José Luis Merino
- Directing
- June 10, 1927 · Madrid, Madrid, Spain
- July 2, 2019
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
- Merry-Go-Round c. 1950
- The Grandfather · Camarero casino
- La herida luminosa
- Course Completed · Producer
- Double Feature · Production Manager
- El crack dos · Meri, Unit Production Manager
- La avispita Ruinasa · Director, Writer
- USA, violación y venganza · Director
- Las chicas del bingo · Niño
- Begin the Beguine · Producer
- El crack · Meri
- Viva la clase media · Camarero
- ¡Qué verde era mi duque! · Unit Production Manager
- Siete cabalgan hacia la muerte · Director
- Las verdes praderas
- 7 cabalgan hacia la muerte · Zachary, Director
- Tobi · Property Master
- Alone in the Small Hours · Assistant Unit Manager
- Donde hay patrón... · Property Master
- Asignatura pendiente · Unit Production Manager
- Marked by Men · Director, Writer
- Till Divorce Us Do Part · Unit Production Manager
- Más fina que las gallinas · Property Master
- Beatriz · Property Master
- Sábado, chica, motel ¡qué lío aquel! · Director, Writer
- Earthquake in Chile · Line Producer
- Mi mujer es muy decente, dentro de lo que cabe · Unit Production Manager
- Los nuevos españoles · Unit Production Manager
- Juegos de sociedad · Director
- Tarzan in King Solomon's Mines · Writer, Director
- The Hanging Woman · Director, Writer
- Pirates of Blood Island · Director, Writer
- The Desire in Autumn · Producer
- Zorro the Invincible · Director
- Zorro, Rider of Vengeance · Director
- When Heroes Die · Director, Writer
- Scream of the Demon Lover · Director, Screenplay
- More Dollars for the MacGregors · Director, Writer
- Zorro's Latest Adventure · Director
- Satan's Five Warnings · Director, Screenplay
- Robin Hood, l'invincibile arciere · Director
- Slaughter on the Khyber Pass · Director
- Hell Commandos · Director, Writer
- A Bullet for Rommel · Story
- The Battle of the Last Panzer · Writer, Director
- Gatling Gun · Screenplay
- Requiem for a Gringo · Director
- Colpo sensazionale al servizio del Sifar · Director
- Kitosch, the Man Who Came from the North · Director, Screenplay
- Europa canta · Director
- For One Thousand Dollars Per Day · Executive producer
- El rayo desintegrador · Executive producer
- Diálogos de la paz · Executive producer
- Alféreces provisionales · Director
- El Lazarillo de Tormes · Assistant Director
- Aquellos tiempos del cuplé · Director, Writer
- La puerta abierta · Assistant Director
- Andalusia Express · Assistant Director
- Cabaret · Assistant Director
- Habitación para tres · Assistant Production Manager
- Quema el suelo · Production Assistant