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Jesús Franco (1930–2013) was a Spanish filmmaker. At a young age, Franco had a passion for comics and music, and followed his love of music, specifically jazz. [1] After his father found out about him working as a jazz musician, he enroled him a religious university in 1949.
Pages in category "Films directed by Jesús Franco" The following 44 pages are in this category, out of 44 total. This list may not reflect recent changes.
Jesús Franco Manera (12 May 1930 – 2 April 2013), also commonly known as Jess Franco, was a Spanish filmmaker, composer, and actor, known as a highly prolific director of low-budget exploitation and B-movies. [1]
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The Awful Dr. Orloff was the first horror film directed by cult filmmaker Franco, and the first of many subsequent collaborations with Howard Vernon. Franco would reuse the Orloff and Morpho characters in many of his later horror films, such as Vampyros Lesbos, Revenge in the House of Usher, and Faceless.
Film historians Roberto Curti and Francesco Cesari said that generally, Death Sings the Blues was critically regarded as something different and culturally more important than Franco's previous output as a director. [3] In the Spanish film magazine Film Ideal, Juan Cobos stated that Death Sings the Blues was the best Spanish film of 1962. [6] L.
Marquis de Sade: Justine (Italian: Justine ovvero le disavventure della virtù, lit. 'Justine or the misadventures of virtue', also released as Deadly Sanctuary) [1] is a 1969 erotic period drama film directed by Jesús Franco, written and produced by Harry Alan Towers, and based on the 1791 novel Justine by the Marquis de Sade.
Franco was adamant about how he disliked the title, saying it was a "crazy idea" and he "didn't think it's a good title. It would have been more successful if we had called it 'Orloff.'" [ 9 ] The French version of the film was also released in Ottawa, Canada at Cinéma de Paris. [ 9 ]