Josep Maria Forn
Personal Info
Known for
Directing
Gender
Male
Birthday
1928-04-04
Day of Death
2021-10-03 (93 years old)
Place of Birth
Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
Josep Maria Forn
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.
Acting
(1991)
Ho sap el ministre?
as Director
(1985)
(1983)
(1980)
La campanada
as Empleado
(1979)
Alice in Spanish Wonderland
as Himself
(1978)
Crew
(2015)
El somni català
Director, Writer, Producer
(2007)
El coronel Macià
Director
(1998)
Subjúdice
Director, Writer, Executive Producer
(1996)
A Body in the Woods
Producer
(1991)
Ho sap el ministre?
Director
(1985)
(1981)
The Victor of Olot
Executive Producer
(1979)
Companys, procés a Catalunya
Director, Writer
(1978)
Ocaña: An Intermittent Portrait
Producer
(1978)
Rage
Producer
(1976)
Death of the Scorpion
Production Manager
(1971)
Cake of Blood
Production Manager
(1969)
La respuesta
Director, Writer
(1967)
Burnt Skin
Director, Screenplay
(1965)
El castigador
Production Manager
(1964)
La barca sin pescador
Director, Writer
(1963)
José María
Director
(1963)
La ruta de los narcóticos
Director
(1962)
Los culpables
Director
(1961)
La vida privada de Fulano de Tal
Director, Writer, Producer
(1961)
¿Pena de muerte?
Director
(1960)
Death at Dawn
Director, Screenplay, Producer
(1958)
La Rana Verde
Director, Producer, Screenplay
(1957)
Un tesoro en el cielo
Writer
(1955)
Yo maté
Director, Writer
(1955)
Contraband Spain
Assistant Director
(1954)
¡¡Kubala!! Los ases buscan la paz
Assistant Director
(1954)
Eleven Pairs of Boots
Assistant Director
(1951)
Doubt
Script Supervisor
(1950)
Post Office Box 1001
Production Secretary
(1950)
El señorito Octavio
Script Supervisor
(1950)
La fuente enterrada
Script Supervisor