Jesús Franco - Movie and Film Biography, Credits and Filmography

Aliases

Jesus Franco
Jess Franco
Clifford Brown
Jesús Franco Manera

Genres

Adult
Horror

Active

1959 - 2006

Born

May 12, 1930

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Jesús Franco began directing low-budget films in the late '50s, and, by the '60s, found his specialty in horror movies. His 1962 Gritos En La Noche (aka The Awful Dr. Orloff) found many admirers internationally, and spawned several sequels. A prolific filmmaker, Franco's lurid shockers embrace almost every horror subgenre: Frankenstein (La Maldicion de Frankenstein); vampires (Count Dracula); psycho killers (Jack the Ripper); the occult (El Procesco De Las Brujas [aka Night Of The Blood Monster]); Fu Manchu (The Castle of Fu Manchu); and satanism (Lorna, The Exorcist [aka Les Possédées du Diable]). Franco often combined eroticism and horror (El Case De Las Dos Bellezas [aka Sadisterotica]; Necronomicon -- Getraumte Sunden [aka Succubus]), and exhibited a fondness for women-in-prison exploitation films (99 Women [aka Isle of Lost Women]; Caged Women [aka Barbed Wire Dolls]). Franco has also made several films derived from the writings of the Marquis de Sade, including Justine, Eugenie de Sade, Eugenie: The Story of Her Journey Into Perversion (aka Philosophy in the Boudoir), and Juliette.

Title	Year	Editors' Rating		User Rating
Ellos robaron la picha de Hitler Actor	2006
Snakewoman Director, Screen Story	2005
Incubus Director	2002
Blind Target Director	2001
Killer Barbys Director	2001
Vampire Blues Director	2001
Vampire Junction Director, Screenwriter	2001
Helter Skelter Director, Screenwriter	2000
Broken Dolls Director, Screenwriter	1999
Dr. Wong's Virtual Hell Actor, Director, Screenwriter	1999
Lust for Frankenstein Director, Screenwriter	1998
Mari-Cookie and the Killer Tarantula Director, Screenwriter	1998
Tender Flesh Director, Screenwriter	1997
Don Quixote de Orson Welles Editor, Post Production Supervisor	1992
El Abuelo, la condesa y Escarlata la traviesa Director	1992
Faceless Director	1989
Esmeralda Bay Director, Screenwriter	1988
Biba la Banda! Producer	1987
Dark Mission Director	1987
Golden Temple Amazons Director	1985
Diamonds of Kilimandjaro Director, Screenwriter	1983
Botas Negras, Látigo De Cuero Director	1982
Cecilia Director, Producer	1982
Gemidos De Placer Director	1982
Oasis of the Zombies Screenwriter	1982
Orgias Inconfesables De Emmanuelle Director	1982
Revenge in the House of Usher Director	1982
Die Säge des Todes Director	1981
Las Chicas de Copacabana Composer (Music Score), Director, Editor, Screenwriter	1981
Macumba Sexual Director	1981
Sadomania Director, Screen Story, Screenwriter	1981
The Sex Is Crazy Director	1981
Orgia De Ninfomanas Director	1980
Jack the Ripper Director	1979
La Noche de Los Asesinos Director	1979
The Sadist of Notre Dame Director	1979
Une Fille pour les Cannibales Actor, Director	1979
Convoi de filles Screenwriter	1978
Ilsa, the Wicked Warden Actor, Director, Producer, Screenwriter	1978
Je Brule de Partout Director	1978
Robinson und Seine Wilden Sklavinnen Director	1978
Blue Rita Director	1977
Demoniac Actor, Director	1977
Frauen für Zellen-Block 9 Director	1977
Caged Women Director	1975
De Sade's Juliette Director	1975
Midnight Party Director	1975
Shining Sex, La Fille au Sexe Brilliant Director	1975
Women Behind Bars Director	1975
Celestine, Bonne a Tout Faire Director	1974
Exorcisme Director	1974
Les Emmerdeuses Director	1974
Les Nonnes en Folie Director	1974
Les Possédées du Diable Director	1974
Roland, l'Homme le Plus Sexy du Monde Director	1974
A Virgin Among the Living Dead Actor, Director	1973
Al Otro Lado del Espejo Director	1973
Des Frissons sur la Peau Director	1973
Female Vampire Actor, Director	1973
La Comtesse Perverse Director	1973
Les Exploits Erotiques de Maciste dans L'Atlantide Director	1973
Maciste Contre la Reine des Amazones Director	1973
Mais Qui Donc a Viole Linda? Plaisir Solitaire Director	1973
Plaisir a Trois Director	1973
Tango au Clair de Lune Director	1973
El Muerto Hace las Maletas Director, Screenwriter	1972
La Fille de Dracula Director	1972
Le Journal Intime d'Une Nymphomane Director	1972
Les Demons Director	1972
Les Ebranlees Director	1972
Un Capitan de Quince Años Director	1972
Un Silencio de Tumba Director	1972
Les Vierges et l'Amour Director	1971
Dracula Contra Frankenstein Director, Screenwriter	1970
Eugenie de Sade Actor, Director, Screenwriter	1970
La Venganza del Dr. Mabuse Director	1970
Nightmares Come at Night Director	1970
Sex Charade Director	1970
She Killed In Ecstasy Actor, Director	1970
The Devil Came From Akasava Director	1970
Vampyros Lesbos Actor, Director	1970
X-312: Flug zur Hölle Director	1970
99 Women Director	1969
El Conde Dracula Director, Screenwriter	1969
Eugenie Director, Screenwriter	1969
The Bloody Judge Director	1969
The Girl From Rio Director	1969
Two Undercover Angels Director, Screenwriter	1969
Venus in Furs Director, Screenwriter	1969
Justine Director	1968
La Ciudad sin Hombres Director	1968
The Blood of Fu Manchu Director	1968
The Castle of Fu Manchu Director	1968
Kiss Me, Monster Director	1967
Lucky, El Intrepido Director	1967
Residencia para Espias Director	1967
Succubus Director	1967
Attack of the Robots Director	1966
Miss Muerte Director	1965
Dr. Orloff's Monster Director	1964
The Diabolical Doctor Z Director, Screenwriter	1964
El Llanero Director	1963
Rififi En la Ciudad Director	1963
La Muerta Silba un Blues Director	1962
The Awful Dr. Orlof Director, Screenwriter	1962
The Sadistic Baron von Klaus Director	1962
La Reina del Tabarin Director	1960
Labios Rojos Director	1960
Vampiresas 1930 Director	1960
Tenemos 18 Años Director	1959

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