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name: "Jesús Franco"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/jesus-franco"
fi1m_id: "jesus-franco"
imdb_id: "nm0001238"
tmdb_id: 30956
wikidata_id: "Q353758"
roles: ["Editor"]
born: "12 May 1930"
died: "2 April 2013"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 0
updated: "2026-09-22T01:09:58.966527+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Jesús Franco

## Identity

Jesús Franco

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/jesus-franco
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** jesus-franco
- **IMDb ID:** nm0001238
- **TMDB ID:** 30956
- **Wikidata ID:** Q353758
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jes%C3%BAs_Franco, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q353758, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001238/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/30956

Editor. Born 12 May 1930 in Madrid, Spain. Died 2 April 2013.

## Details

- **Work:** Editor
- **Born:** 12 May 1930, Madrid, Spain
- **Died:** 2 April 2013
- **Also known as:** Clifford Brown, A.L. Mariaux, Jess Franco, Pablo Villa, Juan G. Cabral, Betty Carter, Candy Coster, Terry de Corsia, Rick Deconinck, Raymond Dubois, Chuck Evans, Toni Falt
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jes%C3%BAs_Franco, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q353758, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001238/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/30956

## Biography

Jesús Franco, also credited as Jess Franco, was a Spanish film director, writer, editor and composer. Born in Madrid in 1930, he studied at the Instituto de Investigaciones y Experiencias Cinematográficas in Madrid and the Institut des Hautes Études Cinématographiques in Paris. He began working as an assistant director on Spanish and Hollywood productions in the 1950s.

Franco directed, wrote or otherwise contributed to numerous low-budget exploitation, horror and erotic films from the late 1950s onwards, often under pseudonyms. Among his better-known works are *Vampyros Lesbos* (1971), *Count Dracula* (1970), *A Virgin Among the Living Dead* (1973) and *Bloody Moon* (1981). He also served as second-unit or assistant director on Orson Welles’s *Chimes at Midnight* (1965) and edited and supervised a 1992 assembly of Welles’s unfinished *Don Quixote* footage. In 2009 he received an honorary Goya Award for his contributions to Spanish cinema.

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org, theguardian.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Don Quixote* (1992), Fi1m 54, Supervising Film Editor, Editor, Dialogue — [page](https://film.one/film/don-quixote.md)

