José Ramón Larraz, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

José Ramón Larraz

Spanish comic book artist, film director and screenwriter

Date of Birth: 07-Feb-1929

Place of Birth: Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain

Date of Death: 03-Sep-2013

Profession: screenwriter, writer, comics artist, film director, producer

Nationality: Spain

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

José Ramón Larraz Gil (1929 – 3 September 2013) was a Spanish director of exploitation and horror films such as the erotic and bloody Vampyres (1974).Born in Barcelona, Larraz moved to Paris in 1952, where he started his career as a comics writer for magazines like Pilote and Spirou.
His most known creation was the action-comic series "Paul Foran", which he wrote under the name "Gil". Larraz moved to England in 1976, where he began making films, then in 1976 apparently relocated his operations back to Spain.
He made many different types of films, but is best known for his horror films.
Symptoms was an official British entry at the 1974 Cannes Film Festival.
His last few horror films were Spanish/ American co-productions.
He apparently retired from filmmaking in 1992 at age 63.
Larraz died, aged 84, in Málaga on 3 September 2013.