José Luis Merino
Born: 1927-06-10 in Madrid, Madrid, Spain
Died: 2019-07-02
Known For: Directing
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
1998
- The Grandfather as Camarero casino
1997
1987
- Course Completed ... (Producer)
1984
- Double Feature ... (Production Manager)
1983
- El crack dos as Meri
- USA, violación y venganza ... (Director)
- La avispita Ruinasa ... (Director)
1982
- Las chicas del bingo as Niño
- Begin the Beguine ... (Producer)
1981
- El crack as Meri
1980
- ¡Qué verde era mi duque! ... (Unit Production Manager)
- Viva la clase media as Camarero
1979
- 7 cabalgan hacia la muerte as Zachary
- Las verdes praderas
- Siete cabalgan hacia la muerte ... (Director)
1978
- Tobi ... (Property Master)
- Donde hay patrón... ... (Property Master)
- Alone in the Small Hours ... (Assistant Unit Manager)
1977
- Más fina que las gallinas ... (Property Master)
- Marked by Men ... (Director)
- Till Divorce Us Do Part ... (Unit Production Manager)
- Asignatura pendiente ... (Unit Production Manager)
1976
- Sábado, chica, motel ¡qué lío aquel! ... (Writer)
- Beatriz ... (Property Master)
1975
- Mi mujer es muy decente, dentro de lo que cabe ... (Unit Production Manager)
- Earthquake in Chile ... (Line Producer)
1974
- Los nuevos españoles ... (Unit Production Manager)
- Juegos de sociedad ... (Director)
1973
- The Hanging Woman ... (Director)
- Tarzan in King Solomon's Mines ... (Director)
1972
- The Desire in Autumn ... (Producer)
- Pirates of Blood Island ... (Director)
1971
- Zorro, Rider of Vengeance ... (Director)
- Zorro the Invincible ... (Director)
1970
- Scream of the Demon Lover ... (Director)
- More Dollars for the MacGregors ... (Director)
- Zorro's Latest Adventure ... (Director)
- Robin Hood, l'invincibile arciere ... (Director)
- Slaughter on the Khyber Pass ... (Director)
- When Heroes Die ... (Writer)
- Satan's Five Warnings ... (Director)
1969
- The Battle of the Last Panzer ... (Writer)
- A Bullet for Rommel ... (Story)
- Hell Commandos ... (Director)
1968
- Requiem for a Gringo ... (Director)
- Gatling Gun ... (Screenplay)
- Colpo sensazionale al servizio del Sifar ... (Director)
1967
- Kitosch, the Man Who Came from the North ... (Director)
1966
- Europa canta ... (Director)
- El rayo desintegrador ... (Executive Producer)
- For One Thousand Dollars Per Day ... (Executive Producer)
1965
- Diálogos de la paz ... (Executive Producer)
1964
- Alféreces provisionales ... (Director)
1959
- El Lazarillo de Tormes ... (Assistant Director)
1958
- Aquellos tiempos del cuplé ... (Director)
1957
- La puerta abierta ... (Assistant Director)
1956
- Andalusia Express ... (Assistant Director)
1953
- Cabaret ... (Assistant Director)
1952
- Habitación para tres ... (Assistant Production Manager)
1951
- Quema el suelo ... (Production Assistant)