Jesús "Jess" Franco (Jesús Franco Manera; 12 May 1930 – 2 April 2013) was a Spanish movie director, screenwriter, cinematographer, and actor. His career began in the 1961 movie "The Awful Dr. Orloff". He was known for his movies "Necronomicon" (1967), "Ninety-Nine Women" (1968) and two Christopher Lee movies, "The Bloody Judge" and "Count Dracula".