Josep Maria Forn
Directing
- Born
- April 4, 1928 · Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
- Died
- October 3, 2021 (age 93)
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.
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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.
Known for
A Body in the Woods
November 8, 1996
Post Office Box 1001
December 5, 1950
Ocaña: An Intermittent Portrait
June 1, 1978
Burnt Skin
February 13, 1967
Contraband Spain
March 15, 1955
Companys, procés a Catalunya
September 17, 1979
The Victor of Olot
March 9, 1981
Death at Dawn
June 7, 1960
Cake of Blood
January 1, 1971
La barca sin pescador
November 2, 1964
Eleven Pairs of Boots
September 6, 1954
Death of the Scorpion
October 27, 1976
Behind the camera32
- 2015El somni català Producer, Writer, Director
- 2007El coronel Macià Director
- 1998Subjúdice Director, Writer, Executive Producer
- 1996A Body in the Woods Producer
- 1991Ho sap el ministre? Director
- 1985Un, dos, tres... ensaïmades i res més Producer
- 1981The Victor of Olot Executive Producer
- 1979Companys, procés a Catalunya Director, Writer
- 1978Ocaña: An Intermittent Portrait Producer
- 1978