# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jesus-franco
# Generated: 2026-08-14T12:51:19.369Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jesus-franco"
name: "Jesús Franco"
slug: "jesus-franco"
description: "Jesús Franco Manera, also commonly known as Jess Franco, was a Spanish filmmaker, composer, and actor, known as a highly prolific director of low-budget exploitation and B-movies. He worked in many different genres during his career, but was best known for his horror and erotic films, often incorporating surrealist elements."
tagline: "Spanish film director (1930–2013)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jess_Franco_2008.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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category:
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1930-05-12"
deathDate: "2013-04-02"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump