Jesús Franco
Jesús Franco Manera, also commonly known as Jess Franco, was a Spanish filmmaker, composer, and actor, known as a highly prolific director of low-budget exploitation and B-movies. He worked in many different genres during his career, but was best known for his horror and erotic films, often incorporating surrealist elements.
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Clawing! A Journey Through the Spanish Horror
actor
2013
Al Pereira vs. the Alligator Ladies
writer
2012
Al Pereira vs. the Alligator Ladies
actor
2012
Al Pereira vs. the Alligator Ladies
director
2012
La cripta de las condenadas: Parte II
director
2012
La cripta de las condenadas: Parte II
writer
2012
Paula-Paula
writer
2010
Paula-Paula
director
2010
Snakewoman
writer
2005
Snakewoman
director
2005
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actor
2003
Killer Barbys vs. Dracula
writer
2003
Killer Barbys vs. Dracula
director
2003
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actor
2003
Incubus
director
2002
Vampire Blues
writer
1999
Vampire Blues
director
1999
Dr. Wong's Virtual Hell
actor
1999
Dr. Wong's Virtual Hell
director
1999
Dr. Wong's Virtual Hell
writer
1999
Broken Dolls
director
1999
Vampire Blues
actor
1999
Broken Dolls
writer
1999
Mari-Cookie and the Killer Tarantula in 8 Legs to Love You
director
1998
Mari-Cookie and the Killer Tarantula in 8 Legs to Love You
writer
1998
Mari-Cookie and the Killer Tarantula in 8 Legs to Love You
actor
1998
Lust for Frankenstein
director
1998
Tender Flesh
director
1997
Tender Flesh
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1997
Killer Barbys
director
1996
Killer Barbys
writer
1996
Fall of the Eagles
director
1989
Faceless
director
1988
Faceless
writer
1988
Dark Mission
director
1988
Las chicas del tanga
director
1987
Golden Temple Amazons
director
1986
Esclavas del crimen
director
1986
Esclavas del crimen
writer
1986
Love Letters of a Portuguese Nun
director
1985
El mirón y la exhibicionista
director
1985
Commando Mengele
director
1985
El mirón y la exhibicionista
writer
1985
Ilsa, the Wicked Warden
writer
1984
Ilsa, the Wicked Warden
director
1984
Ilsa, the Wicked Warden
actor
1984
Love Camp
director
1984
Bahía blanca
actor
1984
Bahía blanca
director
1984
Bahía blanca
writer
1984
Lillian the Perverted Virgin
director
1984
Lillian the Perverted Virgin
writer
1984
Lillian the Perverted Virgin
actor
1984
¿Cuánto cobra un espía?
director
1984
¿Cuánto cobra un espía?
writer
1984
Women Without Innocence
director
1983
The Blues of Pop Street
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1983
The Blues of Pop Street
actor
1983
Night of Open Sex
director
1983
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actor
1983
Q3724908
writer
1983
Q3724908
director
1983
The Blues of Pop Street
director
1983
Linda
director
1982
Una rajita para dos
writer
1982
Diamonds of Kilimandjaro
director
1982
Diamonds of Kilimandjaro
writer
1982
Mansion of the Living Dead
director
1982
Mansion of the Living Dead
writer
1982
Revenge in the House of Usher
director
1982
Revenge in the House of Usher
writer
1982
Cries of Pleasure
director
1982
Cries of Pleasure
writer
1982
Q3721091
director
1982
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writer
1982
Q3721091
actor
1982
Una rajita para dos
director
1982
Una rajita para dos
actor
1982
Las orgías inconfesables de Emmanuelle
director
1982
Las orgías inconfesables de Emmanuelle
writer
1982
Sexy Sisters
director
1981
Voodoo Passion
director
1981
Barbed Wire Dolls
actor
1981
Barbed Wire Dolls
director
1981
Barbed Wire Dolls
writer
1981
House Of Cruel Dolls
writer
1981
Aberraciones sexuales de una mujer casada
director
1981
Bloody Moon
director
1981
Bloody Moon
actor
1981
Sadomania
writer
1981
Sadomania
actor
1981
Sadomania
director
1981
Sex Is Crazy
writer
1981
Sex Is Crazy
actor
1981
Macumba sexual
director
1981
Macumba sexual
writer
1981
Macumba sexual
actor
1981
Oasis of the Zombies
director
1981
Oasis of the Zombies
writer
1981
Oasis of the Zombies
actor
1981
Zombie Lake
writer
1981
Cannibal Terror
writer
1981
Sex Is Crazy
director
1981
Devil Hunter
writer
1980
Devil Hunter
actor
1980
Devil Hunter
director
1980
Mondo Cannibale
writer
1980
Mondo Cannibale
director
1980
Mondo Cannibale
actor
1980
Girls in the Night Traffic
director
1980
Jack the Ripper
director
1980
Jack the Ripper
writer
1980
Two Female Spies with Flowered Panties
writer
1980
Two Female Spies with Flowered Panties
director
1980
Celestine, Maid at Your Service
writer
1979
Celestine, Maid at Your Service
director
1979
Sinfonía erótica
writer
1979
Sinfonía erótica
director
1979
Wet Lips
writer
1978
Wet Lips
director
1978
Robinson and His Tempestuous Slaves
actor
1978
Robinson and His Tempestuous Slaves
director
1978
Women in Cellblock 9
director
1978
Women in Cellblock 9
writer
1978
Che!
