From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia Bill Forsyth born 29 July 1946 Glasgow is a Scottish film director and writer noted for his commitment to national filmmaking Forsyth first came to attention with a lowbudget film That Sinking Feeling made with youth theatre actors and featuring a cameo appearance by the Edinburgh gallery owner Richard Demarco The relative success of the film was carried to a far higher level by his next film Gregorys Girl in 1981 This featured some of the same young actors in particular John Gordon Sinclair as well as the acting debut of Clare Grogan The film was a major hit and won Best Screenplay in that years BAFTA Awards In 1983 he wrote and directed the successful Local Hero produced by David Puttnam and featuring Burt Lancaster It was rated in the top 100 films of the 1980s in a Premiere magazine recap of the decade Forsyths next film was the 1984 Comfort and Joy about a Glasgow radio DJ caught between rival ice cream companies which again featured Clare Grogan When Puttnam went to Hollywood Forsyth followed but had limited success The 1987 Housekeeping was his first American film Another movie Being Human was shelved by the studio for four years after Puttnam was ousted Gregorys Two Girls from 2000 appeared as a sequel to Gregorys Girl with John Gordon Sinclair playing the same character but it received mixed reviews In a June 2009 interview on BBC Radio 5 Live Forsyth stated that he is currently working on a new film project with the working title of Exile Description above from the Wikipedia article Bill Forsyth licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia
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