Ricard Salvat was born on August 17, 1934 in Tortosa, Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain as Ricard Salvat i Ferré. He was a writer and director, known for María Rosa (1965), Premis Nacionals de Cultura 1999 (1999) and Qwerty (2007). He died on March 24, 2009 in Barcelona, Cataluña, Spain.