Jesús Franco
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- May 12, 1930, Madrid, Spain
- Died
- April 2, 2013
- Movies
- 332
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.
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Best-Known Movies
Filmography
Directing, Writing & Producing
| 2013 | Revenge of the Alligator Ladies | Director, Writer |
| 2013 | Al Pereira vs. the Alligator Ladies | Director, Writer, Producer |
| 2012 | La cripta de las condenadas: Parte II | Director, Writer, Producer |
| 2012 | La cripta de las condenadas | Director, Writer, Producer |
| 2010 | Paula-Paula | Director, Screenplay |
| 2008 | A Bad Day at the Cemetery | Director, Screenplay |
| 2007 | Lascivia | Director |
| 2006 | Montes de Venus | Director |
| 2005 | Snakewoman | Director, Writer |
| 2005 | Jess Franco's Passion | Director, Writer |
| 2005 | Jess Franco's Perversion | Director, Writer |
| 2002 | Killer Barbys vs. Dracula | Director, Screenplay |
| 2002 | Incubus | Director, Writer |
| 2001 | Vampire Junction | Director, Writer |
| 2000 | Blind Target | Director |
| 2000 | Helter Skelter | Director, Writer |
| 1999 | Vampire Blues | Director, Screenplay |
| 1999 | Dr. Wong's Virtual Hell | Writer, Director |
| 1999 | Broken Dolls | Director, Writer |
| 1999 | Red Silk | Screenplay, Director |
| 1998 | Lust for Frankenstein | Director, Screenplay, Producer |
| 1998 | Mari-Cookie and the Killer Tarantula | Director, Screenplay, Producer |
| 1997 | Tender Flesh | Director, Screenplay |
| 1996 | Vampire Killer Barbys | Director, Writer |
| 1994 | Downtown Heat | Director, Screenplay, Producer |
| 1993 | Jungle of Fear | Director |
| 1992 | El abuelo, la condesa y Escarlata la traviesa | Director, Screenplay |
| 1991 | In Pursuit of Barbara | Director |
| 1989 | Night of the Eagles | Director, Screenplay |
| 1989 | Esmeralda Bay | Director, Writer, Producer |
| 1988 | Dark Mission: Flowers of Evil | Director, Writer, Producer |
| 1988 | Faceless | Director, Writer |
| 1987 | Slave of Crime | Director, Screenplay |
| 1987 | Falo Crest | Director, Writer |
| 1987 | Trapped Women | Director, Screenplay |
| 1987 | Thong Girls | Director, Writer, Screenplay |
| 1987 | Phollastía | Director |
| 1986 | Golden Temple Amazons | Director, Producer |
| 1986 | Para las nenas, leche calentita | Director, Screenplay |
| 1986 | Alone Against Terror | Director, Screenplay |
| 1986 | Entre pitos anda el juego | Director, Screenplay |
| 1986 | The Voyeur and the Exhibitionist | Director, Writer |
| 1986 | Lulu's Talking Ass | Director, Screenplay |
| 1986 | Las chuponas | Director, Writer |
| 1986 | Fury in the Tropics | Director, Writer |
| 1986 | The Last from Philippines | Director, Producer |
| 1986 | Girl with the Red Lips | Director, Screenplay |
| 1986 | Sida, la peste del siglo XX | Director, Screenplay |
| 1985 | Angel of Death | Director, Screenplay |
| 1985 | Un pito para tres | Director, Screenplay |
| 1985 | Dirty Game in Casablanca | Director, Producer |
| 1985 | Trip to Bangkok, Coffin Included | Director, Screenplay, Producer |
| 1985 | White Jungle Slave | Director |
| 1985 | Judoka Shadow versus Doctor Wong | Director, Screenplay |
| 1985 | Bangkok, City of the Dead | Director, Screenplay |
| 1984 | The Sexual Story of O | Director, Screenplay, Producer |
| 1984 | A Crack for Two | Director, Screenplay |
| 1984 | Lilian, the Perverted Virgin | Director, Screenplay |
| 1984 | The Sinister Doctor Orloff | Director, Screenplay |
| 1984 | How Much Does a Spy Make? | Director, Writer, Producer |
| 1984 | Night Has a Thousand Desires | Director, Writer |
