Known For
Directing
Born
Jun 10, 1927
Died
Jul 02, 2019
Place of Birth
Madrid, Madrid, Spain
Credits
61 titles
José Luis Merino
Biography
Jose Luis Merino (10 June 1927 – 2 July 2019) was a Spanish film writer and director who developed a cult following among horror film fans. He was born in 1927 in Madrid, Spain, as José Luis Merino Boves, and went on to direct around 30 films during his long and varied career as director and writer (1958–1990), most of them action/adventure films, crime dramas , spaghetti westerns, war movies and costume dramas involving Robin Hood, pirates, Zorro etc. He is known to horror film fans for the two horror movies he directed in the early 1970s: Orgy of the Dead ( aka The Hanging Woman ) and Scream of the Demon Lover (aka Ivanna ), which have both become cult classics over the years. Merino never considered himself a horror film director, he chose rather to favor his many action/adventure films. He died on July 2, 2019, at age 92.
Known For
Filmography
Merry-Go-Round c. 1950
The Grandfather
Camarero casino
La herida luminosa
Course Completed
Producer
Double Feature
Production Manager
El crack dos
Meri
La avispita Ruinasa
Director
USA, violación y venganza
Director
Las chicas del bingo
Niño
Begin the Beguine
Producer
El crack
Meri
Viva la clase media
Camarero
¡Qué verde era mi duque!
Unit Production Manager
Siete cabalgan hacia la muerte
Director
Las verdes praderas
7 cabalgan hacia la muerte
Zachary
Tobi
Property Master
Alone in the Small Hours
Assistant Unit Manager
Donde hay patrón...
Property Master
Asignatura pendiente
Unit Production Manager
Marked by Men
Director
Till Divorce Us Do Part
Unit Production Manager
Más fina que las gallinas
Property Master
Beatriz
Property Master
Sábado, chica, motel ¡qué lío aquel!
Director
Earthquake in Chile
Line Producer
Mi mujer es muy decente, dentro de lo que cabe
Unit Production Manager
Los nuevos españoles
Unit Production Manager
Juegos de sociedad
Director
Tarzan in King Solomon's Mines
Writer
The Hanging Woman
Director
Pirates of Blood Island
Director
The Desire in Autumn
Producer
Zorro the Invincible
Director
Zorro, Rider of Vengeance
Director
When Heroes Die
Director
Scream of the Demon Lover
Director
More Dollars for the MacGregors
Director
Zorro's Latest Adventure
Director
Satan's Five Warnings
Director
Robin Hood, l'invincibile arciere
Director
Slaughter on the Khyber Pass
Director
Hell Commandos
Director
A Bullet for Rommel
Story
The Battle of the Last Panzer
Writer
Gatling Gun
Screenplay
Requiem for a Gringo
Director
Colpo sensazionale al servizio del Sifar
Director
Kitosch, the Man Who Came from the North
Director
Europa canta
Director