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Bill Forsyth
Writer 80 years old

Bill Forsyth

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... Read full bio →

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7 titles
Gregory's Two Girls

Gregory's Two Girls

Bill Forsyth 1999 1h 56m

Twenty years after his teenage crush on a football-mad schoolgirl, Gregory is back at his old school, teaching English. When two of his pupils uncover evil practices at a local factory they want their teacher to help them expose the wrong-doer, who happens to be Greg's old schoolfriend.

Being Human

Being Human

Bill Forsyth 1994 2h 2m

One man must learn the meaning of courage across four lifetimes centuries apart.

Housekeeping

Housekeeping

Bill Forsyth 1987 1h 56m

In the Pacific Northwest during the 1950s, two young sisters whose mother has abandoned them wind up living with their Aunt Sylvie, whose views of the world and its conventions don't quite live up to most people's expectations.

Comfort and Joy

Comfort and Joy

Bill Forsyth 1984 1h 46m 6.0

Radio host Alan 'Dickie' Bird witnesses how an icecream van is attacked and destroyed by angry competitors. This leads him into the struggle between two Italian families over the icecream market of Glasgow.

Local Hero

Local Hero

Bill Forsyth 1983 1h 51m 6.5

An American oil company sends a man to Scotland to buy up an entire village where they want to build a refinery. But things don't go as expected.

That Sinking Feeling

That Sinking Feeling

Bill Forsyth 1980 1h 33m

Ronnie, Wal, Andy and Vic are four bored, unemployed teens in dreary, rainy Glasgow. Ronnie comes up with a great idea. He has noticed that stainless steel sinks are worth a lot of money and comes up with a complicated scheme: to steal sinks from a warehouse dressed as girls and using a stop-motion-potion.

Gregory's Girl

Gregory's Girl

Bill Forsyth 1980 1h 31m 7.5

A teenager falls hard for the female soccer player who has replaced him on the team and attempts to pursue her.

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