death_date death_place years_active birth_place name birth_date article_title birth_name occupation
03 september 2013 málaga , spain 1970-2002 barcelona , spain josé ramón larraz 1929 josé ramón larraz
 josé ramón larraz gil screenwriter , film director and producer
josé ramón larraz

josé ramón larraz gil -lrb- 1929 -- 3 september 2013 -rrb- was a spanish director of exploitation and horror films such as the erotic and bloody `` vampyres '' -lrb- 1974 -rrb- .
born in barcelona , larraz 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 began making films in england , 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 .
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 .
