José Luis Merino

Directing·Jun 10, 1927·Madrid, 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.

Film	Credit
La avispita Ruinasa1983 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
USA, violación y venganza1983 · Director	Director
Siete cabalgan hacia la muerte1979 · Director	Director
7 cabalgan hacia la muerte1979 · Zachary, Director, Writer	Zachary, Director, Writer
Marked by Men1977 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Sábado, chica, motel ¡qué lío aquel!1976 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Juegos de sociedad1974 · Director	Director
Tarzan in King Solomon's Mines1973 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
The Hanging Woman1973 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Pirates of Blood Island1972 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Zorro the Invincible1971 · Director	Director
Zorro, Rider of Vengeance1971 · Director	Director
When Heroes Die1970 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Scream of the Demon Lover1970 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
More Dollars for the MacGregors1970 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Zorro's Latest Adventure1970 · Director	Director
Satan's Five Warnings1970 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
Robin Hood, l'invincibile arciere1970 · Director	Director
Slaughter on the Khyber Pass1970 · Director	Director
Hell Commandos1969 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
The Battle of the Last Panzer1969 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Requiem for a Gringo1968 · Director	Director
Colpo sensazionale al servizio del Sifar1968 · Director	Director
Kitosch, the Man Who Came from the North1967 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
Europa canta1966 · Director	Director
Alféreces provisionales1964 · Director	Director
Aquellos tiempos del cuplé1958 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer