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José Luis Merino
Actor, Writer, Director, Producer, Additional Credits
Born June 10, 1927Died July 2, 2019 (92 years)
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.
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
José Luis Merino Filmography
| 2004 | |
| 2000 | You're the One · as Aldeano 1 |
| 1998 | The Grandfather · as Camarero Casino |
| 1997 | |
| 1985 | La huella del crimen (TV Series) · as Policía |
| 1983 | El crack dos · as Meri |
| 1982 | Las chicas del bingo · as Niño |
| 1981 | El crack · as Meri |
| 1980 | Viva la clase media · as Camarero |
| 1979 |
| 1983 | USA, violación y venganza · as Screenplay |
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| 1976 | La Clave (TV Series) |
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| 1971 | Rimal min dhahab · as Screenplay |
| 1970 | |
| 1970 | Scream of the Demon Lover · as Screenplay |
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| 1968 | Gatling Gun · as Screenplay |
| 1967 | Kitosch, the Man Who Came from the North · as Screenplay |
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| 1958 |
| 1988 | Historias del otro lado (TV Series) |
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| 1972 | |
| 1966 | For One Thousand Dollars Per Day · as Executive Producer |
| 1984 | Double Feature · as Production Manager |
| 1983 | El crack dos · as Unit Production Manager |
| 1978 | Alone in the Dark · as Assistant Unit Manager |
| 1977 | Unfinished Business · as Unit Production Manager |
| 1977 | Hasta que el matrimonio nos separe · as Unit Production Manager |
| 1975 | Earthquake in Chile · as Line Producer |
| 1975 | En la cresta de la ola · as Original Screenplay |
| 1975 | Mi mujer es muy decente, dentro de lo que cabe · as Unit Production Manager |
| 1974 | The New Spaniards · as Unit Production Manager |
| 1971 | Zorro, Rider of Vengeance · as Story |
| 1969 | A Bullet for Rommel · as Story |
| 1966 | Europa canta · as Script |
| 1959 | Lazarillo · as Assistant Director |
| 1956 | Express Train from Andalucía · as Assistant Director |
| 1952 | Habitación para tres · as Assistant Production Manager |