José Luis Merino
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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 Screa…
Also known as
Louis M. Weaves · José Luis Merino Boves · J.L. Merino
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Known For
The Hanging Woman
1973 · Movie
Scream of the Demon Lover
1970 · Movie
Tobi
1978 · Movie
A Bullet for Rommel
1969 · Movie
When Heroes Die
1970 · Movie
Los nuevos españoles
1974 · Movie
Andalusia Express
1956 · Movie
Zorro, Rider of Vengeance
1971 · Movie
Double Feature
1984 · Movie
Requiem for a Gringo
1968 · Movie
Europa canta
1966 · Movie
Hell Commandos
1969 · Movie