Josep Maria Forn
Born: 1928-04-04 in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
Died: 2021-10-03
Known For: Directing
Biography
Josep Maria Forn i Costa (April 4, 1928 – October 3, 2021) was a Spanish actor , film producer and film director . He was born in Barcelona , and began making movies in the 1950s with the short-film Gaudí (1954) and some commercial movies. His film, Burnt Skin (1967), dealt with the migration to Catalonia from other parts of Spain , and was very successful besides the Franco 's censorship. In 1975, he became the founder and president of Institut de Cinema Català. From 1987 to 1991, he was the director of the cinematography department in the Generalitat de Catalunya , and in 1994, president of Catalan Film Directors College. He received the Creu de Sant Jordi Award by the Catalan Government in 2001.
Filmography
2015
- El somni català ... (Producer)
2007
- El coronel Macià ... (Director)
1998
- Subjúdice ... (Director)
1996
- A Body in the Woods ... (Producer)
1991
- Ho sap el ministre? as Director
1983
1981
- The Victor of Olot ... (Executive Producer)
1980
- La campanada as Empleado
1979
- Companys, procés a Catalunya ... (Director)
- Alicia en la España de las maravillas as Himself
1978
- Ocaña: An Intermittent Portrait ... (Producer)
- Rage
1976
- Death of the Scorpion ... (Production Manager)
1971
- Cake of Blood ... (Production Manager)
1969
- La respuesta ... (Director)
1967
- Burnt Skin ... (Director)
1965
- El castigador ... (Production Manager)
1964
- La barca sin pescador ... (Writer)
1963
- José María ... (Director)
- La ruta de los narcóticos ... (Director)
1962
- Los culpables ... (Director)
1961
- ¿Pena de muerte? ... (Director)
- La vida privada de Fulano de Tal ... (Writer)
1960
- Death at Dawn ... (Director)
1958
- La Rana Verde ... (Director)
1957
- Un tesoro en el cielo ... (Writer)
1955
- Contraband Spain ... (Assistant Director)
- Yo maté ... (Director)
1954
- Eleven Pairs of Boots ... (Assistant Director)
- ¡¡Kubala!! Los ases buscan la paz ... (Assistant Director)
1951
- Doubt ... (Script Supervisor)
1950
- Post Office Box 1001 ... (Production Secretary)
- El señorito Octavio ... (Script Supervisor)
- La fuente enterrada ... (Script Supervisor)