José Luis Merino
Directing
- Born
- June 10, 1927 · Madrid, Madrid, Spain
- Died
- July 2, 2019 (age 92)
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
Begin the Beguine
March 1, 1982
El crack dos
August 1, 1983
The Hanging Woman
September 3, 1973
Tobi
December 19, 1978
Scream of the Demon Lover
October 8, 1970
Asignatura pendiente
April 18, 1977
Beatriz
December 6, 1976
Requiem for a Gringo
August 23, 1968
Donde hay patrón...
March 4, 1978
Alone in the Small Hours
April 3, 1978
Double Feature
June 22, 1984
Course Completed
April 9, 1987
Behind the camera54
- 1987Course Completed Producer
- 1984Double Feature Production Manager
- 1983El crack dos Unit Production Manager
- 1983La avispita Ruinasa Director, Writer
- 1983USA, violación y venganza Director
- 1982Begin the Beguine Producer
- 1980¡Qué verde era mi duque! Unit Production Manager
- 1979Siete cabalgan hacia la muerte Director
- 19797 cabalgan hacia la muerte Writer, Director
- 1978Tobi