
Jesús Franco
Directing
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 United States and England. Though he had some American box office success with Necronomicon, his first women-in-prison film Ninety-Nine Women, 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-oriented films. Although he produced a few well-received, low budget horror films in the early 70's, 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, but after 1983, his career took a second downturn. With the exception of Faceless and Killer Barbies, his films after 1984 are quite disliked and obscure due to their incredibly low budgets. Franco has nevertheless retained a large cult following through the years with his sexually-charged horror films, some of which are regarded as masterpieces by his avid followers.

Exorcismo: The Transgressive Legacy of Clasificada “S”
Self - Archive footage

Inferno Rosso: Joe D'Amato on the Road of Excess
Self (archive footage)

Wild Session
Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)

Drácula Barcelona
Himself

Soledad Miranda, Flower in the Desert
Himself (archive footage)

Queridos monstruos
Self

Call Me Jess Redux
Himself

Clawing! A Journey Through the Spanish Horror
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Falks Frauen
(archive footage)

Revenge of the Alligator Ladies
Himself

La última película de Jess Franco
Self

The Rhythm of Jess
Self

Al Pereira vs. the Alligator Ladies
The Director
Los profundos sueños de Jennifer
Voz

Tío Jess
Self

La cripta de las condenadas

Debris Documentar
Himself
Macumba sexual: Voodoo Jess
Self

Por la gracia de Luis
Himself

Idoru

Coffins of Light
himself
Take-Away Spirit
J.W. Radek

Ellos robaron la picha de Hitler
Padre del Dr. Weissman

Jesús Franco, manera de vivir
Himself

Beloved Count
Self

Angel of Death 2: The Prison Island Massacre
Pete
Bloody Jess
Self

Ban the Sadist Videos!
Self

The Well
Jess' Women
self

Jesús in Furs
Himself
See you later Cowabunga: La maldición del cenachero diabólico!
On the Threshold to Another World
Himself

Death Karate in Torremolinos
Miyagi

Red Venice
Jess Franco
Perversion Stories
Self
Antena Criminal: Making a Jess Franco Movie
Himself

Journey into Perversion
Himself

Orson Welles in the Land of Don Quixote
Self

Call Him Jess
Himself

Dr. Wong's Virtual Hell
Dr. James Wong

Vampire Blues
The Merchant

El abuelo, la condesa y Escarlata la traviesa

Esmeralda Bay
Boat Captain

Flesh-Eating Mothers
Policeman

Esa cosa con plumas

Girl with the Red Lips
Professor Karame

Trip to Bangkok, Coffin included
Rose Hotel's recepcionist (uncredited)

Judoka Shadow versus Doctor Wong
Dr. Wong

A Crack for Two
Tom

Lilian, the Perverted Virgin
Bernardo

The Sinister Doctor Orloff
Manolo

Night Has a Thousand Desires
Psychiatrist (uncredited)

Lonely Road
Doctor Callman

Bahia Blanca
The Miseries (uncredited)

Macumba Sexual
Recepcionist

The Night Of Open Sex
Count

Black Boots, Leather Whip
Matón en cementerio de coches (voice) (uncredited)
The Bizarre World of Jess Franco
Self

Blood on My Shoes
Abductor

The Blues of Pop Street
Sam Chesterfield

En busca del dragón dorado
Blind Old Man

Jailhouse Wardress
Uncle Jess

Bloody Moon
Doctor (uncredited)

Sadomania
Lucas

Sex Is Crazy
Film Director

White Cannibal Queen
Mr. Martin

What a Honeymoon
Dying Man (uncredited)

Justine and the Whip
Strange Guy

The Sadist of Notre Dame
Mathis Vogel

Slaves
Radeck's Assistant

Kiss Me Killer
Marcel

Greta, the Mad Butcher
Dr. Milton Arcos (as Jess Franco)

Shining Sex
Dr. Seward

White Skin Black Thighs
Graf Anastasio

The Troublemakers

Ladies House of Pleasure

Barbed Wire Dolls
Maria's Father (uncredited)

Midnight Party
Janos Radeck

Downtown
Al Pereira

Exorcism
Mathis Vogel, aka Laforgue

The Hot Nights of Linda
Dr. Roberts (as Jess Franck)

Female Vampire
Dr. Roberts

Sexorcismes
Mathis Vogel

Women Behind Bars
Bill

Lorna, the Exorcist
Doctor (uncredited)

Celestine
Sleeping Man

Night of the Skull
Andy

Dolls for Sale

A Virgin Among the Living Dead
Basilio

The Other Side of the Mirror
Roger (uncredited)

Sinner: The Secret Diary of a Nymphomaniac
Inspecteur Hernandez

The Erotic Rites of Frankenstein
Morpho

Eugenie de Sade
Attila Tanner

The Sinister Eyes of Dr. Orloff
Lord Comfort (uncredited)

The Vengeance of Dr. Mabuse
Crosby / Drunk Man in Nightclub

Daughter of Dracula
Cyril Jefferson

Robinson and His Tempestuous Slaves
Director

The Corpse Packs His Bags
Gonzales

Vampir Cuadecuc
Self

She Killed in Ecstasy
Dr. Donen

X312 - Flight to Hell
Man at John Somers'

Vampyros Lesbos
Memmet

The Devil Came from Akasava
Tino Celli

Count Dracula
Van Helsing's servant (uncredited)

Eugenie
Man in Red Ritual Scene (uncredited)

Your Caresses

Venus in Furs
Jazz Musician (uncredited)

The Castle of Fu Manchu
Insp. Ahmet

Marquis de Sade: Justine

Two Undercover Angels
Napoleon Bolivard

Kiss Me Monster
Abilene's Contact Man (uncredited)

The Girl from Rio
Guitar Player

99 Women
Official (uncredited)

The Blood of Fu Manchu

Succubus
Writer

Residence for Spies
Casino Piano Player (uncredited)

Lucky, the Inscrutable
Ciego / Zoltan / Guitarrista

The Diabolical Dr. Z
Inspector Tanner

Attack of the Robots
Pianist (uncredited)

Attack of the Robots
Piano Player

Dr. Orloff's Monster
Piano Player

Strange Voyage
Don Venancio

Death Whistles the Blues
Saxofonista en Club de Nueva Orleans (uncredited)

The Awful Dr. Orlof
Pianist (uncredited)

Anna Said Yes
Pianista (uncredited)

Around the World in 80 Days
Extra (uncredited)







