José Luis Madrid

José Luis Madrid is rather a man of cinema than a filmmaker because apart from director producer and screenwriter he also was a member of the boards of producing American Films SL Andorra Films SA Cinefilms SL Theatrical Production Ufesa SA Servifilms SL Kfilms SA José Luis Madrid PC Film Cooperative Collects and Tilman Films in positions ranging from owner to chairperson and also owner of the Madrid theaters Picasso and Lumière as well as the studios of Apolo Films in Villalba Madridfilm producer formerly owned by his uncle the also director Antonio del Amo under whose orders began to take his first steps in the profession Law school graduate and enrolled in the QFII which would not get to finish his studies his official filmography of more than twenty films thrives mostly genre filmsfrom thrillers to euroespías españoladas lurid dramas or the typical postFranco movies or horror movies style where most of their raids would be perpetrated by the emblem of this movement in Spain the actor screenwriter and director Jacinto Molina Paul Naschy the result of whose collaboration are Jack the Ripper of London Sette Cadaveri per Scotland Yard 1971 and crimes of Petiot 1972 In 1960 he signed his debut as a director with Adieu Ninon As for his contribution to the Mediterranean western closer to the European American classic running style it consists of three titles concentrated in the mid60 Tomb for Desperado 1965 Revenge of Clark Harrison the colt spietata of Ringo 1965 and The ballad of Johnny Ringo Wer Johnny R Kent 1966 SpanishGerman coproduction starring the former Hollywood star Lex Barker and Seven Jackals 1974 starring Anthony Steffen and Gianni Giarko Also the Iquino production of A dollar fire A dolaro di fuoco 1965 Madrid would direct such unaccredited two dozen feature films in Germany for local producer Artur Brauner most of whom were Krimis German police clearly and very popular genre in the country usually consisting of adaptations of novels of Edgar Wallace Already in the 70s he followed the same modus operandi this time in British lowbudget productions Artisan of limited skills and without overly relevant in his curriculum title throughout his career he also showed a sense of opportunism with productions such as The Vampire motorway 1969 horror film inspired by a series of real murders occurred in the Spain of the time and The hyena 1973 Last Tango in Madrid 1975 comic byproduct trying to bring revenues to the success of Last Tango in Paris 1972 by Bernardo Bertolucci or Command Txiquia Death of a President 1977 reconstruction of the terrorist attack that would end the life of Admiral Carrero Blanco filmed without permission in the same places where the events occurred with which anticipated the celebrated Operation Ogre 1979 by Gillo Pontecorvo IMDb Mini Biography By jsanchez