## Complete filmography (243)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Falks Frauen* (2014), as (archive footage)
- *Revenge of the Alligator Ladies* (2013), Director, Writer
- *Al Pereira vs. the Alligator Ladies* (2013), The Director, Director, Writer, Producer, Music, Editor
- *Los profundos sueños de Jennifer* (2013), as Voz
- *La cripta de las condenadas: Parte II* (2012), Director, Writer, Producer, Editor
- *La cripta de las condenadas* (2012), Director, Writer, Producer, Editor, Original Music Composer
- *Paula-Paula* (2010), Director, Director of Photography, Screenplay, Dialogue, Special Effects, Editor
- *Idoru* (2009), Actor
- *Martes de Carnaval* (2009), series, as Don Manolito
- *Take-Away Spirit* (2009), as J.W. Radek · Additional Dialogue
- *A Bad Day at the Cemetery* (2008), Director, Screenplay
- *Ellos robaron la picha de Hitler* (2008), as Padre del Dr. Weissman
- *Vampyros Lesbos* (2008), Story
- *Angel of Death 2: The Prison Island Massacre* (2007), as Pete
- *Lascivia* (2007), Director
- *Montes de Venus* (2006), Director
- *Snakewoman* (2005), Director, Writer, Original Music Composer
- *Jess Franco's Passion* (2005), Director, Writer
- *Jess Franco's Perversion* (2005), Director, Writer
- *The Well* (2005), Actor
- *See you later Cowabunga: La maldición del cenachero diabólico!* (2004), Actor
- *Death Karate in Torremolinos* (2003), as Miyagi
- *Red Venice* (2003), as Jess Franco
- *Killer Barbys vs. Dracula* (2002), Director, Original Music Composer, Screenplay, Story
- *Incubus* (2002), Director, Writer
- *Vampire Junction* (2001), Director, Writer, Original Music Composer
- *Helter Skelter* (2000), Director, Writer, Original Music Composer
- *Blind Target* (2000), Director, Original Music Composer
- *Vampire Blues* (1999), as The Merchant · Director, Screenplay, Original Music Composer
- *Dr. Wong's Virtual Hell* (1999), as Dr. James Wong · Writer, Director, Original Music Composer
- *Broken Dolls* (1999), Director, Writer
- *Red Silk* (1999), Screenplay, Director
- *Lust for Frankenstein* (1998), Director, Screenplay, Producer, Music
- *Mari-Cookie and the Killer Tarantula* (1998), Director, Screenplay, Original Music Composer, Producer
- *Tender Flesh* (1997), Director, Screenplay, Executive Producer, Original Music Composer
- *Vampire Killer Barbys* (1996), Director, Writer
- *Downtown Heat* (1994), Director, Screenplay, Producer
- *Eurotrash* (1993), series, Actor
- *Jungle of Fear* (1993), Director, Executive Producer
- *Don Quixote* (1992), Editor, Dialogue, Supervising Film Editor — Fi1m 54, [page](https://film.one/film/don-quixote.md)
- *El abuelo, la condesa y Escarlata la traviesa* (1992), Director, Screenplay, Original Music Composer, Editor
- *In Pursuit of Barbara* (1991), Director
- *Mondo Weirdo* (1990), Thanks
- *Esmeralda Bay* (1989), as Boat Captain · Director, Writer, Producer
- *Night of the Eagles* (1989), Director, Screenplay, Editor, Art Direction
- *Flesh-Eating Mothers* (1988), as Policeman
- *Dark Mission: Flowers of Evil* (1988), Director, Writer, Producer, Editor
- *Esa cosa con plumas* (1988), Actor
- *Faceless* (1988), Director, Writer
- *Slave of Crime* (1987), Director, Screenplay, Original Music Composer, Editor
- *Falo Crest* (1987), Director, Writer, Cinematography
- *Trapped Women* (1987), Director, Screenplay, Editor
- *¡Biba la banda!* (1987), Costumer
- *Thong Girls* (1987), Director, Writer, Screenplay, Editor
- *Phollastía* (1987), Director, Story, Director of Photography
- *Golden Temple Amazons* (1986), Director, Producer
- *Para las nenas, leche calentita* (1986), Original Music Composer, Director, Screenplay, Story
- *Alone Against Terror* (1986), Director, Screenplay, Original Music Composer
- *Entre pitos anda el juego* (1986), Director, Screenplay, Original Music Composer
- *The Voyeur and the Exhibitionist* (1986), Director, Writer
- *Lulu's Talking Ass* (1986), Director, Story, Screenplay, Original Music Composer
- *Las chuponas* (1986), Director, Writer, Director of Photography
- *Fury in the Tropics* (1986), Director, Writer, Director of Photography, Original Music Composer
- *The Last from Philippines* (1986), Director, Producer, Director of Photography, Editor, Story
