Jesús Franco
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- May 12, 1930
- Died
- April 2, 2013 (aged 82)
- Birthplace
- Madrid, Spain
Biography
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.
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Filmography
Fly Story
Movie · Director
Juliette
Movie · Director
El misterio del castillo rojo
Movie · Director
Shining Sex
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Al Pereira vs. the Alligator Ladies
Movie · Director
Revenge of the Alligator Ladies
Movie · Director
La cripta de las condenadas
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La cripta de las condenadas: Parte II
Movie · Director
Paula-Paula
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A Bad Day at the Cemetery
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Lascivia
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Montes de Venus
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Jess Franco's Perversion
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Jess Franco's Passion
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Snakewoman
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Incubus
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Killer Barbys vs. Dracula
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Vampire Junction
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Blind Target
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Helter Skelter
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Vampire Blues
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Dr. Wong's Virtual Hell
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Broken Dolls
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Red Silk
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Lust for Frankenstein
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Mari-Cookie and the Killer Tarantula
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Tender Flesh
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Vampire Killer Barbys
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Downtown Heat
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Jungle of Fear
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El abuelo, la condesa y Escarlata la traviesa
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In Pursuit of Barbara
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Night of the Eagles
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Esmeralda Bay
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Faceless
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Dark Mission: Flowers of Evil
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Falo Crest
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Thong Girls
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Phollastía
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Slave of Crime
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Trapped Women
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Alone Against Terror
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Golden Temple Amazons
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Lulu's Talking Ass
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The Voyeur and the Exhibitionist
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The Last from Philippines
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Girl with the Red Lips
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Entre pitos anda el juego
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Para las nenas, leche calentita
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Sida, la peste del siglo XX
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Fury in the Tropics
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Las chuponas
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Angel of Death
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White Jungle Slave
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Judoka Shadow versus Doctor Wong
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Dirty Game in Casablanca
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Bangkok, Date with Death
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Trip to Bangkok, Coffin Included
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Un pito para tres
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The Sinister Doctor Orloff
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The Sexual Story of O
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Lilian, the Perverted Virgin
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Night Has a Thousand Desires
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A Crack for Two
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Lonely Road
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How Much Does a Spy Make?
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Bahia Blanca
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Revenge in the House of Usher
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Diamonds of Kilimandjaro
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Cries of Pleasure
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Macumba Sexual
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Voces de muerte
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Blood on My Shoes
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The Blues of Pop Street
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En busca del dragón dorado
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The House of Lost Women
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The Hotel of Love Affairs
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Black Boots, Leather Whip
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Intimate Confessions of an Exhibitionist
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The Night Of Open Sex
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Claire
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Cecilia
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Mansion of the Living Dead
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Lake of the Virgins
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The Inconfessable Orgies of Emmanuelle
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Oasis of the Zombies
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El huésped de la niebla
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Jailhouse Wardress
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Sex Is Crazy
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Bloody Moon
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The Story of Linda
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Sadomania
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The Girls of the Copacabana
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Sexual Perversions of a Married Woman
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Pick-Up Girls
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Lola 2000
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Erotic Symphony
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Devil Hunter
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White Cannibal Queen
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Two Female Spies with Flowered Panties
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Wicked Memoirs of Eugenie
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What a Honeymoon
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Convoy of Girls
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They Do Everything
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The Sadist of Notre Dame
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Burning Up Inside
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Justine and the Whip
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Women in Cellblock 9
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Women Without Innocence
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Cocktail spécial
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Kiss Me Killer
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Greta, the Mad Butcher
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Call of the Blonde Goddess
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Love Letters of a Portuguese Nun
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Doriana Grey
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Love Camp
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Blue Rita
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Sexy Sisters
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Slaves
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Barbed Wire Dolls
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Jack the Ripper
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Downtown
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Midnight Party
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Silence of the Grave
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Girls in the Night Traffic
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Around the World in 80 Beds
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White Skin Black Thighs
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Golden Jail
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The Troublemakers
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Shining Sex
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Sexy Erotic Job
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Women Behind Bars
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Exorcism
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Countess Perverse
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The Hot Nights of Linda
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The Ticklish Ones
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Sexorcismes
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A Virgin for St. Tropez
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Rolls-Royce Baby
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Night of the Skull
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The Greedy Ones
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Lorna, the Exorcist
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How to Seduce a Virgin
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Celestine
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The Lustful Amazons
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The Erotic Rites of Frankenstein
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Eugenie de Sade
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Female Vampire
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A Virgin Among the Living Dead
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The Sinister Eyes of Dr. Orloff
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Lovers of Devil's Island
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The Demons
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Nightmares Come at Night
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The Other Side of the Mirror
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Sinner: The Secret Diary of a Nymphomaniac
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Tender and Perverse Emmanuelle
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Fifteen Year Old Captain
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Dolls for Sale
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Dracula, Prisoner of Frankenstein
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The Corpse Packs His Bags
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The Vengeance of Dr. Mabuse
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Virgin Report
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Daughter of Dracula
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Robinson and His Tempestuous Slaves
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The Devil Came from Akasava
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She Killed in Ecstasy
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Vampyros Lesbos
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X312 - Flight to Hell
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Count Dracula
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The Bloody Judge
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Eugenie... The Story of Her Journey into Perversion
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The Castle of Fu Manchu
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99 Women
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Venus in Furs
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The Girl from Rio
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Marquis de Sade: Justine
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Two Undercover Angels
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Kiss Me Monster
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The Blood of Fu Manchu
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Succubus
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Residence for Spies
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A Man, Eight Girls
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Lucky, the Inscrutable
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Attack of the Robots
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The Diabolical Dr. Z
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Dr. Orloff's Monster
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Chimes at Midnight
Movie · Second Unit Director
Death Whistles the Blues
Movie · Director
Rififi in the City
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Jaguar
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The Awful Dr. Orlof
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The Sadistic Baron Von Klaus
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Vampiresas 1930
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Queen of the Tabarin Club
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Red Lips
Movie · Director
Estampas guipuzcoanas número 2: Pío Baroja
Movie · Director
El destierro del Cid
Movie · Director
We Are 18 Years Old
Movie · Director
Oro español
Movie · Director
Las playas vacías
Movie · Director
Historias de Madrid
Movie · Assistant Director
The Tree from Spain
Movie · Director
El hombre que viajaba despacito
Movie · Assistant Director
Fulano y Mengano
Movie · Assistant Director
The Coyote's Justice
Movie · Assistant Director
Death of a Cyclist
Movie · Assistant Director
The Coyote
Movie · Assistant Director
Comedians
Movie · Script Supervisor
Merry Christmas
Movie · Assistant Director