▁ ▁S ources ▁ ▁David ▁Burg ess ▁W ise , ▁The ▁New ▁Illustr ated ▁Encyclopedia ▁of ▁Autom ob iles . ▁ ▁Category : Def unct ▁motor ▁vehicle ▁manufact ur ers ▁of ▁the ▁United ▁States <0x0A> </s> ▁Jes ús ▁Franco ▁Man era ▁( 1 2 ▁May ▁ 1 9 3 0 ▁– ▁ 2 ▁April ▁ 2 0 1 3 ) ▁was ▁a ▁Spanish ▁film maker , ▁composer , ▁and ▁actor , ▁best ▁known ▁for ▁his ▁sty lish ▁explo itation ▁films , ▁direct ing ▁around ▁ 3 6 0 ▁feature ▁films . ▁ ▁Biography ▁ ▁Of ▁Cub an ▁and ▁Mexican ▁parent age , ▁Franco ▁was ▁born ▁in ▁Madrid ▁and ▁studied ▁at ▁the ▁city ' s ▁Instituto ▁de ▁Investig aciones ▁y ▁Exper ien cias ▁Cin emat ográ f icas ▁and ▁the ▁Institut ▁des ▁ha utes ▁études ▁cin ém at ograph iques ▁in ▁Paris . ▁He ▁began ▁his ▁career ▁in ▁ 1 9 5 4 ▁( aged ▁ 2 4 ) ▁as ▁an ▁assistant ▁director ▁in ▁the ▁Spanish ▁film ▁industry , ▁performing ▁many ▁tasks ▁including ▁compos ing ▁music ▁for ▁some ▁of ▁the ▁films ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁co - writing ▁a ▁number ▁of ▁the ▁screen plays . ▁He ▁assist ed ▁a ▁number ▁of ▁direct ors ▁such ▁as ▁Jo aqu ín ▁Luis ▁Rom ero ▁March ent , ▁León ▁K lim ov sky ▁and ▁Juan ▁Antonio ▁Bar dem . ▁After ▁working ▁on ▁more ▁than ▁ 2 0 ▁films , ▁he ▁decided ▁to ▁get ▁into ▁direct ing ▁films ▁in ▁ 1 9 5 9 , ▁making ▁a ▁few ▁musical s