José María Forqué

José María Forqué was born in Zaragoza in 1923. He began studying architecture, which he abandoned for the university theatre of his city, then for the cinema, where he directed his first film in 1951. He worked in almost every genre, from drama to comedy and the crime film, and founded his own production company in 1967. In the eighties, he directed several series for television. He received an honorary Goya in 1995 and died in Madrid the same year; prizes in Spanish cinema now bear his name.

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• CinemaAtraco a las tresJosé María Forqué · 1962Cinema