Jesús Franco
Directing
Born May 12, 1930 in 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 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.
Filmography
Shining Sex
Exorcismo: The Transgressive Legacy of Clasificada “S”
Self - Archive footage
Inferno Rosso: Joe D'Amato on the Road of Excess
Self (archive footage)
Wild Session
Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
Drácula Barcelona
Himself
Soledad Miranda, Flower in the Desert
Himself (archive footage)
Queridos monstruos
Self
Call Me Jess Redux
Himself
Clawing! A Journey Through the Spanish Horror
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Revenge of the Alligator Ladies
Himself
La última película de Jess Franco
Self
The Rhythm of Jess
Self
Al Pereira vs. the Alligator Ladies
The Director
Tío Jess
Self
La cripta de las condenadas: Parte II
La cripta de las condenadas
Debris Documentar
Himself
Paula-Paula
Por la gracia de Luis
Himself
Idoru
Martes de Carnaval
Don Manolito
Coffins of Light
himself
A Bad Day at the Cemetery
Ellos robaron la picha de Hitler
Padre del Dr. Weissman
Vampyros Lesbos
Jesús Franco, manera de vivir
Himself
Beloved Count
Self
Angel of Death 2: The Prison Island Massacre
Pete
Montes de Venus
Snakewoman
Ban the Sadist Videos!
Self
Jess Franco's Passion
Jess Franco's Perversion
The Well
Jesús in Furs
Himself
Death Karate in Torremolinos
Miyagi
Red Venice
Jess Franco
Killer Barbys vs. Dracula
Incubus
Journey into Perversion
Himself
Vampire Junction
Orson Welles in the Land of Don Quixote
Self
Call Him Jess
Himself
Blind Target
Helter Skelter
Eurotika!
Self
Vampire Blues
The Merchant
Dr. Wong's Virtual Hell
Dr. James Wong
Broken Dolls
Red Silk
Lust for Frankenstein
Mari-Cookie and the Killer Tarantula
Tender Flesh
Vampire Killer Barbys
Downtown Heat
Eurotrash
Don Quixote
El abuelo, la condesa y Escarlata la traviesa
Esmeralda Bay
Boat Captain
Night of the Eagles
Flesh-Eating Mothers
Policeman
Dark Mission: Flowers of Evil
Esa cosa con plumas
Faceless
Slave of Crime
Falo Crest
Trapped Women
¡Biba la banda!
Thong Girls
Phollastía
Golden Temple Amazons
Para las nenas, leche calentita
Alone Against Terror
Entre pitos anda el juego
The Voyeur and the Exhibitionist
Lulu's Talking Ass
Fury in the Tropics
Girl with the Red Lips
Professor Karame
Fly Story
The Last from Philippines
Angel of Death
Dirty Game in Casablanca
Trip to Bangkok, Coffin Included
Rose Hotel's recepcionist (uncredited)
Judoka Shadow versus Doctor Wong
Dr. Wong
White Jungle Slave
Bangkok, City of the Dead
The Sexual Story of O
A Crack for Two
Tom
Lilian, the Perverted Virgin
Bernardo
The Sinister Doctor Orloff
Manolo
How Much Does a Spy Make?
