Bill Forsyth

Personal Info

Known For Director

Gender Male

Birthday 1946-07-29 (78 years old)

Place of Birth Glasgow, Scotland

Bill Forsyth

Biography

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Bill Forsyth (born 29 July 1946, Glasgow) is a Scottish film director and writer, noted for his commitment to national film-making. Forsyth first came to attention with a low-budget film, That Sinking Feeling, made with youth theatre actors and featuring a cameo appearance by the Edinburgh gallery owner Richard Demarco. The relative success of the film was carried to a far higher level by his next film Gregory's Girl in 1981. This featured some of the same young actors, in particular John Gordon Sinclair, as well as the acting debut of Clare Grogan. The film was a major hit and won 'Best Screenplay' in that year's BAFTA Awards. In 1983 he wrote and directed the successful Local Hero, produced by David Puttnam, and featuring Burt Lancaster. It was rated in the top 100 films of the 1980s in a Premiere magazine recap of the decade. Forsyth's next film was the 1984 Comfort and Joy, about a Glasgow radio DJ caught between rival ice cream companies, which again featured Clare Grogan. When Puttnam went to Hollywood, Forsyth followed, but had limited success. The 1987 Housekeeping was his first American film. Another movie, Being Human, was shelved by the studio for four years after Puttnam was ousted. Gregory's Two Girls from 2000 appeared as a sequel to Gregory's Girl, with John Gordon Sinclair playing the same character, but it received mixed reviews. In a June 2009 interview on BBC Radio 5 Live, Forsyth stated that he is currently working on a new film project with the working title of Exile. Description above from the Wikipedia article Bill Forsyth, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Director

1999
1994
Being Human

as Director

1989
Breaking In

as Director

1987
Housekeeping

as Director

1984
Comfort and Joy

as Director

1983
Local Hero

as Director

1981
Gregory's Girl

as Director

1981
Andrina

as Director

1980
1974
1972
1970

Writer

1999
1994
Being Human

as Writer

1987
Housekeeping

as Writer

1984
Comfort and Joy

as Writer

1983
Local Hero

as Screenplay

1981
Gregory's Girl

as Writer

1981
Andrina

as Screenplay

1980

Editor

1974
Polar Power

as Editor

1972
Highlands

as Editor

1971
Glasgow 1980

as Editor

1969
KH-4

as Editor

1968
Mackintosh

as Editor

Producer

1980
1967
Loch Lomond

as Production Assistant

1966
The Smiths in Scotland

as Production Assistant

Crew

2010