---
name: "Iain Forsyth"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/iain-forsyth"
fi1m_id: "iain-forsyth"
imdb_id: "nm3558632"
tmdb_id: 1282310
wikidata_id: "Q19874987"
roles: ["Director"]
born: "1 January 1973"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "director"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-01T23:00:56.292561+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Iain Forsyth

## Identity

Iain Forsyth

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/iain-forsyth
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** iain-forsyth
- **IMDb ID:** nm3558632
- **TMDB ID:** 1282310
- **Wikidata ID:** Q19874987
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19874987, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3558632/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1282310

Director. Born 1 January 1973 in Manchester.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Born:** 1 January 1973, Manchester
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19874987, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3558632/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1282310

## Streaming the US now

- **The Roku Channel:** [*20,000 Days on Earth*](https://film.one/film/20-000-days-on-earth.md) (80)

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## Biography

Iain Forsyth is a British artist and filmmaker who works collaboratively with Jane Pollard. They met while studying at Goldsmiths College, graduating in 1995, and later completed an MA in Fine Art there in 2004. Their early work focused on performance and video art, often involving re-enactments and collaborations with musicians.

Forsyth and Pollard made their feature debut with the hybrid documentary *20,000 Days on Earth* (2014), which they co-directed and co-wrote with Nick Cave. The film premiered at Sundance, where it won the World Cinema Directing Award, and received a BAFTA nomination for Best Documentary along with the Douglas Hickox Award at the British Independent Film Awards.

They have directed further features including *Broken English* (2025) and television projects such as episodes of *Murder* for the BBC and *Likely Stories* for Sky Arts. Their work spans installations, music videos and short films, with pieces held in collections including the Tate.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, iainandjane.com, deadline.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *20,000 Days on Earth* (2014), Fi1m 80, Writer, Director — [page](https://film.one/film/20-000-days-on-earth.md)

## Complete filmography (15)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Broken English* (2026), Director, Writer
- *The Extraordinary Miss Flower* (2025), Director
- *Gazelle Twin & NYX: Deep England, A Performance Film* (2021), Director
- *A Song Called Hate* (2021), Writer, Producer
- *JARV IS... Beyond the Pale - Live From The Centre of The Earth* (2020), Director
- *Urban Myths* (2017), series, Director
- *Neil Gaiman's Likely Stories* (2016), series, Director, Writer, Adaptation
- *Murder* (2016), series, Director
- *Paradise Lost?* (2015), Director
- *Who Is Gil Scott-Heron?* (2015), Director
- *20,000 Days on Earth* (2014), Director, Writer — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/20-000-days-on-earth.md)
- *Edit* (2014), Director
- *Bon Iver at AIR Studios (4AD/Jagjaguwar Session)* (2012), Director
- *St. Vincent - 4AD Sessions* (2011), Director
- *Gang Gang Dance - 4AD Session*, Editor, Director

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