Josep Maria Forn i Costa (; April 4, 1928 – October 3, 2021
) was a Spanish

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, film producer and film director. He was born in

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, 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

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, and was very successful besides the

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. 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

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, and in 1994, president of Catalan Film Directors College. He received the

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Award by the

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in 2001.

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''

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Forn, Josep Maria 1928 births 2021 deaths Male film actors from Catalonia Film directors from Catalonia Spanish film producers Spanish male film actors Male actors from Barcelona