as ▁and ▁nun sp lo itation . ▁His ▁sex ▁mov ies ▁often ▁contained ▁long , ▁un inter rupted ▁sh ots ▁of ▁n ude ▁women ▁wr ith ing ▁around ▁on ▁b eds . ▁Most ▁of ▁his ▁hard core ▁films ▁star red ▁his ▁lif el ong ▁companion ▁L ina ▁Rom ay , ▁who ▁admitted ▁in ▁inter views ▁to ▁being ▁an ▁exhibition ist . ▁ ▁Franco ▁was ▁known ▁for ▁his ▁use ▁of ▁a ▁hand - h eld ▁camera ▁and ▁zoom ▁sh ots , ▁which ▁he ▁felt ▁l ent ▁real ism ▁to ▁his ▁films . ▁He ▁also ▁was ▁not ▁a verse ▁to ▁film ing ▁several ▁mov ies ▁at ▁the ▁same ▁time , ▁knock ing ▁together ▁a ▁second ▁feature ▁on ▁the ▁uns us pect ing ▁producer ' s ▁d ime . ▁Many ▁of ▁his ▁actors ▁only ▁found ▁out ▁years ▁after ▁the ▁fact ▁that ▁Franco ▁had ▁actually ▁star red ▁them ▁in ▁films ▁for ▁which ▁they ▁had ▁never ▁even ▁been ▁paid . ▁ ▁His ▁main ▁claim ▁to ▁fame , ▁however , ▁is ▁that ▁he ▁managed ▁to ▁write ▁and ▁direct ▁around ▁ 1 6 0 ▁motion ▁pictures ▁in ▁his ▁lifetime , ▁en comp ass ing ▁a ▁wide ▁sw ath ▁of ▁different ▁gen res , ▁with ▁pract ically ▁no ▁financial ▁backing ▁available ▁to ▁him . ▁( Note * ▁- ▁Some ▁sources ▁which ▁list ▁as ▁many ▁as ▁ 2 0 0 ▁titles ▁in ▁Franco ' s ▁film ography ▁are ▁rel isting ▁the ▁same ▁films ▁several ▁times ▁under ▁different ▁variant ▁titles ). ▁ ▁Franco ▁attract ed ▁a ▁circle ▁of ▁b izar re ▁but ▁loyal