marc forster

Not many people ever would have expected Marc Forster to become a director, least of all him - he had never even seen a movie until he was 12 years old. But it was Francis Ford Coppola's near-legendary 1979 film "Apocalypse Now" that seems to have changed his life. In 1990 he left his native Switzerland to attend New York University's illustrious film school. "Loungers," his first film after graduation (five years after, actually), won him the Audience Award for Best Feature at the 1996 Slamdance Festival, as well as a reputation as a very promising up-and-comer.

Five years afterward he followed up with "Everything Put Together," a gripping pschological drama that won him a nomination for the Grand Jury Prize at Robert Redford's celebrated Sundance Film Festival, as well as winning the "Someone to Watch" prize at the 2001 Independent Spirit Awards.

The success of the film brought him an offer to direct "Monster's Ball," which he rightly accepted and earned critical acclaim for. The film also won a Best Actress Oscar for its star, Halle Berry - not to mention a huge amount of offers for its director. He would eventually settle on "Finding Neverland," with stars Johnny Depp and Kate Winslet, and with Golden Globe nominations all around.

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