- Date de naissance
- Date de décès2 avril 2013 · Malaga, Andalousie, Espagne (accident vasculaire cérébral)
- Nom de naissanceJesús Franco Manera
- Surnoms
- Tío Jess
- James P. Johnson
- Jesus Manera
- Clifford Brown
- Dave Tough
- Jess Franco
- Lulú Laverne
- David Khume
- Jesús Franco est né le 12 mai 1930 en Espagne. Il était scénariste et réalisateur. Il est connu pour Le diable vint d'Akasava (1971), Les diamants du Kilimanjaro (1983) et Les putains de la ville basse (1975). Il était marié à Lina Romay et Nicole Guettard. Il est mort le 2 avril 2013 à Malaga, Andalousie, Espagne.
- ConjointsLina Romay(23 avril 2008 - 15 février 2012) (son décès)Nicole Guettard(1962 - 1980) (divorcé)
- ProchesMiguel Marías(Niece or Nephew)Ricardo Franco(Niece or Nephew)Javier Marías(Niece or Nephew)
- Frequent use of zoom lens
- His films frequently feature nightclub scenes, hotels, beaches and mind control.
- Openly despises his own movies and claims he doesn't think he has ever made a good film, and what he would really like is to have made Citizen Kane (1941) or Les Raisins de la colère (1940) or something like the films of Stanley Donen or Vincente Minnelli.
- One of the secrets of his success is his reputation for completing projects on time and within the budget. This usually gives him the directorial freedom to do whatever he wants.
- In the 1970s he, along with Luis Buñuel, was declared one of the most dangerous filmmakers for Catholics by the Catholic Church. Upon hearing this, Buñuel got interested in meeting Franco, and said so to his frequent collaborator Jean-Claude Carrière, who was at that moment developing a script with Franco. Carrière introduced them to each other.
- Among his vast number of pseudonyms, Franco frequently pays tribute (of sorts) to jazz greats working from the '20s through the '50s by signing his film with the monikers of trumpeter Clifford Brown, pianist James P. Johnson and drummer Dave Tough.
- After a hiatus of several years, he returned to directing in 2005 with one feature film and two video features at the age of 75. That gives him over 180 directing credits.
- I'm not a false intellectual like so many in the business. But I think that cinema is an art form in itself. It's an artistic expression that, let's say, makes the public happy.
- I feel that cinema should be like a box of surprises, like a magic box. And in that world, anything is allowed to enter, as long as it's always treated with a spirit of "Pop!". Not in the spirit of "Now you understand the problems of society in 1947". No, I don't give a shit about that. I think cinema should be like magic, a surprise, that's all. That's why, to conclude, I love movies . . . and stories.
- But I never made a film thinking that I'd win the Grand Prize in Cannes. Never. I always thought it would be so beautiful for my films to be shown in theaters in the suburbs and the theater is packed with people who are enjoying my films. There it is. That's more than enough. There's nothing else.
- I think a censor is a kind of dictator. The thing is so old-fashioned. They try to cut our wings. It's a pain in the ass. I hate that. I like freedom. I have always liked freedom. I left Spain because I liked freedom. Someone who says to me, "You have to cut that because you can see the feet!", Fuck you! I never went along with that. No, when I say I never went along with that, I left Spain the second time because of that and I went to see the head censor and I told him, "You know I am leaving this country because you are here. You are an asshole! You piss me off. I'm leaving." Then I left and took my plane. What does it all mean? Who judges? Who is the judge? Who decides? Who has the truth? Who holds the truth with a capital "T"? No one! So there's nothing worse than bullshit that cuts people's wings.
- I don't think I've done anything important or magnificent. I'm a worker and the thing I prefer in my life is cinema. When I'm working in cinema, I'm happy. And that's all, you know?
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