José Ramón Larraz was born on February 7, 1929 in Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. He was a director and writer, known for Symptoms (1974), Whirlpool (1970) and Vampyres (1974). He died on September 3, 2013 in Málaga, Málaga, Andalucía, Spain.
Spanish director of horror and erotic films, former comic book illustrator and fashion photographer. Worked in England as Joseph Larraz, and in Spain, using the pseudonym Joseph Braunstein.