# Bill Forsyth
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William David Forsyth (born 29 July 1946) is a Scottish film director and writer known for his films Gregory's Girl (1981), Local Hero (1983) and Comfort and Joy (1984).
== Biography ==
William David Forsyth was born on 29 July 1946 in Glasgow, Scotland. After leaving Knightswood School at the age of 17, he spent eight years making short documentary films, having formed Tree Films with fellow Scotsman Charles Gormley.Forsyth first came to attention with a low-budget film, That Sinking Feeling, made with youth theatre actors and featuring a cameo appearance by the Edinburgh gallery owner Richard Demarco.
New Beverly Calendar: November 2025
This November the New Beverly proudly presents a special 35mm first-run engagement of Osgood Perkins' new film Keeper, showcases Burt Lancaster in a pair of noir classics directed by Robert Siodmak, and highlights the work of Bill Forsyth. Plus family matinee favorites, weekly midnight shows, and m…
#251: Housekeeping (1987) & Eccentric Relatives
Brandon, James, Britnee, and Hanna prepare for Thanksgiving by discussing movies about eccentric relatives, starting with Bill Forsyth's quirky-aunt period drama Housekeeping (1987)
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Episode 2 - Bill Forsyth's Scottish Cinema & Housekeeping
A deep dive into the films of Bill Forsyth, chatting about Gregory's Girl (1981), Local Hero (1983), and his only American film Housekeeping (1987) - with Dr. Brian Hoyle, University of Dundee.
Local Hero (1983)
This week Parker and Max are leaving Houston and heading for Scotland as they try to convince their listeners to sell them their land in exchange for a discussion on Bill Forsyth's Local Hero (1983)! Will Mac manage to close the deal on wipe Kane off the map? Or will Charles having Mac buying his o…
The Shame List Picture Show S5E11 – LOCAL HERO (1983)
Season 5, Episode 11 (originally released on July 23, 2021) On this week's episode of the Shame List Picture Show, we listened to one of our Shame Listeners over on Patreon and watched Bill Forsyth's poetic little gem LOCAL HERO. Thanks to Paul Deeter of Purely Kino for this phenomenal suggestion. …
Episode 229 - Local Hero (1983)
An American oil company offers to buy a Scottish village, but things don't go as planned in this comedic fairy tale about lonlieness, community, and the wonders of the natural world.
Starring Peter Riegert, Denis Lawson, Peter Capaldi, Fulton Mackay, and Burt Lancaster. Written and directed by Bil…
99- Local Hero (1980s)
This week on the podcast Kieran and I discuss Bill Forsyth's 'Local Hero', a film neither of us had seen before, and one which divided the two of us.
Along the way we talk quirky vs irksome, Kieran savages 'Asteroid City' and raves about 'Bait', my punk rock youth (or lack thereof), and we compare…
Clare Grogan (Altered Images) - "The music press in the 80s was vitriolic – particularly to women'
In the summer of 1981, Altered Images exploded on to the post-punk scene in the UK in a blaze of chutzpah, charm and chisseled cheekbones – and that was just the boys. That posters of the band’s frontwoman Clare Grogan were already pinned on bedroom walls following her breakthrough performance in B…
COMMENTARY CLUB 133 - Local Hero
In this show we revisit a 1980s classic Local Hero (1983), a charming Scottish comedy-drama from director Bill Forsyth starring Peter Riegert, Burt Lancaster, Denis Lawson, Jenny Seagrove and a very young Peter Capaldi!
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