Spanish filmmaker Jesus “Jess” Franco—a towering figure in the world of grindhouse cinema, and one of the most prolific movie directors who has ever lived—has died at the age of 82. Franco, who often wrote his own scripts and also frequently doubled as his own producer, editor, composer, or cinematographer, made literally hundreds of features over the course of a career that spanned more than 50 years. (Like his American counterpart Roger Corman, he sometimes cut corners by incorporating footage from one shoot in a later production. However, he denied rumors that he ever had more than one movie going at the same time, telling The A.V. Club in 2009, “This is impossible! I only have one head.”)
Franco, who started out in the movie business by writing the scores for such films as Comicos (1954) and Historias De Madrid (1958) before making his own feature directing ...
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