Jesús Franco Manera (Madrid, 12 de maio de 1930 – Málaga, 2 de abril de 2013) foi um cineasta, roteirista e produtor de cinema espanhol. Trabalhou muito no estrangeiro (Europa e Estados Unidos), e é conhecido por muitos pseudónimos: Jess Franco, Clifford Brown, David Khune, entre outros.
Jesús Franco fez a sua aprendizagem em cinema como ajudante de realização de consagrados realizadores como Juan Antonio Bardem, Luis García Berlanga e Orson Welles na sua passagem por Espanha. Depois partiu para o estrangeiro, onde dirigiu actores consagrados como Christopher Lee, Klaus Kinski, Jack Palance, Howard Vernon, George Sanders ou Rosalba Neri.
Ao longo de mais de quarenta anos produziu cerca de duzentos filmes, e foi um dos cineastas mais prolixos, originais e iconoclastas no sub-género da série B do cinema universal. Seus filmes têm sido chamados "horróticos", pela mistura de horror e erotismo. Também filmou porno, e de fato tem dito: "O porno também é cinema".Mondo Digital: "The films of Jess Franco"
Franco morreu a 2 de abril de 2013, em Málaga, na Espanha, vitimado por um derrame. Franco era considerado o pai do cinema B espanhol e um cultuado cineasta do trash e do underground cinematográfico espanhol.Morre Jesús Franco, um dos reis do cinema de terror B
Filmografia
Filmes Ano Título Título(s) alternativo(s) Notas 1959 We Are Eighteen 1960 Red Lips Queen of the Tabarin 1961 Vampiresses 1930 The Awful Dr. Orloff Gritos en la noche · Screams in the Night 1962 Death Whistles the Blues The Sadistic Baron Von Klaus Hand of a Dead Man 1963 The Jaguar Rififi in the City 1964 Dr. Orloff's Monster The Secret of Dr. Orloff 1965 The Diabolical Dr. Z Miss Muerte Attack of the RobotsCards on the Table 1966 Residence for Spies Succubus Necronomicon Dreamt Sin 1967 Lucky the Inscrutable Two Undercover Angels Red Lips: Sadisterotica Kiss Me Monster Red Lips: Kiss Me Monster 1968 The Blood of Fu Manchu Fu Manchu and the Kiss of Death The Girl from Rio Su-muru · City Without Men 99 Women Marquis de Sade's Justine Deadly Sanctuary The Castle of Fu Manchu 1969 Venus in Furs Black Angel Eugenie, The Story of Her Journey into Perversion Les Inassouvies · The Insatiable Ones The Bloody Judge Throne of Fire · Night of the Blood Monster · The Witch-Killer of Blackmoor Count Dracula 1970 Nightmares Come at Night Eyes of the Night Sex Charade Eugenie de Sade De Sade 2000 Vampyros Lesbos Las Vampiras She Killed in Ecstasy Dr. Jekyll and Mrs. Hyde The Devil Came from Akasava X-312 Flight to Hell 1971 The Revenge of Dr. Mabuse Death Packs a SuitcaseThe Death Avenger of Soho Virgin Report Robinson and His Wild SlavesSexy Darlings A Virgin Among the Living Dead Christina, Princess of Eroticism Dracula vs. FrankensteinDracula, Prisoner of Frankenstein · The Screaming Dead Lovers of Devil's Island Daughter of Dracula 1972 The Erotic Rites of Frankenstein The Curse of Frankenstein The Demons Diary of a Nymphomaniac Sinner The House of ViceDolls for Sale · The Vibrating Girls · Les Ebranlees A Captain of 15 Years The Silence of the Grave The Sinister Eyes of Dr. Orloff Mystery of the Red Castleinacabado 1973 Relax Babyinacabado The Other Side of the MirrorThe Obscene Mirror How to Seduce a Virgin Pleasure for Three · Beyond the Grave The Perverse Countess The Munchers Maciste vs. the Amazon QueenLustful Amazons The Erotic Exploits of Maciste in AtlantisThe Gobblers Kiss Me Killerinacabado But Who Raped Linda? Linda's Hot Nights Tender and Perverse Emanuelle 1974 Female Vampire The Bare-Breasted Countess · The Loves of Irina · Erotikill · The Swallowers Exorcism and Black Masses Exorcisme Night of the Skull Sospiri · Night of the Killers Celestine, Maid at your Service