Jesús Franco
Directing • AGE 82
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 Unit...
Filmography
Exorcismo: The Transgressive Legacy of Clasificada “S”
Self - Archive footage
2024
Inferno Rosso: Joe D'Amato on the Road of Excess
Self (archive footage)
2021
Wild Session
Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
2019
Drácula Barcelona
Himself
2017
Soledad Miranda, Flower in the Desert
Himself (archive footage)
2015
Queridos monstruos
Self
2014
Call Me Jess Redux
Himself
2014
Clawing! A Journey Through the Spanish Horror
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2014
Revenge of the Alligator Ladies
Himself
2013
La última película de Jess Franco
Self
2013
The Rhythm of Jess
Self
2013
Al Pereira vs. the Alligator Ladies
The Director
2013
Tío Jess
Self
2012
La cripta de las condenadas: Parte II
Director
2012
La cripta de las condenadas
2012
Debris Documentar
Himself
2012
Paula-Paula
Director
2010
Por la gracia de Luis
Himself
2009
Idoru
2009
Martes de Carnaval
Don Manolito
2009
Coffins of Light
himself
2009
A Bad Day at the Cemetery
Director
2008
Ellos robaron la picha de Hitler
Padre del Dr. Weissman
2008
Vampyros Lesbos
Story
2008
Jesús Franco, manera de vivir
Himself
2007
Beloved Count
Self
2007
Angel of Death 2: The Prison Island Massacre
Pete
2007
Montes de Venus
Director
2006
Snakewoman
Director
2005
Ban the Sadist Videos!
Self
2005
Jess Franco's Passion
Director
2005
Jess Franco's Perversion
Director
2005
The Well
2005
Jesús in Furs
Himself
2005
Death Karate in Torremolinos
Miyagi
2003
Red Venice
Jess Franco
2003
Killer Barbys vs. Dracula
Director
2002
Incubus
Director
2002
Journey into Perversion
Himself
2001
Vampire Junction
Director
2001
Orson Welles in the Land of Don Quixote
Self
2000
Call Him Jess
Himself
2000
Blind Target
Director
2000
Helter Skelter
Director
2000
Eurotika!
Self
1999
Vampire Blues
The Merchant
1999
Dr. Wong's Virtual Hell
Dr. James Wong
1999
Broken Dolls
Director
1999
Red Silk
Screenplay
1999
Lust for Frankenstein
Director
1998
Mari-Cookie and the Killer Tarantula
Director
1998
Tender Flesh
Director
1997
Vampire Killer Barbys
Director
1996
Downtown Heat
Director
1994
Eurotrash
1993
Don Quixote
Editor
1992
El abuelo, la condesa y Escarlata la traviesa
1992
Esmeralda Bay
Boat Captain
1989
Night of the Eagles
Director
1989
Flesh-Eating Mothers
Policeman
1988
Dark Mission: Flowers of Evil
Director
1988
Esa cosa con plumas
1988
Faceless
Director
1988
Slave of Crime
Director
1987
Falo Crest
Director
1987
Trapped Women
Director
1987
¡Biba la banda!
Costumer
1987
Thong Girls
Director
1987
Phollastía
Director
1987
Golden Temple Amazons
Director
1986
Para las nenas, leche calentita
Original Music Composer
1986
Alone Against Terror
Director
1986
Entre pitos anda el juego
Director
1986
The Voyeur and the Exhibitionist
Director
1986
Lulu's Talking Ass
Director
1986
Fury in the Tropics
Director
1986
Girl with the Red Lips
Professor Karame
1986
Fly Story
Director
1986
The Last from Philippines
Director
1986
Angel of Death
Director
1985
Dirty Game in Casablanca
Director
1985
Trip to Bangkok, Coffin Included
Rose Hotel's recepcionist (uncredited)
1985
Judoka Shadow versus Doctor Wong
Dr. Wong
1985
White Jungle Slave
Director
1985
Bangkok, City of the Dead
Director
1985
The Sexual Story of O
Director
1984
A Crack for Two
Tom
1984
Lilian, the Perverted Virgin
Bernardo
1984
The Sinister Doctor Orloff
Manolo
1984
How Much Does a Spy Make?
