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 (a.k.a. The Hanging Woman) and Scream of the Demon Lover (a.k.a. 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.
Filmography
all 63
Movies 63
Director 30
Producer 8
Writer 3
Merry-Go-Round c. 1950 (2004)
The Grandfather (1998)
La herida luminosa (1997)
Semiosis (1991)
Course Completed (1987)
Double Feature (1984)
El crack dos (1983)
La avispita Ruinasa (1983)
USA, violación y venganza (1983)
Las chicas del bingo (1982)
To Begin Again (1982)
El crack (1981)
Viva la clase media (1980)
¡Qué verde era mi duque! (1980)
Siete cabalgan hacia la muerte (1979)
Las verdes praderas (1979)
7 cabalgan hacia la muerte (1979)
Tobi (1978)
Alone in the Dark (1978)
Donde hay patrón... (1978)
Asignatura pendiente (1977)
Marked by Men (1977)
Till Divorce Us Do Part (1977)
Más fina que las gallinas (1977)
Beatriz (1976)
Sábado, chica, motel ¡qué lío aquel! (1976)
Earthquake in Chile (1975)
En la cresta de la ola (1975)
Mi mujer es muy decente, dentro de lo que cabe (1975)
Los nuevos españoles (1974)
Juegos de sociedad (1974)
Tarzan in King Solomon's Mines (1973)
The Hanging Woman (1973)
Pirates of Blood Island (1972)
The Desire in Autumn (1972)
Zorro the Invincible (1971)
Zorro, Rider of Vengeance (1971)
When Heroes Die (1970)
Scream of the Demon Lover (1970)
More Dollars for the MacGregors (1970)
Zorro's Latest Adventure (1970)
Satan's Five Warnings (1970)
Robin Hood, l'invincibile arciere (1970)
Slaughter on the Khyber Pass (1970)
Hell Commandos (1969)
A Bullet for Rommel (1969)
The Battle of the Last Panzer (1969)
Gatling Gun (1968)
Requiem for a Gringo (1968)
Colpo sensazionale al servizio del Sifar (1968)
Kitosch, the Man Who Came from the North (1967)
Europa canta (1966)
For One Thousand Dollars Per Day (1966)
El rayo desintegrador (1966)
Diálogos de la paz (1965)
Alféreces provisionales (1964)
El Lazarillo de Tormes (1959)
Those times of the cuplé (1958)
La puerta abierta (1957)
Andalusia Express (1956)
Cabaret (1953)
Habitación para tres (1952)
Quema el suelo (1952)
Ratings
Information
Known ForDirecting
GenderMale
Birthday1927-06-10
Deathday2019-07-02 (92 years old)
Birth PlaceMadrid, Spain
FatherManuel Merino
SiblingsFernando Merino
CitizenshipsSpain
Also Known AsLouis M. Weaves, José Luis Merino Boves, J.L. Merino
This article uses material from Wikipedia.
- José Luis Merino
- Filmography
- Information
- Related Persons