in Furs
Vampir Cuadecuc
Camino solitario
Vampyros Lesbos
Queridos monstruos
Eugenie de Sade
White Cannibal Queen
Death Whistles the Blues
The Diabolical Dr. Z
Kiss Me Killer
Downtown
Marquis de Sade: Justine
Exorcismo: The Transgressive Legacy of Clasificada “S”
Vampire Blues
Macumba Sexual
The Well
Revenge of the Alligator Ladies
Dolls for Sale
Inferno Rosso: Joe D'Amato on the Road of Excess
Celestine
Female Vampire
Al Pereira vs. the Alligator Ladies
Sexorcismes
Sadomania
Les emmerdeuses
The Castle of Fu Manchu
Bloody Jess
Call Him Jess
The Night Of Open Sex
The Sinister Eyes of Dr. Orloff
Jailhouse Wardress
Around the World in 80 Days
Beloved Count
The Erotic Rites of Frankenstein
Women Behind Bars
She Killed in Ecstasy
Attack of the Robots
Attack of the Robots
The Other Side of the Mirror
Strange Voyage
X312 - Flight to Hell
El abuelo, la condesa y Escarlata la traviesa
The Blood of Fu Manchu
The Blues of Pop Street
The Devil Came from Akasava
Flesh-Eating Mothers
Two Undercover Angels
Sinner: The Secret Diary of a Nymphomaniac
Ladies House of Pleasure
Bloody Moon
Night Has a Thousand Desires
Por la gracia de Luis
Daughter of Dracula
Esmeralda Bay
What a Honeymoon
The Corpse Packs His Bags
On the Threshold to Another World
Night of the Skull
The Awful Dr. Orlof
Robinson and His Tempestuous Slaves
99 Women
La última película de Jess Franco
The Girl from Rio
Trip to Bangkok, Coffin included
Jess' Women
Greta, the Mad Butcher
The Hot Nights of Linda
Dr. Wong's Virtual Hell
Idoru
Residence for Spies
The Rhythm of Jess
Sex Is Crazy
Kiss Me Monster
Dr. Orloff's Monster
Eurotika!
The Sinister Doctor Orloff
Count Dracula
El misterio del castillo rojo
The Vengeance of Dr. Mabuse
Girl with the Red Lips
Soledad Miranda, Flower in the Desert
Orson Welles in the Land of Don Quixote
The Sadist of Notre Dame
Journey into Perversion
Call Me Jess Redux
Death Karate in Torremolinos
Anna Said Yes
Macumba sexual: Voodoo Jess
Wild Session
Jesús in Furs
La cripta de las condenadas
Black Boots, Leather Whip
Succubus
See you later Cowabunga: La maldición del cenachero diabólico!
Coffins of Light
Lucky, the Inscrutable
Exorcism
Perversion Stories
Ban the Sadist Videos!
Drácula Barcelona
Blood on My Shoes
Judoka Shadow versus Doctor Wong
Exorciseme
En busca del dragón dorado
Ellos robaron la picha de Hitler
Martes de Carnaval
Esa cosa con plumas
Take-Away Spirit
Jesús Franco, manera de vivir
Antena Criminal: Making a Jess Franco Movie
Tío Jess
Los profundos sueños de Jennifer
The Bizarre World of Jess Franco
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