| 1984 | Lonely Road | Director, Writer |
| 1984 | Bahia Blanca | Writer, Screenplay, Producer, Director |
| 1983 | Macumba Sexual | Director, Screenplay |
| 1983 | The Hotel of Love Affairs | Director, Screenplay |
| 1983 | Cries of Pleasure | Director, Writer |
| 1983 | The House of Lost Women | Director, Screenplay |
| 1983 | Intimate Confessions of an Exhibitionist | Director |
| 1983 | Diamonds of Kilimandjaro | Director, Screenplay, Producer |
| 1983 | Cecilia | Writer, Producer, Director |
| 1983 | Revenge in the House of Usher | Director, Screenplay, Producer |
| 1983 | The Night Of Open Sex | Director |
| 1983 | Black Boots, Leather Whip | Director, Writer |
| 1983 | Voces de muerte | Director, Screenplay |
| 1983 | Blood on My Shoes | Director, Screenplay |
| 1983 | The Blues of Pop Street | Director, Screenplay |
| 1983 | En busca del dragón dorado | Director, Screenplay |
| 1983 | Claire | Director |
| 1982 | Mansion of the Living Dead | Screenplay, Director |
| 1982 | Oasis of the Zombies | Director, Screenplay |
| 1982 | Lake of the Virgins | Director, Writer |
| 1982 | The Inconfessable Orgies of Emmanuelle | Director, Screenplay |
| 1982 | El huésped de la niebla | Director |
| 1981 | Pick-Up Girls | Director, Screenplay |
| 1981 | Jailhouse Wardress | Director |
| 1981 | Lola 2000 | Director |
| 1981 | The Story of Linda | Director |
| 1981 | Sexual Perversions of a Married Woman | Director, Writer |
| 1981 | Zombie Lake | Writer |
| 1981 | The Girls of the Copacabana | Director, Screenplay |
| 1981 | Bloody Moon | Director |
| 1981 | Sadomania | Director, Screenplay |
| 1981 | Sex Is Crazy | Director, Screenplay |
| 1980 | Devil Hunter | Director, Screenplay |
| 1980 | Cannibal Terror | Writer |
| 1980 | White Cannibal Queen | Director, Writer |
| 1980 | Wicked Memoirs of Eugenie | Director, Writer |
| 1980 | Two Female Spies with Flowered Panties | Director, Screenplay |
| 1980 | Erotic Symphony | Director, Writer |
| 1980 | What a Honeymoon | Director, Screenplay |
| 1979 | Justine and the Whip | Director, Writer |
| 1979 | Convoy of Girls | Director, Writer |
| 1979 | The Sadist of Notre Dame | Director, Writer |
| 1979 | Burning Up Inside | Director, Writer |
| 1979 | They Do Everything | Director, Writer |
| 1978 | Cocktail spécial | Director |
| 1978 | Women in Cellblock 9 | Director, Screenplay |
| 1978 | Women Without Innocence | Director, Writer |
| 1977 | Call of the Blonde Goddess | Director, Writer |
| 1977 | Love Camp | Director |
| 1977 | Sexy Sisters | Director |
| 1977 | Blue Rita | Director, Writer |
| 1977 | Slaves | Director |
| 1977 | Kiss Me Killer | Director, Writer |
| 1977 | Love Letters of a Portuguese Nun | Director |
| 1977 | Greta, the Mad Butcher | Director, Writer |
| 1977 | Doriana Grey | Director, Writer |
| 1976 | Silence of the Grave | Director, Screenplay, Producer |
| 1976 | Around the World in 80 Beds | Director |
| 1976 | Jack the Ripper | Director, Screenplay |
| 1976 | Shining Sex | Director |
| 1976 | Girls in the Night Traffic | Director |
| 1976 | White Skin Black Thighs | Director, Screenplay |
| 1976 | Downtown | Director, Writer |
| 1976 | The Troublemakers | Director, Screenplay |
| 1976 | Barbed Wire Dolls | Director, Writer |
| 1976 | Golden Jail | Director |
| 1976 | Midnight Party | Director, Writer |
| 1975 | Countess Perverse | Director, Writer |
| 1975 | Rolls-Royce Baby | Director |
| 1975 | Exorcism | Director, Screenplay |
| 1975 | The Ticklish Ones | Director |
| 1975 | The Hot Nights of Linda | Director, Screenplay |
| 1975 | Sexy Erotic Job | Director |
| 1975 | A Virgin for St. Tropez | Director |
