Birthday: July 22, 2026
"The world of Bryan Forbes is one of wisps and whispers," noted film critic Andrew Sarris in 1968, citing the "muted" quality of director Forbes' best films. While his directorial output does indeed exhibit an inbred sense of quietude and subtlety, Forbes started out on stage in the more loudly demonstrative category of "actor." After wartime service, Forbes made his film-acting debut in The ...more- 1962
- British Academy of Film and Television
- Best Film - Any Source
- The L-Shaped Room
- nom
- 1961
- British Academy of Film and Television
- Best British Film
- Whistle Down the Wind
- nom
- 1960
- British Academy of Film and Television
- Best Screenplay
- The Angry Silence
- win
- 1960
- Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie
- Best Original Screenplay
- The Angry Silence
- nom
- 2049
- The Small Back Room
- Dying Gunner
- 2049
- All over the Town
- Trumble
- 2049
- Dear Mr. Prohack
- Tony
- 1985
- Restless Natives
- Man in Car
- 1978
- International Velvet
- Announcer
- 1992
- Chaplin
- Screenwriter
- 1989
- The Endless Game
- Director
- 1989
- The Endless Game
- Book Author
- 1984
- The Naked Face
- Director
- 1984
- The Naked Face
- Screenwriter













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