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Josep Maria Forn

Director · 1928–2021 · Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain

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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.

Directed 22

2010s

  1. 2015

    El somni català

    Director

2000s

  1. 2007

    El coronel Macià

    Director

1990s

  1. 1998

    Subjúdice

    Director

  2. 1991

    Ho sap el ministre?

    Director

1970s

  1. 1979

    Companys, procés a Catalunya

    Director

1960s

  1. 1969

    La respuesta

    Director

  2. 1967

    Burnt Skin

    Director

  3. 1964

    La barca sin pescador

    Director

  4. 1963

    La ruta de los narcóticos

    Director

  5. 1962

    Los culpables

    Director

  6. 1961

    La vida privada de Fulano de Tal

    Director

  7. ¿Pena de muerte?

    Director

  8. 1960

    Death at Dawn

    Director

1950s

  1. 1958

    La Rana Verde

    Director

  2. 1955

    Yo maté

    Director

  3. Contraband Spain

    Assistant Director

  4. 1954

    ¡¡Kubala!! Los ases buscan la paz

    Assistant Director

  5. Eleven Pairs of Boots

    Assistant Director

  6. 1951
  7. 1950

    La fuente enterrada

    Script Supervisor

  8. El señorito Octavio

    Script Supervisor

Produced 14

2010s

  1. 2015

    El somni català

    Producer

1990s

  1. 1998

    Subjúdice

    Executive Producer

  2. 1996

    A Body in the Woods

    Producer

1980s

  1. 1985

    Un, dos, tres... ensaïmades i res més

    Producer

  2. 1981

    The Victor of Olot

    Executive Producer

1970s

  1. 1978

    Ocaña: An Intermittent Portrait

    Producer

  2. Rage

    Producer

  3. 1976

    Death of the Scorpion

    Production Manager

  4. 1971

    Cake of Blood

    Production Manager

1960s

  1. 1965
  2. 1961

    La vida privada de Fulano de Tal

    Producer

  3. 1960

    Death at Dawn

    Producer

1950s

  1. 1958

    La Rana Verde

    Producer

  2. 1950

    Post Office Box 1001

    Production Secretary

Wrote 11

2010s

  1. 2015

    El somni català

    Writer

1990s

  1. 1998

    Subjúdice

    Writer

1970s

  1. 1979

    Companys, procés a Catalunya

    Writer

1960s

  1. 1969

    La respuesta

    Writer

  2. 1967

    Burnt Skin

    Screenplay

  3. 1964

    La barca sin pescador

    Writer

  4. 1961

    La vida privada de Fulano de Tal

    Writer

  5. 1960

    Death at Dawn

    Screenplay

1950s

  1. 1958

    La Rana Verde

    Screenplay

  2. 1957

    Un tesoro en el cielo

    Writer

  3. 1955

    Yo maté

    Writer

Acted in 7

1990s

  1. 1991

    Ho sap el ministre?

    Director

1980s

  1. 1985

    Un, dos, tres... ensaïmades i res més

    Movie

  2. 1983

    Como un adiós

    Movie

  3. 1980

    La campanada

    Empleado

1970s

  1. 1978

    Serenata a la claror de la lluna

    Movie

  2. Rage

    Movie

No release date

  1. Triomfarem! - José María Caparrós Lera (1943 - 2018)

    Movie

Appearances2

2010s

  1. 2019

    La gran il·lusió, relat intermitent del cinema català

    Self · 4 episodes

1970s

  1. 1979

    Alicia en la España de las maravillas

    Himself