Known For
Directing
Born
May 12, 1930
Died
Apr 02, 2013
Place of Birth
Madrid, Spain
Credits
274 titles
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
Filmography
Exorcismo: The Transgressive Legacy of Clasificada “S”
Self - Archive footage
Inferno Rosso: Joe D'Amato on the Road of Excess
Self (archive footage)
Wild Session
Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
Drácula Barcelona
Himself
Soledad Miranda, Flower in the Desert
Himself (archive footage)
Queridos monstruos
Self
Call Me Jess Redux
Himself
Clawing! A Journey Through the Spanish Horror
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Falks Frauen
(archive footage)
Revenge of the Alligator Ladies
Himself
La última película de Jess Franco
Self
The Rhythm of Jess
Self
Al Pereira vs. the Alligator Ladies
The Director
Los profundos sueños de Jennifer
Voz
Tío Jess
Self
La cripta de las condenadas: Parte II
Director
La cripta de las condenadas
Debris Documentar
Himself
Macumba sexual: Voodoo Jess
Self
Paula-Paula
Director
Por la gracia de Luis
Himself
Idoru
Martes de Carnaval
Don Manolito
Take-Away Spirit
J.W. Radek
Coffins of Light
himself
A Bad Day at the Cemetery
Screenplay
Ellos robaron la picha de Hitler
Padre del Dr. Weissman
Vampyros Lesbos
Story
Jesús Franco, manera de vivir
Himself
Beloved Count
Self
Angel of Death 2: The Prison Island Massacre
Pete
Lascivia
Director
Bloody Jess
Self
Montes de Venus
Director
Snakewoman
Writer
Ban the Sadist Videos!
Self
Jess Franco's Passion
Director
Jess Franco's Perversion
Writer
The Well
Jess' Women
self
Jesús in Furs
Himself
See you later Cowabunga: La maldición del cenachero diabólico!
On the Threshold to Another World
Himself
Death Karate in Torremolinos
Miyagi
Red Venice
Jess Franco
Killer Barbys vs. Dracula
Director
Perversion Stories
Self
Incubus
Director
Antena Criminal: Making a Jess Franco Movie
Himself
Journey into Perversion
Himself