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Bill Forsyth(I)

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Bill Forsyth
Bill Forsyth was born on 29 July 1946 in Glasgow, Strathclyde, Scotland, UK. He is a director and writer, known for Local Hero (1983), Gregory's Girl (1980) and Housekeeping (1987).
BornJuly 29, 1946
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BornJuly 29, 1946
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  • Won 2 BAFTA Awards

Known for

Burt Lancaster and Peter Riegert in Local Hero (1983)
Local Hero
7.3
  • Director
  • 1983
John Gordon Sinclair in Gregory's Girl (1980)
Gregory's Girl
7.1
  • Director
  • 1980
Housekeeping (1987)
Housekeeping
7.2
  • Director
  • 1987
That Sinking Feeling (1979)
That Sinking Feeling
6.7
  • Director
  • 1979

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Director

  • Bill Forsyth Lifetime Achievement Film
  • Quad Movie Poster, 40 x 30
    Gregory's Two Girls
  • Robin Williams in Being Human (1994)
    Being Human
  • Breaking In (1989)
    Breaking In
  • Housekeeping (1987)
    Housekeeping
  • Bill Paterson in Comfort and Joy (1984)
    Comfort and Joy
  • Burt Lancaster and Peter Riegert in Local Hero (1983)
    Local Hero
  • Andrina
  • John Gordon Sinclair in Gregory's Girl (1980)
    Gregory's Girl
  • That Sinking Feeling (1979)
    That Sinking Feeling
  • That Sinking Feeling (1979)
    Islands of the West

Writer

  • Bill Forsyth Lifetime Achievement Film
  • Quad Movie Poster, 40 x 30
    Gregory's Two Girls
  • Robin Williams in Being Human (1994)
    Being Human
  • Housekeeping (1987)
    Housekeeping
  • Bill Paterson in Comfort and Joy (1984)
    Comfort and Joy
  • Burt Lancaster and Peter Riegert in Local Hero (1983)
    Local Hero
  • Andrina
  • John Gordon Sinclair in Gregory's Girl (1980)
    Gregory's Girl
  • That Sinking Feeling (1979)
    That Sinking Feeling

Editor

  • The Living Land
  • Polar Power
  • Highlands
  • Glasgow 1980 (1972)
    Glasgow 1980
  • Island of the Big Cloth
  • That Sinking Feeling (1979)
    K.H-4
  • Mackintosh

Personal details

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    • Resume at PFD
    • July 29, 1946
    • Glasgow, Strathclyde, Scotland, UK

Did you know

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    Biography in: John Wakeman, editor. "World Film Directors, Volume Two, 1945-1985". Pages 356-361. New York: The H.W. Wilson Company, 1988.
  • Quotes
    Everybody has reasons. [Answer to a reporter's question "Why aren't there any bad guys in your films?"]

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