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Joaquim Jordà i Català

Writer, Director, Actor, Additional Credits
Born August 9, 1935Died June 23, 2006 (70 years)
Joaquim Jordà i Català ( Santa Coloma de Farners , August 9 , 1935 - Barcelona , ​​June 8 , 2006 ) was a Catalan film director , screenwriter and translator . He belongs to the School of Barcelona where he stands out for his film Dante is not only severe (1967) directed together with Jacinto Esteva . He is also recognized for his documentary film work with titles such as the cooperative film Numax presents... (1980), the award-winning Mones com la Becky (1999) or De Nens (2003). In 2000 he was awarded the National Cinema Award , granted by the Generalitat de Catalunya and in 2006 with the National Cinematography Award , granted by the Ministry of Culture of Spain .

In 2004 he resumed Numax presents... , a film he had shot in 1979 at the initiative of the Workers' Assembly of the Númax appliance factory in Barcelona's Eixample . Twenty years are nothing , a new film that reunites those workers who self-managed the factory.
Known For
  • Carmen
  • El Lute: Run for Your Life
  • Pau and His Brother
  • The People Who Own the Dark
  • Monkeys Like Becky
  • El Lute II: Tomorrow I'll Be Free
  • A Body in the Woods
  • Change of Sex
  • Dante no es únicamente severo
  • Los Jinetes del Alba
  • My Life with Carlos
  • The Old Music
  • Alma gitana
  • Así como habían sido
  • Tuset Street
  • Andorra. Entre el torb i la Gestapo
  • Each Time That...
  • Bahía de Palma
  • The Magicians

Filmography

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