Josep Maria Forn
Producer, Director, Writer, Actor
April 4, 1928 — October 3, 2021 (93 years)
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.
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
Filmography
| 1998 | Subjúdice · as Executive Producer |
| 1996 | |
| 1985 | |
| 1981 | El vicari d'Olot · as Executive Producer |
| 1978 | |
| 1978 | |
| 1967 | |
| 1960 |
| 2006 | |
| 1998 | |
| 1979 | |
| 1967 | Burnt Skin · as Screenplay |
| 1962 | |
| 1960 | Death at Dawn · as Screenplay |
| 2019 | La gran il·lusió · as Self |
| 1991 | Movie Days · as Self |
| 1978 | Alice in Spanish Wonderland · as Himself |
| 1985 | |
| 1983 | |
| 1980 | La campanada · as Empleado |
| 1978 | |
| 1978 |
| 1976 | La muerte del escorpión · as Production Manager |
| 1971 | Cake of Blood · as Production Manager |
| 1955 | Contraband Spain · as Assistant Director |
| 1955 | Los ases buscan la paz · as Assistant Director |
| 1954 | Once pares de botas · as Assistant Director |
| 1950 | P.O. Box 1001 · as Production Secretary |