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José Luis Merino
Madrid, Madrid, Spain
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,…
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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.
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2004
Merry-Go-Round c. 1950
Movie
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1998
The Grandfather
Movie Camarero casino
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1997
La herida luminosa
Movie
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1987
Course Completed
Movie Producer
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1984
Double Feature
Movie Production Manager
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1983
El crack dos
Movie Meri
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1983
La avispita Ruinasa
Movie Director
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1983
USA, violación y venganza
Movie Director
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1982
Las chicas del bingo
Movie Niño
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1982
Begin the Beguine
Movie Producer
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1981
El crack
Movie Meri
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1980
Viva la clase media
Movie Camarero
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1980
¡Qué verde era mi duque!
Movie Unit Production Manager
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1979
Siete cabalgan hacia la muerte
Movie Director
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1979
Las verdes praderas
Movie
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1979
7 cabalgan hacia la muerte
Movie Zachary
More credits
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1978
Tobi
Movie Property Master
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1978
Alone in the Small Hours
Movie Assistant Unit Manager
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1978
Donde hay patrón...
Movie Property Master
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1977
Asignatura pendiente
Movie Unit Production Manager
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1977
Marked by Men
Movie Director
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1977
Till Divorce Us Do Part
Movie Unit Production Manager
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1977
Más fina que las gallinas
Movie Property Master
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1976
Beatriz
Movie Property Master
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1976
Sábado, chica, motel ¡qué lío aquel!
Movie Director
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1975
Earthquake in Chile
Movie Line Producer
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1975
Mi mujer es muy decente, dentro de lo que cabe
Movie Unit Production Manager
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1974
Los nuevos españoles
Movie Unit Production Manager
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1974
Juegos de sociedad
Movie Director
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1973
Tarzan in King Solomon's Mines
Movie Writer
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1973
The Hanging Woman
Movie Director
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1972
Pirates of Blood Island
Movie Director
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1972
The Desire in Autumn
Movie Producer
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1971
Zorro the Invincible
Movie Director
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1971
Zorro, Rider of Vengeance
Movie Director
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1970
When Heroes Die
Movie Director
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1970
Scream of the Demon Lover
Movie Director
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1970
More Dollars for the MacGregors
Movie Director
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1970
Zorro's Latest Adventure
Movie Director
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1970
Satan's Five Warnings
Movie Director
