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.
Filmography
all 63
Movies 63
Director 30
Producer 8
Writer 3
The Grandfather (1998)
Semiosis (1991)
Course Completed (1987)
Double Feature (1984)
El crack dos (1983)
La avispita Ruinasa (1983)
To Begin Again (1982)
Viva la clase media (1980)
¡Qué verde era mi duque! (1980)
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)
Earthquake in Chile (1975)
Mi mujer es muy decente, dentro de lo que cabe (1975)
Los nuevos españoles (1974)
Juegos de sociedad (1974)
The Hanging Woman (1973)
Pirates of Blood Island (1972)
The Desire in Autumn (1972)
Zorro the Invincible (1971)
When Heroes Die (1970)
Scream of the Demon Lover (1970)
Hell Commandos (1969)
Gatling Gun (1968)
Requiem for a Gringo (1968)
Europa canta (1966)
For One Thousand Dollars Per Day (1966)
El rayo desintegrador (1966)
Diálogos de la paz (1965)
El Lazarillo de Tormes (1959)
La puerta abierta (1957)
Andalusia Express (1956)
Cabaret (1953)
Habitación para tres (1952)
Quema el suelo (1951)
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
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