Joaquim Jordà i Català

Personal Info

Known For Writer

Gender Male

Birthday 1935-08-09

Deathday 2006-06-23 (70 years old)

Place of Birth Santa Coloma de Farners, Catalunya

Also Known As Joaquín Jordá

Joaquim Jordà i Català

Biography

Joaquim Jordà i Català ( Santa Coloma de Farners , August 9 , 1935 - Barcelona , ​​June 8 , 2006 ) was a Catalan film director , screenwriter and translator . He belongs to the School of Barcelona where he stands out for his film Dante is not only severe (1967) directed together with Jacinto Esteva . He is also recognized for his documentary film work with titles such as the cooperative film Numax presents... (1980), the award-winning Mones com la Becky (1999) or De Nens (2003). In 2000 he was awarded the National Cinema Award , granted by the Generalitat de Catalunya and in 2006 with the National Cinematography Award , granted by the Ministry of Culture of Spain . In 2004 he resumed Numax presents... , a film he had shot in 1979 at the initiative of the Workers' Assembly of the Númax appliance factory in Barcelona's Eixample . Twenty years are nothing , a new film that reunites those workers who self-managed the factory.

Known For

Writer

2010
2006
2003
Carmen

as Writer

2003
De nens

as Writer

2001
1999
1996
1996
Alma gitana

as Writer

1991
1987
Lute: Forge On or Die

as Screenplay

1985
1985
1977
Change of Sex

as Screenplay

1976
1970
Liberxina 90

as Writer

1964
1960
Día de muertos

as Writer

Director

2006
2005
Ictus

as Director

2004
2003
De nens

as Director

1999
Monkeys Like Becky

as Director

1996
1990
1980
Numax presenta...

as Director

1970
Lenin vivo

as Director

1968
Tuset Street

as Script Supervisor

1967
1962
Bahía de Palma

as Script Supervisor

1961
At Five in the Afternoon

as Assistant Director

1960
Día de muertos

as Director

Producer

1969
The Happy Sixties

as Production Assistant