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9
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Regular directing credits.
Director
Bill Forsyth
Directing
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Directed movies: 9Directed series: 0All crew 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
Frequent 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). Description above from the Wikipedia article Bill Forsyth, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Movies directed by Bill Forsyth.
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Gregory's Two Girls
Director
1999 Movie
5.5
Breaking In
Director
1989 Movie
6.6
Comfort and Joy
Director
1984 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
Shapes In The Water
Director
1974 Movie
6.0
Islands of the West
Director
1972 Movie
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6.5
Housekeeping
Writer
1987 Movie
7.0
Mackintosh
Editor
1968 Movie
7.0
Andrina
Director
1981 Movie
6.8
Local Hero
Director
1983 Movie
5.1
Being Human
Writer
1994 Movie
6.6
Comfort and Joy
Director
1984 Movie
2.0
Mirror
as Geoff
1970 Movie
6.7
Gregory's Girl
Director
1981 Movie
6.1
That Sinking Feeling
Director
1980 Movie
5.5
Breaking In
Director
1989 Movie
4.6
Gregory's Two Girls
Director
1999 Movie
Shooting from the Heart: Chris Menges, Cameraman
as Self
1985 Movie
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Most Popular Series
Most viewed series linked with Bill Forsyth.
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Other Crew Work in Movies
Additional movie credits for Bill Forsyth.
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Acting Appearances in Movies
Movie cast credits for Bill Forsyth.
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"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
The Making of a 'Local Hero' (With a Little Help from His Friends)
as Self
1983 Movie
2.0
Mirror
as Geoff
1970 Movie
2.0
KH-4
as The Artist
1969 Movie
Series
Acting Appearances in Series
Series cast credits for Bill Forsyth.