actor
1977
Around the World in 80 Beds
director
1977
Swedish Nympho Slaves
actor
1977
Swedish Nympho Slaves
director
1977
Blue Rita
writer
1977
Blue Rita
director
1977
Dracula Against Frankenstein
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1976
Dracula Against Frankenstein
director
1976
Downtown
actor
1976
Downtown
director
1976
Downtown
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1976
Female Vampire
director
1975
Female Vampire
actor
1975
Female Vampire
writer
1975
The Erotic Exploits of Maciste in Atlantis
director
1975
Shining Sex
actor
1975
Rolls-Royce Baby
director
1975
Shining Sex
writer
1975
Shining Sex
director
1975
L'éventreur de Notre-Dame
actor
1975
L'éventreur de Notre-Dame
director
1975
Women Behind Bars
actor
1975
Women Behind Bars
director
1975
The Demons
writer
1974
The Demons
director
1974
X312 - Flight to Hell
actor
1974
X312 - Flight to Hell
director
1974
Virgin Report
director
1974
Kiss Me Killer
director
1974
Countess Perverse
director
1974
Yuka
director
1974
Fifteen Year Old Captain
director
1974
Lorna the Exorcist
director
1974
Lorna the Exorcist
actor
1974
Eugénie de Sade
director
1974
Eugénie de Sade
writer
1974
Eugénie de Sade
actor
1974
The Ticklers
director
1974
The Ticklers
writer
1974
Kiss Me Killer
writer
1974
Q3830871
director
1974
Q3830871
writer
1974
Q3830871
actor
1974
Count Dracula
actor
1973
Count Dracula
director
1973
Count Dracula
writer
1973
Der Todesrächer von Soho
director
1973
Der Todesrächer von Soho
writer
1973
Der Todesrächer von Soho
actor
1973
The Sinister Eyes of Dr. Orloff
director
1973
Tendre et perverse Emanuelle
writer
1973
Tendre et perverse Emanuelle
director
1973
Plaisir à trois
director
1973
Obscene Mirror
actor
1973
Obscene Mirror
writer
1973
Obscene Mirror
director
1973
Le journal intime d'une nymphomane
director
1973
The Sinister Eyes of Dr. Orloff
writer
1973
Night of the Skull
director
1973
Le journal intime d'une nymphomane
actor
1973
Night of the Skull
actor
1973
Night of the Skull
writer
1973
The Girl from Rio
director
1972
The Girl from Rio
actor
1972
Lovers of Devil's Island
writer
1972
The Daughter of Dracula
director
1972
Lovers of Devil's Island
director
1972
Rites of Frankenstein
actor
1972
Rites of Frankenstein
writer
1972
The Daughter of Dracula
actor
1972
Nightmares Come at Night
director
1972
The Daughter of Dracula
writer
1972
Rites of Frankenstein
director
1972
She Killed in Ecstasy
director
1971
She Killed in Ecstasy
writer
1971
She Killed in Ecstasy
actor
1971
The Devil Came from Akasava
actor
1971
The Vengeance of Doctor Mabuse
director
1971
The Vengeance of Doctor Mabuse
writer
1971
The Vengeance of Doctor Mabuse
actor
1971
Vampyros Lesbos
writer
1971
A Virgin Among the Living Dead
writer
1971
A Virgin Among the Living Dead
actor
1971
Vampyros Lesbos
actor
1971
A Virgin Among the Living Dead
director
1971
Vampyros Lesbos
director
1971
The Devil Came from Akasava
director
1971
Eugenie... the Story of Her Journey Into Perversion
actor
1970
Cuadecuc, vampir
actor
1970
Eugenie... the Story of Her Journey Into Perversion
director
1970
The Castle of Fu Manchu
actor
1969
The Castle of Fu Manchu
director
1969
Marquis de Sade: Justine
director
1969
Marquis de Sade: Justine
actor
1969
Les mignonnes
actor
1969
Les mignonnes
writer
1969
Les mignonnes
director
1969
Venus in Furs
writer
1969
The Bloody Judge
director
1969
Venus in Furs
director
1969
Venus in Furs
actor
1969
The Blood of Fu Manchu
writer
1968
The Blood of Fu Manchu
director
1968
Sadist Erotica
actor
1968
Succubus
director
1968
Succubus
actor
1968
99 Women
actor
1968
Sadist Erotica
writer
1968
Sadist Erotica
director
1968
99 Women
director
1968
99 Women
writer
1968
The Diabolical Dr. Z
director
1967
The Diabolical Dr. Z
actor
1967
Kiss Me Monster
writer
1967
Lucky
director
1967
Lucky
actor
1967
Kiss Me Monster
director
1967
Attack of the Robots
director
1966
The Secret of Dr. Orloff
director
1964
El extraño viaje
actor
1964
La muerte silba un blues
director
1964
The Secret of Dr. Orloff
actor
1964
The Secret of Dr. Orloff
writer
1964
Q16605443
director
1963
Q16605443
writer
1963
Rififí en la ciudad
writer
1963
Rififí en la ciudad
director
1963
Rififí en la ciudad
actor
1963
The Awful Dr. Orloff
writer
1962
The Awful Dr. Orloff
director
1962
The Awful Dr. Orloff
actor
1962
Zorro the Avenger
writer
1962
Vampiresas 1930
director
1962
The Sadistic Baron Von Klaus
writer
1962
Vampiresas 1930
writer
1962
The Sadistic Baron Von Klaus
director
1962
Queen of the Tabarin Club
director
1960
Labios rojos
director
1960
We Are 18 Years Old
writer
1959
We Are 18 Years Old
director
1959
Fulano y Mengano
writer
1957
La justicia del Coyote
writer
1956
La melodía misteriosa
writer
1956
The Coyote
writer
1954