Jesús Franco
Personal Info
Known For
Directing
Gender
Male
Birthday
1930-05-12
Place of Birth
Madrid, Spain
Jesús Franco
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.
Also Known For
The Erotic Rites of Frankenstein
May 31, 1973
The Castle of Fu Manchu
May 29, 1969
The Devil Came from Akasava
Mar 05, 1971
Count Dracula
Apr 03, 1970
The Corpse Packs His Bags
Oct 01, 1972
Vampire Blues
Jan 01, 1999
Antena Criminal: Making a Jess Franco Movie
Jan 15, 2002
Journey into Perversion
Jul 17, 2001
The Diabolical Dr. Z
Aug 01, 1966
Falks Frauen
Feb 25, 2014
Inferno Rosso: Joe D'Amato on the Road of Excess
Sep 05, 2021
Dr. Wong's Virtual Hell
Jan 01, 1999
She Killed in Ecstasy
Dec 10, 1971
Venus in Furs
Aug 19, 1969
Dr. Orloff's Monster
Aug 20, 1965
Succubus
Apr 19, 1968
Attack of the Robots
Apr 27, 1966
Eugenie de Sade
Apr 05, 1973
Kiss Me Killer
Mar 31, 1977
Barbed Wire Dolls
Apr 22, 1976
Night of the Skull
Sep 29, 1974
Female Vampire
Jan 24, 1975
The Sinister Doctor Orloff
Jun 18, 1984
The Vengeance of Dr. Mabuse
Dec 26, 1972
Take-Away Spirit
Jan 01, 2009
Jailhouse Wardress
Aug 05, 1981
Sex Is Crazy
Jan 01, 1981
The Girl from Rio
Mar 14, 1969
Vampyros Lesbos
Jul 15, 1971
Downtown
Aug 28, 1975
Women Behind Bars
Jan 01, 1975
Exorcism
Aug 25, 1975
Sadomania
Mar 27, 1981
Judoka Shadow versus Doctor Wong
Jan 01, 1985
Midnight Party
Jan 23, 1976
Death Karate in Torremolinos
Mar 14, 2003
Eugenie
Feb 20, 1970
Celestine
Oct 16, 1974
Al Pereira vs. the Alligator Ladies
Mar 22, 2013
La cripta de las condenadas
Oct 05, 2012
Robinson and His Tempestuous Slaves
Oct 01, 1972
Slaves
Apr 15, 1977
La última película de Jess Franco
Oct 11, 2013
Orson Welles in the Land of Don Quixote
Nov 05, 2000
Sinner: The Secret Diary of a Nymphomaniac
Jun 21, 1973
The Rhythm of Jess
Apr 26, 2013
Macumba Sexual
Oct 20, 1983
Call Him Jess
Jan 20, 2000
Bloody Moon
Mar 27, 1981
Call Me Jess Redux
Sep 26, 2014
On the Threshold to Another World
Sep 29, 2003
Marquis de Sade: Justine
Apr 03, 1969
Strange Voyage
Aug 09, 1964
White Cannibal Queen
Sep 15, 1980
A Crack for Two
Aug 01, 1984
Vampir Cuadecuc
May 05, 1972
En busca del dragón dorado
Jan 01, 1983
Dolls for Sale
Nov 29, 1973
The Blues of Pop Street
Jan 01, 1983
Blood on My Shoes
Jan 01, 1983
The Troublemakers
Jul 22, 1976
Girl with the Red Lips
Jan 01, 1986
El abuelo, la condesa y Escarlata la traviesa
Jan 01, 1992
Los profundos sueños de Jennifer
Mar 18, 2013
The Sadist of Notre Dame
Jun 15, 1979
Kiss Me Monster
Mar 28, 1969
Shining Sex
Aug 21, 1976
The Night Of Open Sex
Feb 23, 1983
Your Caresses
Nov 06, 1969
The Blood of Fu Manchu
Aug 23, 1968
Red Venice
Jan 01, 2003
The Sinister Eyes of Dr. Orloff
Jan 01, 1973
Revenge of the Alligator Ladies
Oct 12, 2013
Debris Documentar
Sep 28, 2012
Flesh-Eating Mothers
Sep 16, 1988
Lucky, the Inscrutable
Jun 23, 1967
Justine and the Whip
Sep 13, 1979
Angel of Death 2: The Prison Island Massacre
Jan 15, 2007
See you later Cowabunga: La maldición del cenachero diabólico!
Mar 06, 2004
Night Has a Thousand Desires
Mar 05, 1984
Lonely Road
Jan 23, 1984
Black Boots, Leather Whip
Jan 24, 1983
The Hot Nights of Linda
Jul 16, 1975
Around the World in 80 Days
Oct 17, 1956
Esa cosa con plumas
Apr 08, 1988
Tío Jess
Nov 20, 2012
Jesús Franco, manera de vivir
May 24, 2007
Drácula Barcelona
Oct 05, 2017
Two Undercover Angels
Mar 28, 1969
The Well
Mar 11, 2005
Idoru
Sep 27, 2009
Martes de Carnaval
Jan 05, 2008
99 Women
Mar 05, 1969
Queridos monstruos
Oct 10, 2014
Ban the Sadist Videos!
Sep 06, 2005
Soledad Miranda, Flower in the Desert
Oct 01, 2015
Coffins of Light
Jan 01, 2009
Por la gracia de Luis
Oct 17, 2009
What a Honeymoon
Jan 01, 1980
El misterio del castillo rojo
Clawing! A Journey Through the Spanish Horror
Jun 20, 2014
Esmeralda Bay
May 18, 1989
Attack of the Robots
Apr 27, 1966
Jesús in Furs
Feb 22, 2005
Wild Session
Dec 13, 2019
Daughter of Dracula
Dec 14, 1972
Greta, the Mad Butcher
Jan 21, 1977
The Awful Dr. Orlof
May 14, 1962
A Virgin Among the Living Dead
Nov 15, 1973
Ladies House of Pleasure
Jun 23, 1976
Bahia Blanca
Jan 01, 1984
Residence for Spies
Jan 09, 1968
Death Whistles the Blues
Jul 04, 1964
Lilian, the Perverted Virgin
Jun 25, 1984
Ellos robaron la picha de Hitler
Jun 06, 2008
Anna Said Yes
Oct 23, 1958
Bloody Jess
Jan 01, 2007
Perversion Stories
Nov 05, 2002
Beloved Count
Feb 27, 2007
White Skin Black Thighs
Jul 29, 1976
X312 - Flight to Hell
Aug 20, 1971
Exorcismo: The Transgressive Legacy of Clasificada “S”
Oct 03, 2024
Exorciseme
Aug 20, 1975
The Bizarre World of Jess Franco
Jan 01, 1983
Macumba sexual: Voodoo Jess
Dec 09, 2010
Jess' Women
Feb 22, 2005
Sexorcismes
Jan 01, 1975
Trip to Bangkok, Coffin included
Jun 01, 1985
The Other Side of the Mirror
Sep 24, 1973
Lorna, the Exorcist
Dec 18, 1974
Eurotika!
Oct 03, 1999
