José Luis Merino
29 Directed
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Europa canta
1966
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Scream of the Demon Lover
1970
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The Battle of the Last Panzer
1969
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Requiem for a Gringo
1968
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The Hanging Woman
1973
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Sábado, chica, motel ¡qué lío aquel!
1976
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USA, violación y venganza
1983
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Kitosch, the Man Who Came from the North
1967
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When Heroes Die
1970
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La avispita Ruinasa
1983
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Tarzan in King Solomon's Mines
1973
Director
Pirates of Blood Island
1972
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La avispita Ruinasa
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1983
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USA, violación y venganza
Director
1983
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Siete cabalgan hacia la muerte
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1979
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7 cabalgan hacia la muerte
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1979
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Marked by Men
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1977
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Sábado, chica, motel ¡qué lío aquel!
Director
1976
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Juegos de sociedad
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1974
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Tarzan in King Solomon's Mines
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1973
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The Hanging Woman
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1973
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Is José Luis Merino still alive?
José Luis Merino passed away on July 2, 2019 at age 92.
What are the most famous roles of José Luis Merino?
José Luis Merino is best known for directing The Hanging Woman, Scream of the Demon Lover, Requiem for a Gringo.
How many movies has José Luis Merino directed?
Over a 61-year career (since 1958), José Luis Merino has directed or written 29 films and worked on 0 TV shows.
What was José Luis Merino's first movie?
The career of José Luis Merino began with Aquellos tiempos del cuplé (1958).
What is José Luis Merino's most recent movie or series?
José Luis Merino's most recent release is La avispita Ruinasa, which premiered on June 21, 1983.
José Luis Merino
1927-06-10 · 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, 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.