José Luis Merino
Age: N/A | From: Madrid, Madrid, Spain
Person Details
Birthday:
Aliases: Louis M. Weaves , José Luis Merino Boves , J.L. Merino
Gender: Male
Place of birth: Madrid, Madrid, Spain
Homepage:
Movie Involvements: 74
TV Involvements: 0
Most Famous Work
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.
Most Famous Work
Europa canta
(1966) Director
Quema el suelo
(1952) Production Assistant
Los nuevos españoles
(1974) Unit Production Manager
USA, violación y venganza
(1983) Director
Más fina que las gallinas
(1977) Property Master
Sábado, chica, motel ¡qué lío aquel!
(1976) Writer
Tobi
(1978) Property Master
Habitación para tres
(1952) Assistant Production ManagerActing
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | N/A | |
| 1998 | Camarero casino | |
| 1997 | N/A | |
| 1983 | Meri | |
| 1982 | Niño | |
| 1981 | Meri | |
| 1980 | Camarero | |
| 1979 | N/A | |
| Zachary | ||
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
Production
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1987 | Producer | |
| 1984 | Production Manager | |
| 1983 | Unit Production Manager | |
| 1980 | Unit Production Manager | |
| 1978 | Assistant Unit Manager | |
| 1977 | Unit Production Manager | |
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| 1975 | Line Producer | |
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| 1974 | Unit Production Manager | |
| 1972 | Producer | |
| 1966 | Executive Producer | |
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| 1965 | Executive Producer | |
| 1952 | Assistant Production Manager | |
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| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Directing
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
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| 1983 | Director | |
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| 1979 | Director | |
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| 1977 | Director | |
| 1976 | Director | |
| 1974 | Director | |
| 1973 | Director | |
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| 1972 | Director | |
| 1971 | Director | |
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| 1970 | Director | |
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| 1969 | Director | |
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| 1968 | Director | |
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| 1967 | Director | |
| 1966 | Director | |
| 1964 | Director | |
| 1959 | Assistant Director | |
| 1958 | Director | |
| 1957 | Assistant Director | |
| 1956 | Assistant Director | |
| 1953 | Assistant Director | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Writing
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1983 | Writer | |
| 1979 | Writer | |
| 1977 | Writer | |
| 1976 | Writer | |
| 1973 | Writer | |
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| 1972 | Writer | |
| 1970 | Writer | |
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| 1969 | Writer | |
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| 1968 | Screenplay | |
| 1967 | Screenplay | |
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| 1958 | Writer | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Art
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1978 | Property Master | |
| Property Master | ||
| 1977 | Property Master | |
| 1976 | Property Master | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
