Jesús Franco

Director

Born: May 12, 1930
Died: April 2, 2013 (age 82)
From: Madrid, Spain

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…

Filmography (247)

Exorcismo: The Transgressive Legacy of Clasificada “S” (2024)
Self - Archive footage
Inferno Rosso: Joe D'Amato on the Road of Excess (2021)
Self (archive footage)
Wild Session (2019)
Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
Drácula Barcelona (2017)
Himself
Soledad Miranda, Flower in the Desert (2015)
Himself (archive footage)
Queridos monstruos (2014)
Self
Call Me Jess Redux (2014)
Himself
Clawing! A Journey Through the Spanish Horror (2014)
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Falks Frauen
Falks Frauen (2014)
(archive footage)
Revenge of the Alligator Ladies (2013)
Director
La última película de Jess Franco (2013)
Self
The Rhythm of Jess (2013)
Self
Al Pereira vs. the Alligator Ladies (2013)
Director
Los profundos sueños de Jennifer
Los profundos sueños de Jennifer (2013)
Voz
Tío Jess (2012)
Self
La cripta de las condenadas: Parte II (2012)
Director
La cripta de las condenadas (2012)
Director
Debris Documentar (2012)
Himself
Macumba sexual: Voodoo Jess
Macumba sexual: Voodoo Jess (2010)
Self
Paula-Paula (2010)
Director
Por la gracia de Luis (2009)
Himself
Idoru (2009)
Take-Away Spirit
Take-Away Spirit (2009)
J.W. Radek
Coffins of Light (2009)
himself
A Bad Day at the Cemetery (2008)
Director
Ellos robaron la picha de Hitler (2008)
Padre del Dr. Weissman
Jesús Franco, manera de vivir (2007)
Himself
Beloved Count (2007)
Self
Angel of Death 2: The Prison Island Massacre (2007)
Pete
Lascivia
Lascivia (2007)
Director