FILM DIRECTOR

Jesús Franco

1930 - 2013

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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. He worked in many different genres during his career, but was best known for his horror and erotic films, often incorporating surrealist elements. In a career spanning from 1954 to 2013, he wrote, directed, produced, acted in, and scored approximately 173 feature films, working both in his native Spain and (during the rule of Francisco Franco) in France, West Germany, Switzerland and Portugal. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jesús Franco has received more than 664,259 page views. His biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 33 in 2019). Jesús Franco is the 158th most popular film director (up from 172nd in 2019), the 287th most popular biography from Spain (up from 288th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Spanish Film Director.

Jesús Franco was a Spanish filmmaker who is most famous for his horror films.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Jesús Franco ranks 158 out of 2,041. Before him are Ed Wood, Alexander Dovzhenko, Shohei Imamura, Otto Preminger, Roland Emmerich, and Joseph L. Mankiewicz. After him are Peter Greenaway, Kim Ki-duk, Sergio Corbucci, Andrei Konchalovsky, Josef von Sternberg, and Bille August.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1930, Jesús Franco ranks 60. Before him are Adunis, Moustapha Akkad, Yves Chauvin, Tippi Hedren, Anton LaVey, and Antony Armstrong-Jones, 1st Earl of Snowdon. After him are Buck Henry, Reinhard Selten, Mary Quant, Joanne Woodward, Choe Yong-rim, and Robert Aumann. Among people deceased in 2013, Jesús Franco ranks 43. Before him are Ray Manzarek, Erich Priebke, Georges Moustaki, Don Shirley, Mohammed Omar, and Jerome Karle. After him are James Gandolfini, Lawrence Klein, John Cornforth, James M. Buchanan, Nagisa Oshima, and Richard Matheson.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Jesús Franco ranks 287 out of 3,355. Before him are Abraham Abulafia (1240), Liuvigild (525), Cardinal-Infante Ferdinand of Austria (1609), Fernando Alonso (1981), Ildefons Cerdà (1815), and Ibn Zuhr (1091). After him are Marcus Annius Verus (100), Al-Hakam I (770), Sancho IV of Castile (1258), Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca (1488), La Belle Otero (1868), and Eusebi Güell (1846).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Spain

Among film directors born in Spain, Jesús Franco ranks 4. Before him are Luis Buñuel (1900), Pedro Almodóvar (1949), and Carlos Saura (1932). After him are Víctor Erice (1940), Bigas Luna (1946), Juan Antonio Bardem (1922), Vicente Aranda (1926), Néstor Almendros (1930), Luis García Berlanga (1921), Segundo de Chomón (1871), and Fernando Trueba (1955).

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Filmography

Chimes at Midnight
Director
Henry IV usurps the English throne, sets in motion the factious War of the Roses and now faces a rebellion led by Northumberland scion Hotspur. Henry's heir, Prince Hal, is a ne'er-do-well carouser who drinks and causes mischief with his low-class friends, especially his rotund father figure, John Falstaff. To redeem his title, Hal may have to choose between allegiance to his real father and loyalty to his friend.
Dec 22o 19657.2 / 10
Vampyros Lesbos
Director
An erotic horror tale about a vixen vampiress seducing and killing women to appease her insatiable thirst for female blood.
Jul 15o 19715.765 / 10
Count Dracula
Director
Jess Franco's version of the Bram Stoker classic has Count Dracula as an old man who grows younger whenever he dines on the blood of young maidens.
Apr 3o 19705.8 / 10