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Bill Forsyth
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Director, Producer, Screenwriter Born: July 29, 1946 in Glasgow, Scotland Biography:Consistently described as quirky and droll, Scottish filmmaker "Bill Forsyth" mastered the art of the unexpected with the release of his first film, "That Sinking Feeling", the episodic moral tale of an unemployed band of urban Glasgow youths trying to unload a stolen shipment of kitchen basins. As with his subsequent films, the story is a comedy with the underpinnings of a moral tale from which the film's youthful protagonists will learn a lesson or two about life.
Forsyth entered the film industry at age 17 after he was hired as the assistant to a documentary filmmaker. From this director, Forsyth was able to learn about all aspects of film productions. In the late '60s, Forsyth briefly attended the national Film School and then worked as an assistant editor at the BBC before returning to Glasgow to break ties with the documentary director. By that time, Forsyth decided he wanted to make more... Full Biography
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