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Filmmaker · Spain

José María Forn

Died in 2021

José María Forn was born in Barcelona in 1928. After trying his hand at literature, he came to cinema in the early fifties, began with a short film on Gaudí and then made commercial films. In 1975 he founded the Institute of Catalan Cinema and presided over it; from 1987 to 1991 he headed cinematography in the Department of Culture of the Generalitat of Catalonia, and in 1994 he was elected president of the Association of Film Directors of Catalonia. He received the Creu de Sant Jordi in 2001 and died in Barcelona in 2021.

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