Director
1984
Night Has a Thousand Desires
Psychiatrist (uncredited)
1984
Lonely Road
Doctor Callman
1984
Bahia Blanca
The Miseries (uncredited)
1984
Macumba Sexual
Recepcionist
1983
The Hotel of Love Affairs
Director
1983
Cries of Pleasure
Director
1983
The House of Lost Women
Director
1983
Intimate Confessions of an Exhibitionist
Director
1983
Diamonds of Kilimandjaro
Director
1983
Cecilia
Writer
1983
Revenge in the House of Usher
Director
1983
The Night Of Open Sex
Count
1983
Black Boots, Leather Whip
Matón en cementerio de coches (voice) (uncredited)
1983
Blood on My Shoes
Abductor
1983
The Blues of Pop Street
Sam Chesterfield
1983
En busca del dragón dorado
Blind Old Man
1983
Claire
Director
1983
Mansion of the Living Dead
Screenplay
1982
Oasis of the Zombies
Director
1982
El lago de las vírgenes
Director
1982
The Inconfessable Orgies of Emmanuelle
Director
1982
Pick-Up Girls
Director
1981
Jailhouse Wardress
Uncle Jess
1981
Lola 2000
Director
1981
The Story of Linda
Director
1981
Sexual Perversions of a Married Woman
Director
1981
Zombie Lake
Writer
1981
The Girls of the Copacabana
Director
1981
Sadomania
Lucas
1981
Bloody Moon
Doctor (uncredited)
1981
Sex Is Crazy
Film Director
1981
Devil Hunter
Director
1980
Cannibal Terror
Writer
1980
White Cannibal Queen
Mr. Martin
1980
Wicked Memoirs of Eugenie
Director
1980
Two Female Spies with Flowered Panties
Director
1980
Erotic Symphony
Director
1980
What a Honeymoon
Dying Man (uncredited)
1980
Justine and the Whip
Strange Guy
1979
Convoy of Girls
Director
1979
The Sadist of Notre Dame
Mathis Vogel
1979
Burning Up Inside
Director
1979
They Do Everything
Director
1979
Obscene Desire
Music
1978
Cocktail spécial
Director
1978
Women in Cellblock 9
Director
1978
Women Without Innocence
Director
1978
Call of the Blonde Goddess
Director
1977
Love Camp
Director
1977
Sexy Sisters
Director
1977
Blue Rita
Director
1977
Around the World in 80 Beds
Director
1977
Slaves
Radeck's Assistant
1977
Kiss Me Killer
Marcel
1977
Love Letters of a Portuguese Nun
Director
1977
Greta, the Mad Butcher
Dr. Milton Arcos (as Jess Franco)
1977
Silence of the Grave
Director
1976
Jack the Ripper
Director
1976
Shining Sex
Dr. Seward
1976
White Skin Black Thighs
Graf Anastasio
1976
The Troublemakers
1976
Girls in the Night Traffic
Director
1976
Ladies House of Pleasure
1976
Barbed Wire Dolls
Maria's Father (uncredited)
1976
Golden Jail
Director
1976
Midnight Party
Janos Radeck
1976
Doriana Grey
Director
1976
Rolls-Royce Baby
Director
1975
Countess Perverse
Director
1975
Downtown
Al Pereira
1975
Exorcism
Mathis Vogel, aka Laforgue
1975
The Ticklish Ones
Director
1975
The Hot Nights of Linda
Dr. Roberts (as Jess Franck)
1975
Sexy Erotic Job
Director
1975
A Virgin for St. Tropez
Director
1975
Female Vampire
Dr. Roberts
1975
Women Behind Bars
Bill
1975
Sexorcismes
Mathis Vogel
1975
Lorna, the Exorcist
Doctor (uncredited)
1974
Celestine
Sleeping Man
1974
Night of the Skull
Andy
1974
The House of the Lost Dolls
Screenplay
1974
