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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 the Wikipedia article Bill Forsyth, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Bill Forsyth is a Scottish director and screenwriter, born in 1946, who emerged as a defining figure of Scottish cinema in the 1980s with his gentle, character-focused storytelling.
He is primarily recognized for writing and directing the celebrated films Gregory's Girl (1981), Local Hero (1983), and the novel adaptation Housekeeping (1987).
Forsyth creates whimsical, humanist comedies and dramas that often highlight everyday life in Scotland with a dry, observational sense of humor.