| 1975 | Women Behind Bars | Director |
| 1975 | Sexorcismes | Director, Writer |
| 1974 | Lorna, the Exorcist | Director, Writer |
| 1974 | Celestine | Director, Writer |
| 1974 | Night of the Skull | Director, Screenplay |
| 1974 | The House of the Lost Dolls | Screenplay |
| 1974 | How to Seduce a Virgin | Director, Writer |
| 1974 | The Greedy Ones | Director, Screenplay |
| 1974 | The Lustful Amazons | Director, Screenplay |
| 1973 | Dolls for Sale | Director |
| 1973 | A Virgin Among the Living Dead | Director, Writer |
| 1973 | Lovers of Devil's Island | Director, Screenplay |
| 1973 | The Other Side of the Mirror | Director, Screenplay |
| 1973 | Sinner: The Secret Diary of a Nymphomaniac | Director |
| 1973 | Female Vampire | Director, Writer |
| 1973 | The Erotic Rites of Frankenstein | Director, Screenplay |
| 1973 | Fifteen Year Old Captain | Director, Writer |
| 1973 | Eugenie de Sade | Director, Writer |
| 1973 | The Demons | Director, Writer |
| 1973 | Nightmares Come at Night | Director, Writer |
| 1973 | The Sinister Eyes of Dr. Orloff | Director, Screenplay |
| 1973 | Tender and Perverse Emmanuelle | Director, Writer |
| 1972 | The Vengeance of Dr. Mabuse | Director, Screenplay |
| 1972 | Daughter of Dracula | Director, Writer |
| 1972 | Dracula, Prisoner of Frankenstein | Director, Screenplay |
| 1972 | The Corpse Packs His Bags | Director, Screenplay |
| 1972 | Robinson and His Tempestuous Slaves | Director |
| 1972 | Virgin Report | Director |
| 1971 | She Killed in Ecstasy | Director, Writer |
| 1971 | X312 - Flight to Hell | Director, Screenplay |
| 1971 | Vampyros Lesbos | Director, Screenplay |
| 1971 | The Devil Came from Akasava | Director |
| 1970 | Count Dracula | Director, Screenplay |
| 1970 | Eugenie | Director |
| 1970 | The Bloody Judge | Director |
| 1969 | Venus in Furs | Director, Writer |
| 1969 | The Castle of Fu Manchu | Director |
| 1969 | Marquis de Sade: Justine | Director |
| 1969 | Two Undercover Angels | Director, Screenplay |
| 1969 | Kiss Me Monster | Director, Screenplay |
| 1969 | The Girl from Rio | Director |
| 1969 | 99 Women | Director, Screenplay |
| 1968 | A Man, Eight Girls | Director |
| 1968 | The Blood of Fu Manchu | Director, Screenplay |
| 1968 | Succubus | Director |
| 1968 | Residence for Spies | Director, Writer |
| 1967 | Lucky, the Inscrutable | Director, Screenplay |
| 1966 | The Diabolical Dr. Z | Director, Screenplay |
| 1966 | Attack of the Robots | Director, Screenplay |
| 1965 | Dr. Orloff's Monster | Director, Screenplay |
| 1964 | Rififi in the City | Director, Writer |
| 1964 | Death Whistles the Blues | Director, Screenplay |
| 1963 | Jaguar | Director |
| 1962 | Zorro the Avenger | Screenplay |
| 1962 | The Sadistic Baron Von Klaus | Director, Screenplay |
| 1962 | The Awful Dr. Orlof | Director, Screenplay |
| 1962 | Vampiresas 1930 | Director, Screenplay |
| 1960 | Queen of the Tabarin Club | Director |
| 1960 | Ama Rosa | Writer |
| 1960 | Red Lips | Director, Screenplay |
| 1960 | Estampas guipuzcoanas número 2: Pío Baroja | Director |
| 1960 | El destierro del Cid | Director |
| 1959 | We Are 18 Years Old | Director, Writer |
| 1959 | Oro español | Director, Screenplay |
| 1959 | Las playas vacías | Director, Screenplay |
| 1959 | Llegaron los franceses | Writer |
| 1957 | Fulano y Mengano | Screenplay |
| 1957 | The Tree from Spain | Director, Screenplay |
| 1956 | The Mysterious Melody AKA Ce soir les souris dansent | Writer |
| 1956 | The Coyote's Justice | Screenplay |
| 1955 | The Coyote | Screenplay |
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