Jesús Franco
Directing
Born May 12, 1930 · Madrid, Spain
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…
Known For · 40 titles
Eurotrash
White Cannibal Queen
Around the World in 80 Days
See you later Cowabunga: La maldición del cenachero diabólico!
Eugenie de Sade
Eugenie
Vampyros Lesbos
Marquis de Sade: Justine
Celestine
Strange Voyage
Call Him Jess
Sex Is Crazy
Lorna, the Exorcist
Jesús Franco, manera de vivir
Eurotika!
Count Dracula
Female Vampire
Sadomania
Martes de Carnaval
Kiss Me Monster
Kiss Me Killer
99 Women
The Blood of Fu Manchu
The Girl from Rio
Call Me Jess Redux
Vampir Cuadecuc
Midnight Party
Barbed Wire Dolls
Two Undercover Angels
Greta, the Mad Butcher
The Erotic Rites of Frankenstein
Black Boots, Leather Whip
Downtown
En busca del dragón dorado
Beloved Count
A Virgin Among the Living Dead
Ladies House of Pleasure
Jailhouse Wardress
Succubus
The Vengeance of Dr. Mabuse