Warren Forma

While pursuing his career as photographers' and film makers' agent, Forma independently produced and directed his own films. This began in 1954; when asked to document Helburn's auto racing efforts, Forma purchased a 16mm film camera, rented a helicopter, and did so. His resulting film, Man and Car, received a positive reaction, setting the stage for his award-winning documentary series "Artists at Work".

• Artists at Work. A companion volume to the eponymous film series, the book offers a close look into the minds of twenty three active artists from England, France, Italy, the United States and Israel over the period 1964 to 1967. • The Falling Man, 1973. This novel compares and interweaves the violence of 1920s Ireland and 1940s Harlem, from the vantage point of an injured, dying policeman. • They Were Ragtime, 1976. An illustrated history of American cultural icons and political and economic movers and shakers in the "Ragtime" era of 1892 to 1917. • The Day God Smiled, 2010. Historic fiction chronicling events of the second half of the 20th century through three generations of an American family.

Forma's film studies of 23 artists at work in their studios received widespread recognition and awards for their detailed and candid interviews and detailed portrayals of living artists at their labors. The films were commissioned and aired by National Educational Television, CBS and ABC in the United States, and distributed throughout Canada, Australia, Japan and West Germany. The Artists at Work" documentaries include: • School of Paris: (5 Artists at Work), 1963. Study of contemporary artists Hans Hartung, Claude Weisbuch, Günter Fruhtrunk, Jean Dewasne and di Tiena. • 5 British Sculptors (Work and Talk) Henry Moore, Reg Butler, Barbara Hepworth, Lynn Chadwick, Kenneth Armitage, 1964. A study of sculptors Reg Butler, Barbara Hepworth, Kenneth Armitage, Lynn Chadwick and Henry Moore. 28 minutes. • Images of Leonard Baskin, 1966. Life and work of sculptor and print maker Leonard Baskin at Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts. • Weapons of Gordon Parks, 1967. Documentary of the life of Gordon Parks, the internationally renowned black photographer for Life Magazine. • Possibilities of Agam, 1967. Documentary of the Israeli kinetic artist & philosopher Yacov Agam. In 1980, Forma produced a second film on Agam entitled Agam and.... • Seven Roman Artists, 1967. New developments in Italian Painting and sculpture including the work of futurist Gino Severini, Pietro Consagra, Franchina, Afro Basaldella, Antonio Corpora, Piero Dorazio, Alberto Burri and Roberto Matta. • The Americans. Documents three East-coast painters - Jack Tworkov, Hans Hofmann and Milton Avery.