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...


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