# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jose-luis-merino
# Generated: 2026-08-14T23:22:22.358Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jose-luis-merino"
name: "José Luis Merino"
slug: "jose-luis-merino"
description: "Jose Luis Merino was a Spanish film writer and director who developed a cult following among horror film fans."
tagline: "Spanish film director and screenwriter (1927–2019)"
image: "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/iTiLstleCMqiYDa6Vlw6M8xJB9T.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Spain"
  isoCode: "ES"
category:
  name: "Directors"
  slug: "directors"
profileType:
  name: "Movie Director"
  slug: "director"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1927-06-10"
deathDate: "2019-07-02"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           41.07
  momentum:             0
  historical:           9.20864
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0580829/"
    handle:    "nm0580829"
sources:
  - url: "https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Luis_Merino"
    title: "José Luis Merino"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%86%D9%88%D8%B3_%D9%84%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%B3_%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%88"
    title: "چوس لويس ميرينو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Luis_Merino_Boves"
    title: "José Luis Merino Boves"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Luis_Merino"
    title: "José Luis Merino"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Luis_Merino"
    title: "José Luis Merino"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Luis_Merino"
    title: "José Luis Merino"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AE%D9%88%D8%B2%D9%87_%D9%84%D9%88%D8%A6%DB%8C%D8%B3_%D9%85%D8%B1%DB%8C%D9%86%D9%88"
    title: "خوزه لوئیس مرینو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Luis_Merino"
    title: "José Luis Merino"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Luis_Merino"
    title: "José Luis Merino"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Luis_Merino"
    title: "José Luis Merino"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1709345"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/106548"
    title: "José Luis Merino"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump