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Jesús Franco Manera (12 May 1930 – 2 April 2013), 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.
Jul 3, 2022 · Jess Franco has a very interesting filmography. Going through his cinema, one is able to find innovation, brash direction, confidence, violence, comedy, and just amazing, amazing soundtracks, all mixed together in a big pile of nudity and tastelessness.
Jesús Franco. Writer: The Devil Came from Akasava. He was only six years old when he started composing music under the protection of his brother Enrique. After the Spanish Civil War he was able to continue his studies at the Real Conservatorio de Madrid, where he finished piano and harmony.
One of the most talented and radical directors ever who was sadly relegated to low budget European exploitation movies for political reasons, Jess Franco managed to create a body of 100+ films with incredible style and emotional impact.
Con más de 200 películas a sus espaldas, Jesús Franco está considerado el director español más prolífico de todos los tiempos. El realizador malagueño, autor de "Gritos en la noche", falleció a los 82 años de edad en la Clínica Pascual de Málaga, el 2 de abril de 2013.
Spanish filmmaker Jesús Franco Manera, aka Jess Franco, who died in Málaga on 2 April at the age of 82, leaves behind an astonishingly vast body of work comprising more than 180 movies.
A Spanish born auteur best known for his horror movies, Franco came to international attention with The Awful Dr Orloff (1962) and built his reputation with an eclectic selection of exploitation tales including The Blood of Fu Manchu (1967), 99 Women (1969), Vampyros Lesbos (1971) and Jack The Ripper (1975).
