Jaime Jesús Balcázar

Jaime Jesús Balcázar Granada (born January 27, 1934 in Barcelona ) is a Spanish film director and screenwriter .

Balcázar, the younger brother of the director and producer Alfonso , made a number of feature films, three of which were spaghetti westerns the best known. As a member of the Balcázar family, who dominated the Catalan film market, he was initially responsible for the synchronization of the films produced before he shot his first film - not for his own company, but for Leda Films from Madrid  . This was followed by six entertainment films.

His next film, El misterio de la vida , was a Spanish version of the German educational film Helga ; in his later years he then turned to fictional adult film . Several films were made in collaboration with the German director Hubert Frank .

Filmography (selection)

Director

• 1964: Oklahoma John - The Sheriff of Rio Rojo (Oklahoma John)
• 1965: retaliation in Catano (Tierra de fuego)
• 1966: No mercy for traitors (Cuatro dólares de venganza)
• 1967: El filo del miedo
• 1967: The gold fist of Brooklyn (El hombre del puño de oro)
• 1968: The Violent (Crónica de un atraco)
• 1969: Españolear
• 1970: El misterio de la vida
• 1979: Inés de Villalonga 1870
• 1981: Black Sands - In the beginning was love (Playa azul)

script

• 1966: Faster than 1000 Colts (Thompson 1880)
• 1966: The red phantom strikes (Superargo contro Diabolikus)
• 1967: Fire on Frankie
• 1967: Shamango (Gentleman Jo ... uccidi)
• 1967: A quick prayer for three cannons (Professionisti per un massacro)
• 1968: For a few more corpses (Sonora)
• 1968: 2 × Judas (Due volte Giuda)
• 1981: Mad Foxes - Fire on Wheels (Los Violadares)
• 1986: Demon in Silk (Il miele del diavolo)

swell

• José Luis Salvador Estébenez: Jaime Jésus Balcazar, in: 800 Spaghetti Westerns, 2008.
• Rafael de España, Salvador Juan i Babot: Balcázar Producciones Cinematográficas, 2005.

Web links

• Jaime Jesús Balcázar in the Internet Movie Database (English)