Personal Info
Known For
Directing
Birthdate
1930-05-12
Day of Death
2013-04-02
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.
Filmography (127)
Exorcismo: The Transgressive Legacy of Clasificada “S”
2024
Inferno Rosso: Joe D'Amato on the Road of Excess
2021
Wild Session
2019
Drácula Barcelona
2017
Soledad Miranda, Flower in the Desert
2015
Queridos monstruos
2014
Call Me Jess Redux
2014
Clawing! A Journey Through the Spanish Horror
2014Falks Frauen
2014
Revenge of the Alligator Ladies
2013
La última película de Jess Franco
2013
The Rhythm of Jess
2013
Al Pereira vs. the Alligator Ladies
2013Los profundos sueños de Jennifer
2013