Sexy a Go-Go The Sexiest Man in the World Lorna the Exorcist The Devil's Possessed Les ChatouilleusesNuns in Madness · The Ticklish Ones Les EmmerdeusesThe Troublemakers 1975 Midnight Party Lady Porno Shining Sex Razzia sur le PlaisirTwo Women in a Golden Cage De Sade's Juliette Barbed Wire Dolls Frauengefängnis · Caged Women Women Behind Bars Diamonds for Hell Downtown: The Naked Dolls of the Underworld The Portrait of Doriana Gray Marquise von Sade 1976 Die Sklavinnen The Slaves Girls in the Night Traffic Wild Lust White Skin, Black Thigh Around the World in 80 Beds Jess Franco's Mondo Erotico Jack the Ripper Erotico Profondo Mandingainacabado Ilsa the Wicked Warden Greta the Mad Butcher Love Letters of a Portuguese Nun 1977 Blue Rita Das Frauenhaus Sexy Sisters Swedish Nympho Slaves Love Camp Wicked Women Women without Innocence Voodoo Passion Call of the Blonde Goddess · Porno Shock Women in Cellblock 9 1978 Elles Font ToutThey Do It All I'm Burning Up All Over Cocktail Special Two Female Spies with Flowered PantiesOpal of Fire Erotic Symphony 1979 The Sadist of Notre DameDemoniac The Girls of Copacabana Mondo Cannibale Cannibals; White Cannibal Queen 1980 Devil Hunter El Canibal · Man Hunter · Mandingo Manhunter Sex Is Crazy Pick Up GirlsThe Girl in the Transparent Panties Eugenie: The Story of a Perversion Sadomania: The Hell of Passion Hellhole Women The Story of Linda Naked Super-Witches of the Rio Amore Bloody Moon Profondo Tenebre · The Saw of Death 1981 Cecilia Sexual Aberrations of a Married Woman The Lake of the Virgins The Night of the Open Sexes The Hotel of Love Affairs Oasis of the Zombies Tomb of the Living Dead · Blood-Sucking Nazi Zombies Macumba Sexual 1982 Moans of Pleasure The Sexual Story of O Black Boots, Leather Whip The Inconfessable Orgies of Emanuelle The Sinister Dr. OrloffMacabre Experiments The House of the Lost Women The Night Has a Thousand Sexes The Intimate Confessions of an Exhibitionist A Crack for Two Mansion of the Living Dead 1983 Camino SolitarioLonely Road Blood on My Shoes Alone Against Terror The Blues of Pop Street Fury in the TropicsOrgasmo Perverso Lillian the Perverted Virgin The Tanga Girls Revenge in the House Of Usher Neurosis The Grandfather, the Countess, and Scarlet the NaughtyScarlet Diamonds of Kilimandjaro Treasure of the White Goddess 1984 The Shadow of Judoka vs. Dr. Wong In Search of the Golden Dragon How Much Does a Spy Cost? Dirty Game in Casablanca White Bay Voices of Death Golden Temple Amazons A Penis for Three 1985 The Last of the Filipinas Bangkok: Appointment with Death Travel to Bangkok, Coffin Included The White Slave Lulu's Talking Butthole Lulu's Pacifier The Game Walks Among Whistles 1986 Slaves of Crime The Girl with the Red Lips Las Chuponas The Suckers For Babies, Warm Milk The Watcher and the Exhibitionist Bragueta Story inacabado AIDS, the 20th Century Plague inacabado Tribulations of a Cross-eyed Buddha inacabado 1987 Phollastia Falo Crest Dark Mission: Operation CocaineFlowers of Evil 1988 Faceless Predators of the Night 1989 Esmeralda Bay The Fall of EaglesWar Song 1990 Downtown Heat Ciudad Baja · Viper's Point 1992 Don Quijote 1994 Jungle of Fear inacabado 1996 Killer Barbys 1998 Tender Flesh Lust for Frankenstein Mari-Cookie and the Killer Tarantula in 8 Legs to Love You 1999 Vampire Blues Red Silk Dr. Wong's Virtual Hell Broken Dolls 2000 Helter Skelter Blind Target 2001 Vampire Junction 2002 Jess Franco's Incubus 2003 Killer Barbys vs. Dracula 2005 Flowers of Perversion Flowers of Passion Snakewoman 2008 A Bad Day at the Cemetery Crypt of the Cursed Women 2010 Paula-Paula: an audiovisual experience
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