---
name: "Mark Forstater"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/mark-forstater"
fi1m_id: "mark-forstater"
imdb_id: "nm0286926"
tmdb_id: 11289
wikidata_id: "Q6767642"
roles: ["Producer"]
born: "10 November 1943"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T23:23:12.147040+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."
---

# Mark Forstater

## Identity

Mark Forstater

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/mark-forstater
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** mark-forstater
- **IMDb ID:** nm0286926
- **TMDB ID:** 11289
- **Wikidata ID:** Q6767642
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Forstater, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6767642, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0286926/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/11289

Producer. Born 10 November 1943 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 10 November 1943, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Forstater, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6767642, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0286926/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/11289

## Streaming the US now

- **Peacock:** [*Monty Python and the Holy Grail*](https://film.one/film/monty-python-and-the-holy-grail.md) (87)

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## Biography

Mark Forstater is an American film and television producer. Born in Philadelphia in 1943, he studied at Temple University and the University of Manchester before attending the London Film School. He was a classmate of Terry Gilliam at City College of New York and later reunited with him in London, where he was invited to produce *Monty Python and the Holy Grail* (1975).

Forstater has produced around 30 films, television dramas and documentaries, including *Xtro* (1982) and *Swipe Fever* (2021). In 2013 he won a High Court case against the surviving Monty Python members over royalties from the musical *Spamalot*, a derivative work of the 1975 film. He has also written several non-fiction books, including one on the production of *Monty Python and the Holy Grail*.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Monty Python and the Holy Grail* (1975), Fi1m 87, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/monty-python-and-the-holy-grail.md)

## Complete filmography (26)

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

- *#Valentine's Day* (2021), Producer
- *Xploring Xtro* (2018), Actor
- *The Power* (2015), Producer
- *Doing Rude Things* (1995), Producer
- *Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea* (1995), Producer
- *Grushko* (1994), Executive Producer
- *Kuchnia polska* (1993), series, Producer
- *1968. Happy New Year* (1993), Producer
- *The Silent Touch* (1992), Producer
- *Separation* (1990), Producer
- *Paint It Black* (1990), Producer
- *The Wolves of Willoughby Chase* (1989), Producer
- *Streets of Yesterday* (1989), Producer
- *Wherever You Are...* (1988), Executive Producer
- *The Play on One* (1988), series, Producer
- *The Fantasist* (1986), Producer
- *Not for Publication* (1984), Executive Producer
- *The Cold Room* (1984), Producer
- *Xtro* (1982), Producer
- *The Grass Is Singing* (1981), Producer
- *Marigolds in August* (1980), Producer
- *The Glitterball* (1977), Producer
- *Keep It Up Downstairs* (1976), Executive Producer
- *Monty Python and the Holy Grail* (1975), Producer — Fi1m 87, [page](https://film.one/film/monty-python-and-the-holy-grail.md)
- *Right to Work March* (1972), Actor
- *The Road to Nevermore*, Producer

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