Biography
Josep Maria Forn i Costa (Catalan pronunciation: [ʒuˈzɛb məˈɾi.ə ˈfoɾn]; 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, La piel quemada (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
all 35
Movies 35
Director 19
Producer 5
self 1
Writer 1
El somni català (2015)
El coronel Macià (2007)
Subjúdice (1998)
A Body in the Woods (1996)
Ho sap el ministre? (1991)
Un, dos, tres... ensaïmades i res més (1985)
Como un adiós (1983)
The Victor of Olot (1981)
La campanada (1980)
Companys, procés a Catalunya (1979)
Alice in Spanish Wonderland (1979)
Ocaña: An Intermittent Portrait (1978)
Rage (1978)
Death of the Scorpion (1976)
Cake of Blood (1971)
La respuesta (1969)
Burnt Skin (1967)
El castigador (1965)
La barca sin pescador (1964)
La ruta de los narcóticos (1963)
José María (1963)
Los culpables (1962)
La vida privada de Fulano de Tal (1961)
¿Pena de muerte? (1961)
Death at Dawn (1960)
La Rana Verde (1958)
Un tesoro en el cielo (1957)
Yo maté (1957)
Contraband Spain (1955)
Los ases buscan la paz (1954)
Eleven Pairs of Boots (1954)
Doubt (1951)
La fuente enterrada (1950)
Post Office Box 1001 (1950)
El señorito Octavio (1950)
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Known ForDirecting
GenderMale
Birthday1928-04-04
Deathday2021-10-03 (93 years old)
Birth PlaceBarcelona, Spain
CitizenshipsSpain
Also Known AsJosé María Forn
AwardsMiquel Porter Gaudí Honorary Award, Saint George's Cross
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