Acting credits
6
Early stage
Smaller on-screen catalog so far.
Actor
Bill Forsyth
Directing
Career Snapshot
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TMDB popularity
0.6
Low visibility
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Movies: 22Series: 1Crew credits: 18
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: 6.45
Wikidata: Q738037
Also known as
William David Forsyth
Other jobs
Director (12)Editor (4)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.
Thanks
The Beast Pageant
2010 • Movie
Director
Gregory's Two Girls
1999 • Movie
Director
Being Human
1994 • Movie
Director
Breaking In
1989 • Movie
Director
Housekeeping
1987 • Movie
as Self
"I Thought Maybe I'd Get to Meet Alan Whicker": A Conversation with Bill Forsyth
1986 • Movie
as Self
Shooting from the Heart: Chris Menges, Cameraman
1985 • Movie
Director
Comfort and Joy
1984 • Movie
as Self
The Making of a 'Local Hero' (With a Little Help from His Friends)
1983 • Movie
Director
Local Hero
1983 • Movie
Director
Andrina
1981 • Movie
Director
Gregory's Girl
1980 • Movie
Director
That Sinking Feeling
1980 • Movie
Producer
The Odd Man
1978 • Movie
Director
Shapes In The Water
1974 • Movie
Director
Islands of the West
1972 • Movie
Editor
Glasgow 1980
1971 • Movie
Editor
Island of the Big Cloth
1971 • Movie
as Geoff
Mirror
1970 • Movie
Director
Still Life with Honesty
1970 • Movie
as The Artist
KH-4
1969 • Movie
Editor
Mackintosh
1968 • Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Bill Forsyth.
