Jesús Franco
Director
245
Movies
3
TV Shows
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.
Behind the Camera
Cecilia
Productor, Escritor, Director
Mondo cannibale
Director, Escritor
Linda
Director
Der Ruf der blonden Göttin
Director, Escritor
Gemidos de placer
Escritor, Dir. de Arte, Editor, Director
Marquis de Sade: Justine
Director
Las chicas del tanga
Editor, Director, Guionista, Escritor
De Sade 70
Director
El caníbal
Director, Guionista, Compositor
Eugénie de Sade
Director, Escritor
El Ataque de las Vampiras
Dir. de Fotografía, Director, Editor, Escritor
55 días en Pekín
Assistant Production Manager
Campanadas a medianoche
Second Unit Director, Second Unit
Aberraciones sexuales de una rubia caliente
Director
Greta - Haus ohne Männer
Director, Escritor
Célestine... bonne à tout faire
Escritor, Director, Dir. de Fotografía
Frauen für Zellenblock 9
Director, Guionista
Les amazones du temple d'or
Productor, Director
La condesa perversa
Director, Escritor
Frauengefängnis
Escritor, Dir. de Fotografía, Director
Il trono di fuoco
Director, Adaptation
Las Vampiras
Guionista, Director, Compositor, Special Effects Makeup Artist
La ciudad sin hombres
Director
Der heiße Tod
Historia, Guionista, Director
La muerte silba un blues
Director, Guionista
Sadomanía - El infierno de la pasión
Director, Guionista, Editor, Music
Sinfonía erótica
Director, Escritor
Bahía blanca
Escritor, Productor, Historia, Guionista, Director
Midnight Party
Escritor, Director
The Blood of Fu Manchu
Director, Guionista, Historia
As Actor/Actress
Eurotrash
Mondo cannibale
Mr. Martin
La vuelta al mundo en 80 días
Extra (uncredited)
Marquis de Sade: Justine
De Sade 70
Man in Red Ritual Scene (uncredited)
Eugénie de Sade
Attila Tanner
El Ataque de las Vampiras
Dr. Roberts
Greta - Haus ohne Männer
Dr. Milton Arcos (as Jess Franco)
Célestine... bonne à tout faire
Sleeping Man
Eurotika!
Self
Frauengefängnis
Maria's Father (uncredited)
Las Vampiras
Memmet
La ciudad sin hombres
Guitar Player
Der heiße Tod
Official (uncredited)
La muerte silba un blues
Saxofonista en Club de Nueva Orleans (uncredited)
Sadomanía - El infierno de la pasión
Lucas
Bahía blanca
The Miseries (uncredited)
Midnight Party
Janos Radeck
The Blood of Fu Manchu
Colegialas violadas
Doctor (uncredited)
Downtown - Die nackten Puppen der Unterwelt
Al Pereira
Conde Drácula
Van Helsing's servant (uncredited)
Le Journal intime d'une nymphomane
Inspecteur Hernandez
Martes de Carnaval
Don Manolito
Hommes de joie pour femmes vicieuses
Lorna, la exorcista
Doctor (uncredited)
Necronomicon - Geträumte Sünden
Writer
Les Gardiennes du pénitencier
Uncle Jess
Les nuits brûlantes de Linda
Dr. Roberts (as Jess Franck)
La maldición de Frankenstein
Morpho