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Gender: Male

Place of birth: Glasgow, Scotland

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Movie Involvements: 26

TV Involvements: 1


Most Famous Work

Biography

William David Forsyth (born 29 July 1946) is a Scottish film director and screenwriter known for his films Gregory's Girl (1981), Local Hero (1983) and Comfort and Joy (1984) as well as his adaptation of the Marilynne Robinson novel Housekeeping (1987). Description above from the Wikipedia article Bill Forsyth, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Most Famous Work

Local Hero
Average
7

Local Hero

(1983) Screenplay
Gregory's Girl
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7

Gregory's Girl

(1981) Writer
Comfort and Joy
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7

Comfort and Joy

(1984) Writer
Being Human
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5

Being Human

(1994) Writer
Housekeeping
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7

Housekeeping

(1987) Writer
Gregory's Two Girls
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5

Gregory's Two Girls

(1999) Writer
That Sinking Feeling
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6

That Sinking Feeling

(1980) Writer
Breaking In
Average
6

Breaking In

(1989) Director

Acting

Crew

Year Role Movie/Tv
2010 Thanks
Year Role Movie/Tv

Directing

Writing

Production

Year Role Movie/Tv
1980 Producer
Year Role Movie/Tv

Editing

Year Role Movie/Tv
1971 Editor
1969 Editor
Year Role Movie/Tv

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