José Luis Merino
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- June 10, 1927
- Died
- July 2, 2019 (aged 92)
- Birthplace
- Madrid, Madrid, Spain
Biography
Jose Luis Merino (10 June 1927 – 2 July 2019) was a Spanish film writer and director who developed a cult following among horror film fans. He was born in 1927 in Madrid, Spain, as José Luis Merino Boves, and went on to direct around 30 films during his long and varied career as director and writer (1958–1990), most of them action/adventure films, crime dramas , spaghetti westerns, war movies and costume dramas involving Robin Hood, pirates, Zorro etc. He is known to horror film fans for the two horror movies he directed in the early 1970s: Orgy of the Dead ( aka The Hanging Woman ) and Scream of the Demon Lover (aka Ivanna ), which have both become cult classics over the years. Merino never considered himself a horror film director, he chose rather to favor his many action/adventure films. He died on July 2, 2019, at age 92.
Known For
Filmography
La avispita Ruinasa
Movie · Director
USA, violación y venganza
Movie · Director
Siete cabalgan hacia la muerte
Movie · Director
7 cabalgan hacia la muerte
Movie · Director
Marked by Men
Movie · Director
Sábado, chica, motel ¡qué lío aquel!
Movie · Director
Juegos de sociedad
Movie · Director
The Hanging Woman
Movie · Director
Tarzan in King Solomon's Mines
Movie · Director
Pirates of Blood Island
Movie · Director
Zorro, Rider of Vengeance
Movie · Director
Zorro the Invincible
Movie · Director
More Dollars for the MacGregors
Movie · Director
Slaughter on the Khyber Pass
Movie · Director
Scream of the Demon Lover
Movie · Director
Satan's Five Warnings
Movie · Director
Zorro's Latest Adventure
Movie · Director
When Heroes Die
Movie · Director
Robin Hood, l'invincibile arciere
Movie · Director
The Battle of the Last Panzer
Movie · Director
Hell Commandos
Movie · Director
Requiem for a Gringo
Movie · Director
Colpo sensazionale al servizio del Sifar
Movie · Director
Kitosch, the Man Who Came from the North
Movie · Director
Europa canta
Movie · Director
Alféreces provisionales
Movie · Director
El Lazarillo de Tormes
Movie · Assistant Director
Aquellos tiempos del cuplé
Movie · Director
La puerta abierta
Movie · Assistant Director
Andalusia Express
Movie · Assistant Director
Cabaret
Movie · Assistant Director