- *Sida, la peste del siglo XX* (1986), Director, Screenplay, Editor
- *Girl with the Red Lips* (1986), as Professor Karame · Director, Screenplay, Original Music Composer, Director of Photography
- *Angel of Death* (1985), Director, Screenplay
- *Un pito para tres* (1985), Director, Screenplay, Story, Editor
- *Dirty Game in Casablanca* (1985), Director, Producer
- *Trip to Bangkok, Coffin Included* (1985), as Rose Hotel's recepcionist (uncredited) · Director, Screenplay, Producer, Music
- *White Jungle Slave* (1985), Director, Music
- *Judoka Shadow versus Doctor Wong* (1985), as Dr. Wong · Director, Screenplay, Original Music Composer
- *Bangkok, City of the Dead* (1985), Director, Screenplay, Original Music Composer, Editor
- *The Sexual Story of O* (1984), Director, Screenplay, Producer, Editor
- *A Crack for Two* (1984), as Tom · Director, Screenplay, Original Music Composer
- *Lilian, the Perverted Virgin* (1984), as Bernardo · Director, Screenplay, Editor
- *The Sinister Doctor Orloff* (1984), as Manolo · Director, Screenplay, Music
- *How Much Does a Spy Make?* (1984), Director, Writer, Producer
- *Night Has a Thousand Desires* (1984), as Psychiatrist (uncredited) · Director, Writer, Music, Director of Photography
- *Lonely Road* (1984), as Doctor Callman · Director, Writer, Director of Photography
- *Bahia Blanca* (1984), as The Miseries (uncredited) · Writer, Screenplay, Story, Producer, Director
- *Macumba Sexual* (1983), as Recepcionist · Director, Screenplay, Story, Music, Director of Photography
- *The Hotel of Love Affairs* (1983), Director, Screenplay, Original Music Composer, Editor
- *Cries of Pleasure* (1983), Director, Writer, Editor, Art Direction
- *The House of Lost Women* (1983), Director, Screenplay, Editor
- *Intimate Confessions of an Exhibitionist* (1983), Director, Music
- *Diamonds of Kilimandjaro* (1983), Director, Screenplay, Producer, Director of Photography, Original Music Composer
- *Cecilia* (1983), Writer, Producer, Director
- *Revenge in the House of Usher* (1983), Director, Screenplay, Producer, Original Music Composer
- *The Night Of Open Sex* (1983), as Count · Director, Novel, Adaptation, Music, Director of Photography
- *Black Boots, Leather Whip* (1983), as Matón en cementerio de coches (voice) (uncredited) · Editor, Director, Writer, Music
- *The Blues of Pop Street* (1983), as Sam Chesterfield · Director, Screenplay, Director of Photography, Original Music Composer
- *En busca del dragón dorado* (1983), as Blind Old Man · Director, Screenplay, Original Music Composer, Editor
- *Blood on My Shoes* (1983), as Abductor · Director, Screenplay, Original Music Composer
- *Voces de muerte* (1983), Director, Screenplay
- *Claire* (1983), Director
- *Mansion of the Living Dead* (1982), Screenplay, Director of Photography, Director, Editor, Original Music Composer, Novel
- *Oasis of the Zombies* (1982), Director, Screenplay, Original Music Composer, Editor
- *Lake of the Virgins* (1982), Director, Writer, Editor, Original Music Composer
- *The Inconfessable Orgies of Emmanuelle* (1982), Director, Screenplay, Editor
- *El huésped de la niebla* (1982), Director, Director of Photography, Original Music Composer
- *Pick-Up Girls* (1981), Director, Screenplay, Original Music Composer, Editor
- *Jailhouse Wardress* (1981), as Uncle Jess · Director
- *Lola 2000* (1981), Director
- *The Story of Linda* (1981), Director
- *Sexual Perversions of a Married Woman* (1981), Director, Writer, Music
- *Zombie Lake* (1981), Writer
- *The Girls of the Copacabana* (1981), Director, Screenplay, Story
- *Bloody Moon* (1981), as Doctor (uncredited) · Director
- *Sadomania* (1981), as Lucas · Director, Screenplay, Music, Editor
- *Sex Is Crazy* (1981), Film Director, Director, Screenplay, Original Music Composer
- *Devil Hunter* (1980), Director, Screenplay, Original Music Composer
- *Cannibal Terror* (1980), Writer
- *White Cannibal Queen* (1980), as Mr. Martin · Director, Writer
- *Wicked Memoirs of Eugenie* (1980), Director, Writer
- *Two Female Spies with Flowered Panties* (1980), Director, Screenplay, Story, Original Music Composer
- *Erotic Symphony* (1980), Director, Writer
- *What a Honeymoon* (1980), as Dying Man (uncredited) · Director, Screenplay, Original Music Composer
