Bill Forsyth
Known for: Directing
Born: July 29, 1946
Place of birth: Glasgow, Scotland
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.
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Filmography
28 movies · 2 TV shows, newest first
7.7
The Story of Film: An Odyssey
2011
7.4
The Beast Pageant
2010
4.8
Gregory's Two Girls
1999
5.1
Being Human
1994
5.7
Breaking In
1989
6.6
Housekeeping
1987
6.0
"I Thought Maybe I'd Get to Meet Alan Whicker": A Conversation with Bill Forsyth
1986
NR
Shooting from the Heart: Chris Menges, Cameraman
1985
6.6
Comfort and Joy
1984
NR
The Making of a 'Local Hero' (With a Little Help from His Friends)
1983
6.8
Local Hero
1983
8.0
Andrina
1981
6.8
Gregory's Girl
1980
6.2
That Sinking Feeling
1980
NR
The Odd Man
1978NR
The Living Land
1976NR
Polar Power
1974
NR
Shapes In The Water
1974
6.0
Islands of the West
1972NR
Highlands
1972NR
A Place in the Country: Renfrewshire Regional Park
19725.1
Film '72
1971
6.0
Glasgow 1980
1971
NR
Island of the Big Cloth
1971
2.0
Mirror
1970
NR
Still Life with Honesty
1970
2.0
KH-4
1969
7.0
Mackintosh
1968NR
Loch Lomond
1967NR
The Smiths in Scotland
1966