José Luis Merino
Personal Info
Know For
Directing
Gender
Male
Birthday
1927-06-10 (92 years old)
Deathday
2019-07-02
Place of Birth
Madrid, Madrid, Spain
Also known As
Louis M. Weaves
José Luis Merino Boves
J.L. Merino
José Luis Merino
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 Scream of the Demon Lover (aka Ivanna ), which have bot...
Acting
1998
as Camarero casino
1982
as Niño
1983
as Meri
1981
as Meri
1979
as Zachary
1980
as Camarero
Production
1973
as Director
1958
as Director
1968
as Screenplay
1983
as Director
1968
as Director
1967
as Director
1983
as Director
1970
as Director
1972
as Producer
1970
as Director
1970
as Director
1970
as Director
1970
as Director
1972
as Director
1972
as Writer
1966
as Director
1969
as Writer
1969
as Director
1966
as Executive Producer
1971
as Director
1973
as Writer
1970
as Writer
1970
as Director
1969
as Director
1969
as Writer
1971
as Director
1979
as Director
1987
as Producer
1964
as Director
1978
as Assistant Unit Manager
1983
as Writer
1970
as Screenplay
1977
as Director
1977
as Unit Production Manager
1976
as Writer
1976
as Director
1970
as Writer
1973
as Director
1973
as Writer
1977
as Writer
1953
as Assistant Director
1970
as Story
1970
as Director
1969
as Story
1974
as Unit Production Manager
1977
as Property Master
1978
as Property Master
1976
as Property Master
1966
as Executive Producer
1975
as Line Producer
1968
as Director
1974
as Director
1983
as Unit Production Manager
1975
as Unit Production Manager
1967
as Screenplay
1967
1979
as Writer
1979
as Director
1970
as Screenplay
1980
as Unit Production Manager
1965
as Executive Producer
1958
as Writer
1977
as Unit Production Manager
1978
as Property Master
1984
as Production Manager
1956
as Assistant Director
1952
as Assistant Production Manager
1951
as Production Assistant
1959
as Assistant Director
1957
as Assistant Director
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