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| 3 | Marc Forster (born 30 November 1969) is a German-born Swiss film director and screenwriter. |
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| 5 | While he had been making independent films since the mid-90s, his [[BreakthroughHit breakthrough]] came in 2001 with ''Film/MonstersBall''. In that film, he directed Creator/HalleBerry in a performance that would win her the Oscar for best actress in a lead role. He gained further success as the director of ''Film/FindingNeverland''. |
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| 7 | He is the youngest person to date to direct a Franchise/JamesBond film (he was 38 when he started directing ''Film/QuantumOfSolace'', beating the previous record holder Creator/GuyHamilton who was 41 when he directed ''Film/{{Goldfinger}}''). He also directed ''Film/WorldWarZ'', which is currently Creator/BradPitt's highest grossing film and the highest grossing zombie film of all time. |
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| 9 | !!Filmography: |
| 10 | [[index]] |
| 11 | * ''Film/{{Loungers}}'' (1995) |
| 12 | * ''Film/EverythingPutTogether'' (2000) |
| 13 | * ''Film/MonstersBall'' (2001) |
| 14 | * ''Film/FindingNeverland'' (2004) |
| 15 | * ''Film/{{Stay|2005}}'' (2005) |
| 16 | * ''Film/StrangerThanFiction'' (2006) |
| 17 | * ''Literature/TheKiteRunner'' (2007) |
| 18 | * ''Film/QuantumOfSolace'' (2008) |
| 19 | * ''Film/MachineGunPreacher'' (2011) |
| 20 | * ''Film/WorldWarZ'' (2013) |
| 21 | * ''Film/ChristopherRobin'' (2018) |
| 22 | * ''Film/AManCalledOtto'' (2022) |
| 23 | * Untitled ''WesternAnimation/ThomasAndFriends'' film (TBA) |
| 24 | [[/index]] |
| 25 | !!Tropes & Trivia in his works: |
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| 27 | * BittersweetEnding: A number of the films he worked on tend to have somewhat happy endings which are mixed with some sadness. |
| 28 | * GenreRoulette: He initially gained attention with drama films but he has done work in other genres like thriller, action, fantasy and horror. |
| 29 | * GrowingUpSucks: ''Finding Neverland'' and ''Christopher Robin'' both feature protagonists who aren't all that happy with their adult lives. |
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