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Bill Forsyth Writer/Director Agents Anthony Jones Associate Agent Danielle Walker [email protected] +44 (0) 20 3214 0858 Credits In Development Production Company Notes EXILE Applecross Productions Film Production Company Notes GREGORY'S TWO GIRLS Young Lake/Channel Four Produced by Christopher Young with John Gordon Sinclair, Dougray Scott, Maria Doyle Kennedy, Kevin Anderson BEING HUMAN Enigma/Warner Bros Produced by David Puttnam and Robert Colesberry with Robin Williams, Robert Carlyle BREAKING IN Act III/Samuel Goldwyn Screenplay by John Sayles Company Produced by Harry Gittes with Burt Reynolds, Sheila Keven, Harry Carey Jr HOUSEKEEPING Columbia From the novel by Marilynne Robinson Produced by Robert Colesberry with Christine Lahti, Sara Walker, Andrea Burchill * Winner Best Screenplay, Tokyo International Film Festival 1987 * Winner Special Jury Prize, Tokyo International Film Festival 1987 United Agents | 12-26 Lexington Street London W1F OLE | T +44 (0) 20 3214 0800 | F +44 (0) 20 3214 0801 | E [email protected] Production Company Notes COMFORT & JOY Lake Films Produced by Davina Belling and Clive Parsons with Bill Paterson, Eleanor David, Clare Grogan * Nomination Best Original Screenplay, BAFTA Awards 1985 LOCAL HERO Enigma Produced by David Puttnam with Burt Lancaster, Peter Riegert, Peter Capaldi, Jenny Seagrove * Winner Best Direction, BAFTA Awards 1984 * Nomination Best Screenplay, BAFTA Awards 1984 * Winner Best Screenplay, NYFCC Awards 1984 * Winner Best Screenplay, NSFC Awards 1983 ANDRINA BBC with Cyril Cusack GREGORY'S GIRL Lake Films Produced by Davina Belling and Clive Parsons with John Gordon Sinclair, Dee Hepburn, Clare Grogan * Winner Best Screenplay, BAFTA Awards 1982 * Nomination Best Film, BAFTA Awards 1982 * Nomination Best Direction, BAFTA Awards 1982 * Winner Special Achievement Award, London Critics Circle Film Awards 1982 THAT SINKING FEELING Lake Films with Tom Mannion, Eddie Burt, Richard Demarco * Winner of Special Achievement Award, London Critics Circle Film Awards 1982 United Agents | 12-26 Lexington Street London W1F OLE | T +44 (0) 20 3214 0800 | F +44 (0) 20 3214 0801 | E [email protected].

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