Acting credits
6
Early stage
Smaller on-screen catalog so far.
Actor
Bill Forsyth
Directing
Career Snapshot
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TMDB popularity
0.9
Low visibility
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Movies: 21Series: 1Crew credits: 17
TMDB ID: 68687
IMDb ID: nm0287025
Known for: Directing
Born: July 29, 1946
Age: 79
Place of birth: Glasgow, Scotland
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1968 - 2011
Years active: 44
Average TMDB rating: 6.38
Wikidata: Q738037
Also known as
William David Forsyth
Other jobs
Director (9)Editor (4)Writer (2)Producer (1)Thanks (1)
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).
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Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Bill Forsyth.
7.4
The Beast Pageant
Thanks
2010 Movie
4.6
Gregory's Two Girls
Director
1999 Movie
5.1
Being Human
Writer
1994 Movie
5.5
Breaking In
Director
1989 Movie
6.5
Housekeeping
Writer
1987 Movie
6.0
"I Thought Maybe I'd Get to Meet Alan Whicker": A Conversation with Bill Forsyth
as Self
1986 Movie
Shooting from the Heart: Chris Menges, Cameraman
as Self
1985 Movie
6.6
Comfort and Joy
Director
1984 Movie
The Making of a 'Local Hero' (With a Little Help from His Friends)
as Self
1983 Movie
6.8
Local Hero
Director
1983 Movie
7.0
Andrina
Director
1981 Movie
6.7
Gregory's Girl
Director
1981 Movie
6.1
That Sinking Feeling
Director
1980 Movie
The Odd Man
Producer
1978 Movie
Shapes In The Water
Director
1974 Movie
6.0
Islands of the West
Director
1972 Movie
6.0
Glasgow 1980
Editor
1971 Movie
2.0
Mirror
as Geoff
1970 Movie
Still Life with Honesty
Editor
1970 Movie
2.0
KH-4
as The Artist
1969 Movie
7.0
Mackintosh
Editor
1968 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Bill Forsyth.
