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