Marc Forster

Biography

Born 01/27/1969

Some filmmakers arrive at their chosen profession by a childhood or college life spent in the study of classic movies; for others, it takes only one film. Director Marc Forster was part of the latter camp; after seeing his first movie – Francis Ford Coppola’s “Apocalypse Now” (1979) – he...
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Filmography

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Awards

In 2004, received Venice Film Festival Laterna Magica Prize
In 2001, received Independent Spirit Award for Someone to Watch

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Highlights

In 2008, Filmed the twenty-second James Bond film, "Quantum of Solace" starring Daniel Craig in the lead role
In 2007, Directed the feature adaptation of Khaled Hosseini's "The Kite Runner"; the film follows an Afghani-American man who returns to his war-ravaged country to save the son of his former best friend
In 2006, Helmed the comedy "Stranger than Fiction," starring Will Ferrell as an IRS Agent whose world is turned upside-down when he begins to hear his life being chronicled by a narrator only he can hear

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