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-'''Jesús "Jess" Franco''' (born '''Jesús Franco Manera'''; 12 May 1930 – 2 April 2013) was a [[Spain|Spanish]] [[film director]], [[screenwriter|writer]], [[cinematographer]] and [[actor]]. His career took off in 1961 with his cult classic ''[[The Awful Dr. Orloff]]'', which received wide distribution in the United States and the UK. Though he had some American box office success with ''Necronomicon'' (1967), ''Ninety-Nine Women'' (1968) and his two Christopher Lee films, ''The Bloody Judge'' and ''Count Dracula'', he never achieved wide commercial success. Franco moved from Spain to France in 1970 so that he could make more violent and sexual films, and it was at this point that his career began to go downhill commercially, as he turned to low-budget filmmaking with a heavier accent on adult films. Although he produced a number of well-received, low budget horror films in the early 70's (''Dracula vs Frankenstein'', ''[[Vampyros Lesbos]]'', ''[[A Virgin Among the Living Dead]]''), many people in the industry considered him a porn director due to the huge number of X-rated adult films he began churning out. Franco returned to low-budget horror in a brief comeback period from 1980-1983 (''Bloody Moon'', ''Mondo Cannibale'', ''Oasis of the Zombies''), but after 1983, his career took a second downturn as he returned to pornographic films. He died in 2013 at the age of 82.+'''Jesús "Jess" Franco''' (born '''Jesús Franco Manera'''; 12 May 1930 – 2 April 2013) was a [[Spain|Spanish]] [[film director]], [[screenwriter|writer]], [[cinematographer]] and [[actor]]. While never having found commercial success, Franco has nevertheless retained a small and faithful [[cult following]] with his [[erotic horror|sexually-charged horror films]]. He was very prolific during the [[1960s]] through to the late [[1980s]]; paying particularly [[homage]] to the writings of [[Marquis de Sade]]; especially works such as ''[[Philosophy in the Bedroom]]'' are quoted extensively; spreading Sade's philosophy to the masses in the late 20th century. Other literary influences have included [[Sax Rohmer]], [[Robert Louis Stevenson]] and [[Richard Connell]].
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-'''Jesús''' (or '''Jess''') '''Franco''' (born [[May 12]], [[1930]]) is a [[Spanish film]]maker of [[exploitation film]]s. While never having found wide commercial success, Franco has nevertheless retained a small (but faithful) [[cult following]] with his [[erotic horror|sexually-charged horror films]]. He was very prolific during the [[1960s]] through to the late [[1980s]]; paying particularly [[homage]] to the writings of [[Marquis de Sade]]; especially works such as ''[[Philosophy in the Bedroom]]'' are quoted extensively; spreading Sade's philosophy to the masses in the late 20th century. Other literary influences have included [[Sax Rohmer]], [[Robert Louis Stevenson]] and [[Richard Connell]].+
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Jesús "Jess" Franco (born Jesús Franco Manera; 12 May 1930 – 2 April 2013) was a Spanish film director, writer, cinematographer and actor. While never having found commercial success, Franco has nevertheless retained a small and faithful cult following with his sexually-charged horror films. He was very prolific during the 1960s through to the late 1980s; paying particularly homage to the writings of Marquis de Sade; especially works such as Philosophy in the Bedroom are quoted extensively; spreading Sade's philosophy to the masses in the late 20th century. Other literary influences have included Sax Rohmer, Robert Louis Stevenson and Richard Connell.

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Overview

Of his 180+ films, some of his most popular are; Gritos en la noche (1961), Miss Muerte (1965), Necronomicon - Geträumte Sünden (1967), The Blood of Fu Manchu (1968), Justine (1968), The Castle of Fu Manchu (1969), Count Dracula (1970), Vampyros Lesbos (1970), The Vengeance of Dr. Mabuse (1970), Christina, princesse de l'érotisme (1971), Female Vampire (1973), Frauengefängnis (1975), Die Liebesbriefe einer Portugiesischen Nonne (1977), Oasis of the Zombies (1981), Esclavas del Crimen (1986), and Faceless (1988).

Franco has also worked under innumerable pseudonyms, including David Khune and Frank Hollmann. A big fan of jazz music (and a musician himself), many of his pseudonyms are taken from famous jazz musicians, such as Clifford Brown and James P. Johnson.

Franco's themes often revolved around lesbian vampires, women in prison, and sexual exploration (including several films based on the writings of Marquis de Sade). Franco also worked in other exploitation film genres, such as cannibal films and nunsploitation.

His movies often contain long, uninterrupted shots of nude women writhing uncontrollably on the floor or in bed (such as in Lorna, the Exorcist and La comtesse noire). He is also notorious for his use of hand-held camera and zoom shots, especially between 1968 and 1975.

He has frequently worked with actors Howard Vernon, Antonio Mayans, Paul Müller, Christopher Lee, Soledad Miranda, Lina Romay (his longtime companion) and Klaus Kinski. Kinski is famous for his dislike of directors, but according to Franco, he never had any trouble working with him.

Further reading

Regular Jess Franco collaborators

see ensemble cast

Howard Vernon - Jack Taylor - Lina Romay - Soledad Miranda - Britt Nichols - Maria Rohm - Alice Arno - Janine Reynaud - Monica Swinn - Pamela Stanford - Luis Barboo - Katja Bienart

Filmography

Franco has made more than 180 films. Some of these include:

In recent years, his films, Tender Flesh (1998), Lust for Frankenstein (1998),Vampire Blues (1999), Dr. Wong's Virtual Hell (1999) have come to be heartily embraced.


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