Josep Maria Forn i Costa (Catalan pronunciation: [ʒuˈzɛb məˈɾi.ə ˈfoɾn]; 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, La piel quemada (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.
Contents
Filmography
Director
1957: Yo maté
1959: Muerte al amanecer
1960: La vida privada de Fulano de Tal
1960: La rana verde
1961: ¿Pena de muerte?
1962: La ruta de los narcóticos
1962: Los culpables
1963: José María
1964: La barca sin pescador
1967: La piel quemada
1975: La respuesta
1979: Companys, procés a Catalunya
1991: Ho sap el ministre?
1998: Subjúdice
2006: El coronel Macià
Actor
1978: La ràbia
1978: Serenata a la claror de la lluna
1979: Alicia en la España de las maravillas
1980: La campanada
1981: Un drac, Sant Jordi i el cavaller Kaskarlata
1982: Puny clos
1983: Como un adiós
1985: Un, dos, tres... ensaïmades i res més
