José Luis Merino
Known for: Directing
Born: June 9, 1927 in Madrid, Madrid, Spain - Died: July 1, 2019
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.
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La herida luminosa
Las verdes praderas
The Grandfather
Camarero casino
Las chicas del bingo
Niño
El crack dos
Meri
El crack
Meri
Merry-Go-Round c. 1950
7 cabalgan hacia la muerte
Zachary
Viva la clase media
Camarero
The Hanging Woman
Director
Aquellos tiempos del cuplé
Director
Gatling Gun
Screenplay
La avispita Ruinasa
Director
Requiem for a Gringo
Director
Kitosch, the Man Who Came from the North
Director
USA, violación y venganza
Director
More Dollars for the MacGregors
Director
The Desire in Autumn
Producer
Slaughter on the Khyber Pass
Director
Scream of the Demon Lover
Director
Satan's Five Warnings
Director
Zorro's Latest Adventure
Director
Pirates of Blood Island
Director
Europa canta
Director