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, 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.

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