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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.
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]
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.
Count Dracula (German: Nachts, wenn Dracula erwacht, lit. 'At night, when Dracula awakens'; also known as El Conde Dracula, Bram Stoker's Count Dracula, Il Conte Dracula) is a 1970 horror film directed and co-written by Jesús Franco, based on the novel Dracula by Bram Stoker.
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.
The film was one of the many productions Franco had made with film producer Harry Alan Towers. While earlier material produced with Towers leaned towards more pulp-oriented material such as The Blood of Fu Manchu (1969), Venus in Furs was more related to what academic Tatiana Pavlović described as sexploitation -related material. [ 2 ]
99 Women was released in San Francisco on March 5, 1969 with a runtime of 84 minutes. This was followed by screenings in West Germany on March 14, 1969 as Der heiße Tod (transl. Hot Death) at 108 minutes, Madrid on June 16, 1969 as 99 mujeres at 78 minutes and then Rome on July 18, 1969 as 99 donne at 108 minutes.