- *Justine and the Whip* (1979), as Strange Guy · Director, Cinematography, Writer
- *Convoy of Girls* (1979), Director, Writer
- *The Sadist of Notre Dame* (1979), as Mathis Vogel · Director, Writer
- *Burning Up Inside* (1979), Director, Writer
- *They Do Everything* (1979), Director, Writer
- *Obscene Desire* (1978), Music
- *Cocktail spécial* (1978), Director
- *Women in Cellblock 9* (1978), Director, Screenplay
- *Women Without Innocence* (1978), Director, Writer
- *Call of the Blonde Goddess* (1977), Director, Writer
- *Love Camp* (1977), Director
- *Sexy Sisters* (1977), Director
- *Blue Rita* (1977), Director, Writer
- *Slaves* (1977), Radeck's Assistant, Director
- *Kiss Me Killer* (1977), as Marcel · Director, Writer
- *Love Letters of a Portuguese Nun* (1977), Director
- *Greta, the Mad Butcher* (1977), as Dr. Milton Arcos (as Jess Franco) · Director, Writer
- *Doriana Grey* (1977), Director, Writer
- *Silence of the Grave* (1976), Director, Screenplay, Producer
- *Around the World in 80 Beds* (1976), Director
- *Jack the Ripper* (1976), Director, Screenplay
- *Shining Sex* (1976), as Dr. Seward · Director, Story
- *Girls in the Night Traffic* (1976), Director
- *White Skin Black Thighs* (1976), as Graf Anastasio · Director, Screenplay, Director of Photography
- *Downtown* (1976), as Al Pereira · Director, Writer, Director of Photography
- *The Troublemakers* (1976), Director, Screenplay
- *Ladies House of Pleasure* (1976), Actor
- *Barbed Wire Dolls* (1976), as Maria's Father (uncredited) · Director, Writer, Director of Photography
- *Golden Jail* (1976), Director
- *Midnight Party* (1976), as Janos Radeck · Director, Writer
- *Countess Perverse* (1975), Director, Writer
- *Rolls-Royce Baby* (1975), Director
- *Exorcism* (1975), as Mathis Vogel, aka Laforgue · Director, Screenplay
- *The Ticklish Ones* (1975), Director, Story
- *The Hot Nights of Linda* (1975), as Dr. Roberts (as Jess Franck) · Director, Screenplay, Story
- *Sexy Erotic Job* (1975), Director
- *A Virgin for St. Tropez* (1975), Director
- *Female Vampire* (1975), as Dr. Roberts · Director, Writer, Director of Photography, Editor
- *Women Behind Bars* (1975), as Bill · Director, Director of Photography, Editor
- *Sexorcismes* (1975), as Mathis Vogel · Director, Adaptation, Dialogue, Writer
- *Lorna, the Exorcist* (1974), as Doctor (uncredited) · Director, Writer
- *Celestine* (1974), as Sleeping Man · Director, Writer, Director of Photography
- *Night of the Skull* (1974), as Andy · Director, Screenplay
- *The House of the Lost Dolls* (1974), Screenplay
- *How to Seduce a Virgin* (1974), Director, Writer
- *The Lustful Amazons* (1974), Director, Screenplay
- *The Greedy Ones* (1974), Director, Screenplay
- *Dolls for Sale* (1973), Director
- *A Virgin Among the Living Dead* (1973), as Basilio · Director, Writer
- *Lovers of Devil's Island* (1973), Director, Screenplay, Story
- *The Other Side of the Mirror* (1973), as Roger (uncredited) · Director, Screenplay
- *Sinner: The Secret Diary of a Nymphomaniac* (1973), as Inspecteur Hernandez · Director, Scenario Writer
- *The Erotic Rites of Frankenstein* (1973), as Morpho · Director, Screenplay, Story
- *Fifteen Year Old Captain* (1973), Director, Writer, Music
- *Eugenie de Sade* (1973), as Attila Tanner · Director, Writer
- *The Demons* (1973), Director, Writer
- *Nightmares Come at Night* (1973), Director, Writer
- *The Sinister Eyes of Dr. Orloff* (1973), as Lord Comfort (uncredited) · Director, Screenplay
- *Tender and Perverse Emmanuelle* (1973), Director, Writer
- *The Vengeance of Dr. Mabuse* (1972), as Crosby / Drunk Man in Nightclub · Director, Screenplay, Original Music Composer
- *Daughter of Dracula* (1972), as Cyril Jefferson · Director, Writer
- *Dracula, Prisoner of Frankenstein* (1972), Director, Story, Screenplay
- *The Corpse Packs His Bags* (1972), as Gonzales · Director, Screenplay
- *Robinson and His Tempestuous Slaves* (1972), Director
- *Virgin Report* (1972), Director
- *She Killed in Ecstasy* (1971), as Dr. Donen · Director, Writer
- *X312 - Flight to Hell* (1971), as Man at John Somers' · Director, Screenplay
- *Vampyros Lesbos* (1971), as Memmet · Director, Screenplay, Original Music Composer, Special Effects Makeup Artist
