Born
12 May 1930 (95)
Place of Birth
Madrid, Spain
Also known as
Clifford Brown, A.L. Mariaux
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 th...
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.
Exorcismo: The Transgressive Legacy of Clasificada “S”
2024
Inferno Rosso: Joe D'Amato on the Road of Excess
2021
Wild Session
2019
Drácula Barcelona
2017
Soledad Miranda, Flower in the Desert
2015
Queridos monstruos
2014
Call Me Jess Redux
2014
Clawing! A Journey Through the Spanish Horror
2014
Falks Frauen
2014
Revenge of the Alligator Ladies
2013
La última película de Jess Franco
2013
The Rhythm of Jess
2013
Al Pereira vs. the Alligator Ladies
2013
Los profundos sueños de Jennifer
2013
Tío Jess
2012
La cripta de las condenadas: Parte II
2012
La cripta de las condenadas
2012
Debris Documentar
2012
Macumba sexual: Voodoo Jess
2010
Paula-Paula
2010
Por la gracia de Luis
2009
Idoru
2009
Take-Away Spirit
2009
Coffins of Light
2009
A Bad Day at the Cemetery
2008
🎬 Director
Ellos robaron la picha de Hitler
2008
Jesús Franco, manera de vivir
2007
Beloved Count
2007
Angel of Death 2: The Prison Island Massacre
2007
Bloody Jess
2007
Lascivia
2007
🎬 Director
Montes de Venus
2006
Snakewoman
2005
Ban the Sadist Videos!
2005
Jess Franco's Passion
2005
Jess Franco's Perversion
2005
The Well
2005
Jesús in Furs
2005
Jess' Women
2005
See you later Cowabunga: La maldición del cenachero diabólico!
2004