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Josep Maria Forn

Producer, Director, Writer, Actor, Additional Credits
Born April 4, 1928Died 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.
Known For
  • Ocana, an Intermittent Portrait
  • Burnt Skin
  • A Body in the Woods
  • P.O. Box 1001
  • El coronel Macià
  • Los culpables
  • Pastel de sangre
  • Death at Dawn
  • Contraband Spain
  • Once pares de botas
  • Los ases buscan la paz
  • El vicari d'Olot
  • Un, dos, tres... ensaïmades i res més
  • La muerte del escorpión
  • La ruta de los narcóticos
  • Como un adiós

Filmography

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