- *The Devil Came from Akasava* (1971), as Tino Celli · Director
- *Cuadrilátero* (1970), Music
- *Count Dracula* (1970), as Van Helsing's servant (uncredited) · Director, Screenplay
- *Eugenie* (1970), as Man in Red Ritual Scene (uncredited) · Director
- *The Bloody Judge* (1970), Director, Adaptation
- *Your Caresses* (1969), Actor
- *Venus in Furs* (1969), as Jazz Musician (uncredited) · Director, Writer, Story
- *The Castle of Fu Manchu* (1969), as Insp. Ahmet · Director
- *Marquis de Sade: Justine* (1969), Director
- *Two Undercover Angels* (1969), as Napoleon Bolivard · Director, Screenplay
- *Kiss Me Monster* (1969), as Abilene's Contact Man (uncredited) · Director, Idea, Screenplay
- *The Girl from Rio* (1969), as Guitar Player · Director
- *99 Women* (1969), as Official (uncredited) · Story, Director, Screenplay
- *A Man, Eight Girls* (1968), Director
- *The Blood of Fu Manchu* (1968), Director, Story, Screenplay
- *Castle of the Creeping Flesh* (1968), Story
- *Succubus* (1968), Writer, Director
- *Residence for Spies* (1968), as Casino Piano Player (uncredited) · Director, Writer
- *Lucky, the Inscrutable* (1967), as Ciego / Zoltan / Guitarrista · Director, Screenplay
- *The Diabolical Dr. Z* (1966), as Inspector Tanner · Director, Screenplay
- *Attack of the Robots* (1966), as Piano Player, Pianist (uncredited) · Director, Screenplay
- *Chimes at Midnight* (1965), Second Unit Director, Second Unit
- *Dr. Orloff's Monster* (1965), as Piano Player · Director, Screenplay, Dialogue
- *Rififi in the City* (1964), Director, Writer
- *Strange Voyage* (1964), as Don Venancio
- *Death Whistles the Blues* (1964), as Saxofonista en Club de Nueva Orleans (uncredited) · Director, Screenplay
- *Jaguar* (1963), Director, Story
- *55 Days at Peking* (1963), Assistant Production Manager
- *Zorro the Avenger* (1962), Screenplay, Story
- *The Sadistic Baron Von Klaus* (1962), Director, Screenplay, Story
- *The Awful Dr. Orlof* (1962), as Pianist (uncredited) · Director, Story, Screenplay
- *Vampiresas 1930* (1962), Director, Screenplay
- *Queen of the Tabarin Club* (1960), Director, Dialogue
- *Ama Rosa* (1960), Writer
- *Red Lips* (1960), Director, Screenplay
- *El destierro del Cid* (1960), Director
- *Estampas guipuzcoanas número 2: Pío Baroja* (1960), Director
- *We Are 18 Years Old* (1959), Director, Writer, Original Music Composer
- *Las playas vacías* (1959), Director, Screenplay
- *Llegaron los franceses* (1959), Writer
- *Oro español* (1959), Director, Screenplay, Original Music Composer
- *Anna Said Yes* (1958), as Pianista (uncredited) · Delegated Producer
- *Historias de Madrid* (1958), Music, Assistant Director
- *Fulano y Mengano* (1957), Screenplay, Assistant Director
- *El hombre que viajaba despacito* (1957), Music, Assistant Director
- *The Tree from Spain* (1957), Director, Screenplay, Original Music Composer
- *The Mysterious Melody AKA Ce soir les souris dansent* (1956), Writer
- *Around the World in 80 Days* (1956), as Extra (uncredited) — Fi1m 63, [page](https://film.one/film/around-the-world-in-80-days.md)
- *The Coyote's Justice* (1956), Screenstory, Screenplay, Dialogue, Adaptation, Lyricist, Assistant Director
- *Death of a Cyclist* (1955), Assistant Director
- *The Coyote* (1955), Adaptation, Dialogue, Lyricist, Screenplay, Assistant Director
- *Merry Christmas* (1954), Assistant Director
- *Comedians* (1954), Script Supervisor, Original Music Composer
- *Fly Story*, Director
- *Juliette*, Director
- *El misterio del castillo rojo*, Director
- *Shining Sex*, Director

## Gallery

- ![Jesús Franco](https://film.one/media/person/1282155/gallery-6ebe2ef91cfc.jpg) Jesús Franco — Sebb, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d1/Jess_Franco_2008.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Jesús Franco](https://film.one/media/person/1282155/gallery-d60cd1c19a28.jpg) Jesús Franco — Image via TMDB
- ![Jesús Franco](https://film.one/media/person/1282155/gallery-bd71e55f5620.jpg) Jesús Franco — Image via TMDB

## Awards

### Other awards — 2 won

- Honorary Goya Award 2008: Honorary Goya Award (won)
- Time Machine Award 2007: Time Machine Award (won)

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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