Person
Josep Maria Forn
Directing · 1928–2021 · Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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.
Known for
José María
Director
La gran il·lusió, relat intermitent del cinema català
Self
Subjúdice
Director
Companys, procés a Catalunya
Director
El castigador
Production Manager
El somni català
Writer
Los culpables
Director
Doubt
Script Supervisor
Ho sap el ministre?
Director
The Victor of Olot
Executive Producer
Filmography
- 2019La gran il·lusió, relat intermitent del cinema catalàSelf
- 2015El somni catalàWriter
- 2007El coronel MaciàDirector
- 1998SubjúdiceDirector
- 1996A Body in the WoodsProducer
- 1991Ho sap el ministre?Director
- 1985Un, dos, tres... ensaïmades i res més
- 1983Como un adiós
- 1981The Victor of OlotExecutive Producer
- 1980La campanadaEmpleado
- 1979Companys, procés a CatalunyaDirector
- 1979Alicia en la España de las maravillasHimself
- 1978Serenata a la claror de la lluna
- 1978Ocaña: An Intermittent PortraitProducer
- 1978Rage
- 1976Death of the ScorpionProduction Manager
- 1971Cake of BloodProduction Manager
- 1969La respuestaDirector
- 1967Burnt SkinDirector
- 1965El castigadorProduction Manager
- 1964La barca sin pescadorWriter
- 1963La ruta de los narcóticosDirector
- 1963José MaríaDirector
- 1962Los culpablesDirector
- 1961La vida privada de Fulano de TalProducer
- 1961¿Pena de muerte?Director
- 1960Death at DawnScreenplay
- 1958La Rana VerdeDirector
- 1957Un tesoro en el cieloWriter
- 1955Yo matéDirector
- 1955Contraband SpainAssistant Director
- 1954¡¡Kubala!! Los ases buscan la pazAssistant Director
- 1954Eleven Pairs of BootsAssistant Director
- 1951DoubtScript Supervisor
- 1950La fuente enterradaScript Supervisor
- 1950Post Office Box 1001Production Secretary
- 1950El señorito OctavioScript Supervisor
- —Triomfarem! - José María Caparrós Lera (1943 - 2018)
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