Night Has a Thousand Desires
Psychiatrist (uncredited)
Lonely Road
Doctor Callman
Bahia Blanca
The Miseries (uncredited)
Macumba Sexual
Recepcionist
The Hotel of Love Affairs
Cries of Pleasure
The House of Lost Women
Intimate Confessions of an Exhibitionist
Diamonds of Kilimandjaro
Cecilia
Revenge in the House of Usher
The Night Of Open Sex
Count
Black Boots, Leather Whip
Matón en cementerio de coches (voice) (uncredited)
En busca del dragón dorado
Blind Old Man
The Blues of Pop Street
Sam Chesterfield
Blood on My Shoes
Abductor
Claire
Mansion of the Living Dead
Oasis of the Zombies
El lago de las vírgenes
The Inconfessable Orgies of Emmanuelle
Pick-Up Girls
Jailhouse Wardress
Uncle Jess
Lola 2000
The Story of Linda
Sexual Perversions of a Married Woman
Zombie Lake
The Girls of the Copacabana
Sadomania
Lucas
Bloody Moon
Doctor (uncredited)
Sex Is Crazy
Film Director
Devil Hunter
Cannibal Terror
White Cannibal Queen
Mr. Martin
Wicked Memoirs of Eugenie
Two Female Spies with Flowered Panties
Erotic Symphony
What a Honeymoon
Dying Man (uncredited)
Justine and the Whip
Strange Guy
Convoy of Girls
The Sadist of Notre Dame
Mathis Vogel
Burning Up Inside
They Do Everything
Obscene Desire
Cocktail spécial
Women in Cellblock 9
Women Without Innocence
Call of the Blonde Goddess
Love Camp
Sexy Sisters
Blue Rita
Around the World in 80 Beds
Slaves
Radeck's Assistant
Kiss Me Killer
Marcel
Love Letters of a Portuguese Nun
Greta, the Mad Butcher
Dr. Milton Arcos (as Jess Franco)
Silence of the Grave
Jack the Ripper
Shining Sex
Dr. Seward
White Skin Black Thighs
Graf Anastasio
The Troublemakers
Girls in the Night Traffic
Ladies House of Pleasure
Barbed Wire Dolls
Maria's Father (uncredited)
Golden Jail
Midnight Party
Janos Radeck
Doriana Grey
Rolls-Royce Baby
Countess Perverse
Downtown
Al Pereira
Exorcism
Mathis Vogel, aka Laforgue
The Ticklish Ones
The Hot Nights of Linda
Dr. Roberts (as Jess Franck)
Sexy Erotic Job
A Virgin for St. Tropez
Female Vampire
Dr. Roberts
Women Behind Bars
Bill
Sexorcismes
Mathis Vogel
Lorna, the Exorcist
Doctor (uncredited)
Celestine
Sleeping Man
Night of the Skull
Andy
The House of the Lost Dolls
Fifteen Year Old Captain
How to Seduce a Virgin
The Greedy Ones
The Lustful Amazons
Dolls for Sale
A Virgin Among the Living Dead
Basilio
Lovers of Devil's Island
The Other Side of the Mirror
Roger (uncredited)
Sinner: The Secret Diary of a Nymphomaniac
Inspecteur Hernandez
The Erotic Rites of Frankenstein
Morpho
Eugenie de Sade
Attila Tanner
The Demons
Nightmares Come at Night
The Sinister Eyes of Dr. Orloff
Lord Comfort (uncredited)
Tender and Perverse Emmanuelle
The Vengeance of Dr. Mabuse
Crosby / Drunk Man in Nightclub
Daughter of Dracula
Cyril Jefferson
Dracula, Prisoner of Frankenstein
The Corpse Packs His Bags
Gonzales
Robinson and His Tempestuous Slaves
Director
Vampir Cuadecuc
Self
Sex Charade
Virgin Report
She Killed in Ecstasy
Dr. Donen
X312 - Flight to Hell
Man at John Somers'
Vampyros Lesbos
Memmet
The Devil Came from Akasava
Tino Celli
Cuadrilátero
Count Dracula
Van Helsing's servant (uncredited)
Eugenie
Man in Red Ritual Scene (uncredited)
The Bloody Judge
Your Caresses
Venus in Furs
Jazz Musician (uncredited)
The Castle of Fu Manchu
Insp. Ahmet
Marquis de Sade: Justine
Kiss Me Monster
Abilene's Contact Man (uncredited)
Two Undercover Angels
Napoleon Bolivard
The Girl from Rio
Guitar Player
99 Women
Official (uncredited)
A Man, Eight Girls
The Blood of Fu Manchu
Castle of the Creeping Flesh
Succubus
Writer
Residence for Spies
Casino Piano Player (uncredited)
Lucky, the Inscrutable
Ciego / Zoltan / Guitarrista
The Diabolical Dr. Z
Inspector Tanner
Attack of the Robots
Piano Player
Chimes at Midnight
Dr. Orloff's Monster
Piano Player
Rififi in the City
Strange Voyage
Don Venancio
Death Whistles the Blues
Saxofonista en Club de Nueva Orleans (uncredited)
Jaguar
55 Days at Peking
Zorro the Avenger
The Sadistic Baron Von Klaus
The Awful Dr. Orlof
Pianist (uncredited)
Vampiresas 1930
Queen of the Tabarin Club
Ama Rosa
Red Lips
We Are 18 Years Old
Llegaron los franceses
Anna Said Yes
Pianista (uncredited)
Historias de Madrid
Fulano y Mengano
El hombre que viajaba despacito
The Tree from Spain
The Mysterious Melody AKA Ce soir les souris dansent
Around the World in 80 Days
Extra (uncredited)
The Coyote's Justice
Death of a Cyclist
The Coyote
Merry Christmas
Comedians