
Jesús Franco
Born: 1930-05-12
Place of Birth: 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 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.
Known For

The Blues of Pop Street

Celestine

Strange Voyage

Orson Welles in the Land of Don Quixote

Journey into Perversion

X312 - Flight to Hell

The Diabolical Dr. Z

Night Has a Thousand Desires

Slaves

La última película de Jess Franco

Midnight Party

White Cannibal Queen

Daughter of Dracula

Queridos monstruos

Vampyros Lesbos

Around the World in 80 Days

Eugenie de Sade

Exorcismo: The Transgressive Legacy of Clasificada “S”

Lonely Road

The Sadist of Notre Dame

Marquis de Sade: Justine

Barbed Wire Dolls

The Other Side of the Mirror

The Troublemakers

Eugenie

She Killed in Ecstasy

Debris Documentar

The Night Of Open Sex

Sexorcismes

Kiss Me Killer

Kiss Me Monster

Dolls for Sale

Jailhouse Wardress

Flesh-Eating Mothers

Vampir Cuadecuc

Bahia Blanca

The Well

Venus in Furs

99 Women

Call Him Jess

Idoru

The Castle of Fu Manchu

Two Undercover Angels

Esmeralda Bay

The Sinister Doctor Orloff

Female Vampire

Vampire Blues

Jesús Franco, manera de vivir

Dr. Wong's Virtual Hell

Attack of the Robots

Attack of the Robots

The Rhythm of Jess

En busca del dragón dorado

Sadomania

Count Dracula

Ladies House of Pleasure

A Virgin Among the Living Dead

What a Honeymoon

Succubus

Ban the Sadist Videos!

Beloved Count

Sinner: The Secret Diary of a Nymphomaniac

Greta, the Mad Butcher

Macumba Sexual

Bloody Moon

Your Caresses

Downtown

Call Me Jess Redux

The Girl from Rio

Jesús in Furs

Sex Is Crazy

Coffins of Light

The Vengeance of Dr. Mabuse

The Hot Nights of Linda

Exorcism

Dr. Orloff's Monster

Robinson and His Tempestuous Slaves

The Blood of Fu Manchu

Black Boots, Leather Whip

Inferno Rosso: Joe D'Amato on the Road of Excess

The Erotic Rites of Frankenstein

Lucky, the Inscrutable

The Devil Came from Akasava

The Sinister Eyes of Dr. Orloff

Anna Said Yes

Women Behind Bars

The Awful Dr. Orlof

Clawing! A Journey Through the Spanish Horror

Martes de Carnaval

Wild Session

Al Pereira vs. the Alligator Ladies

El abuelo, la condesa y Escarlata la traviesa

The Corpse Packs His Bags

Night of the Skull

Death Karate in Torremolinos

Tío Jess

La cripta de las condenadas

Revenge of the Alligator Ladies

Exorciseme

Residence for Spies

Drácula Barcelona

Esa cosa con plumas

Death Whistles the Blues

Blood on My Shoes

Trip to Bangkok, Coffin included

Girl with the Red Lips

Por la gracia de Luis

Soledad Miranda, Flower in the Desert

Judoka Shadow versus Doctor Wong

Ellos robaron la picha de Hitler

A Crack for Two

Shining Sex

Red Venice

Justine and the Whip

Angel of Death 2: The Prison Island Massacre

Lilian, the Perverted Virgin