Fifteen Year Old Captain
Director
1974
How to Seduce a Virgin
Director
1974
The Greedy Ones
Director
1974
The Lustful Amazons
Director
1974
Dolls for Sale
1973
A Virgin Among the Living Dead
Basilio
1973
Lovers of Devil's Island
Director
1973
The Other Side of the Mirror
Roger (uncredited)
1973
Sinner: The Secret Diary of a Nymphomaniac
Inspecteur Hernandez
1973
The Erotic Rites of Frankenstein
Morpho
1973
Eugenie de Sade
Attila Tanner
1973
The Demons
Director
1973
Nightmares Come at Night
Director
1973
The Sinister Eyes of Dr. Orloff
Lord Comfort (uncredited)
1973
Tender and Perverse Emmanuelle
Director
1973
The Vengeance of Dr. Mabuse
Crosby / Drunk Man in Nightclub
1972
Daughter of Dracula
Cyril Jefferson
1972
Dracula, Prisoner of Frankenstein
Director
1972
The Corpse Packs His Bags
Gonzales
1972
Robinson and His Tempestuous Slaves
Director
1972
Vampir Cuadecuc
Self
1972
Sex Charade
Director
1972
Virgin Report
Director
1972
She Killed in Ecstasy
Dr. Donen
1971
X312 - Flight to Hell
Man at John Somers'
1971
Vampyros Lesbos
Memmet
1971
The Devil Came from Akasava
Tino Celli
1971
Cuadrilátero
Music
1970
Count Dracula
Van Helsing's servant (uncredited)
1970
Eugenie
Man in Red Ritual Scene (uncredited)
1970
The Bloody Judge
Director
1970
Your Caresses
1969
Venus in Furs
Jazz Musician (uncredited)
1969
The Castle of Fu Manchu
Insp. Ahmet
1969
Marquis de Sade: Justine
1969
Kiss Me Monster
Abilene's Contact Man (uncredited)
1969
Two Undercover Angels
Napoleon Bolivard
1969
The Girl from Rio
Guitar Player
1969
99 Women
Official (uncredited)
1969
A Man, Eight Girls
Director
1968
The Blood of Fu Manchu
1968
Castle of the Creeping Flesh
Story
1968
Succubus
Writer
1968
Residence for Spies
Casino Piano Player (uncredited)
1968
Lucky, the Inscrutable
Ciego / Zoltan / Guitarrista
1967
The Diabolical Dr. Z
Inspector Tanner
1966
Attack of the Robots
Piano Player
1966
Chimes at Midnight
Second Unit Director
1965
Dr. Orloff's Monster
Piano Player
1965
Rififi in the City
Director
1964
Strange Voyage
Don Venancio
1964
Death Whistles the Blues
Saxofonista en Club de Nueva Orleans (uncredited)
1964
Jaguar
Director
1963
55 Days at Peking
Assistant Production Manager
1963
Zorro the Avenger
Screenplay
1962
The Sadistic Baron Von Klaus
Director
1962
The Awful Dr. Orlof
Pianist (uncredited)
1962
Vampiresas 1930
Director
1962
Queen of the Tabarin Club
Director
1960
Ama Rosa
Writer
1960
Red Lips
Director
1960
We Are 18 Years Old
Director
1959
Llegaron los franceses
Writer
1959
Anna Said Yes
Pianista (uncredited)
1958
Historias de Madrid
Music
1958
Fulano y Mengano
Screenplay
1957
El hombre que viajaba despacito
Music
1957
The Tree from Spain
Director
1957
The Mysterious Melody AKA Ce soir les souris dansent
Writer
1956
Around the World in 80 Days
Extra (uncredited)
1956
The Coyote's Justice
Screenstory
1956
Death of a Cyclist
Assistant Director
1955
The Coyote
Adaptation
1955
Merry Christmas
Assistant Director
1954
Comedians
Script Supervisor
1954
Shining Sex
Director