Josep Maria Forn
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
- Directing
- Born
- 1928-04-04 · Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
- Died
- 2021-10-03
Known for
- A Body in the Woods (1996) — Producer
- Post Office Box 1001 (1950) — Production Secretary
- Ocaña: An Intermittent Portrait (1978) — Producer
- Burnt Skin (1967) — Director
- Alicia en la España de las maravillas (1979) — Himself
- Contraband Spain (1955) — Assistant Director
- Companys, procés a Catalunya (1979) — Director
- The Victor of Olot (1981) — Executive Producer
- Death at Dawn (1960) — Director
- Cake of Blood (1971) — Production Manager
- La campanada (1980) — Empleado
- La barca sin pescador (1964) — Writer
- Eleven Pairs of Boots (1954) — Assistant Director
- Death of the Scorpion (1976) — Production Manager
- La respuesta (1969) — Director
- Un, dos, tres... ensaïmades i res més (1985)