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Chris Forster(IV)

  • Director
  • Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
  • Writer
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Chris Forster is a director working in film and television. Recent credits include Hidden / Craith (2018), The Light in the Hall / Y Golau (2022), and Mudtown / Ar y Ffin (2024).

He also works as a second unit director, known for titles including United 93 (2006), Green Zone (2010), Ironclad (2011), Captain Phillips (2013), and Marco Polo (2014).
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      • 2 wins & 1 nomination total

    Known for

    United 93 (2006)
    United 93
    7.6
    • Second Unit or Assistant Director
    • 2006
    Faysal Ahmed and Barkhad Abdirahman in Captain Phillips (2013)
    Captain Phillips
    7.8
    • Second Unit or Assistant Director(as Christopher Forster, Malta, second unit)
    • 2013
    Matt Damon in Green Zone (2010)
    Green Zone
    6.8
    • Second Unit or Assistant Director
    • 2010
    Minim
    Short
    • Director
    • 1999

    Credits

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    Director



    • Tanau'r Lloer
      • Director
      • Completed
      • 2025



    • Ar y Ffin (2024)
      Ar y Ffin
      7.3
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2024
    • Joanna Scanlan, Iwan Rheon, and Alexandra Roach in The Light in the Hall (2022)
      The Light in the Hall
      7.0
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2022
    • Sian Reese-Williams in Hidden (2018)
      Hidden
      7.3
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2018–2021
    • The Portrait (2014)
      The Portrait
      7.3
      Short
      • Director
      • 2014
    • Overland
      7.6
      Short
      • Director
      • 2001
    • Minim
      Short
      • Director
      • 1999

    Second Unit or Assistant Director



    • Martin Clunes in Manhunt (2019)
      Manhunt
      7.6
      TV Series
      • second unit director
      • 2019–2021
    • Luke Evans in The Pembrokeshire Murders (2021)
      The Pembrokeshire Murders
      7.1
      TV Mini Series
      • second unit director
      • 2021
    • Christopher Eccleston and Stephen Moyer in Safe House (2015)
      Safe House
      6.4
      TV Series
      • second unit director
      • 2015
    • Lorenzo Richelmy in Marco Polo (2014)
      Marco Polo
      7.9
      TV Series
      • second unit director
      • 2014
    • Faysal Ahmed and Barkhad Abdirahman in Captain Phillips (2013)
      Captain Phillips
      7.8
      • second unit director: Malta, second unit (as Christopher Forster)
      • 2013
    • Michael Sheen in The Gospel of Us (2012)
      The Gospel of Us
      5.3
      • red unit director
      • 2012
    • Paul Giamatti, Kate Mara, and James Purefoy in Ironclad (2011)
      Ironclad
      6.1
      • second unit director
      • 2011
    • Matt Damon in Green Zone (2010)
      Green Zone
      6.8
      • second unit director
      • 2010
    • United 93 (2006)
      United 93
      7.6
      • second unit director
      • 2006
    • Beautiful Mistake (2000)
      Beautiful Mistake
      6.2
      • co-director
      • 2000

    Writer



    • Overland
      7.6
      Short
      • Writer
      • 2001
    • Minim
      Short
      • writer
      • 1999

    Personal details

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    • Alternative name
      • Christopher Forster
    • Born
      • Cuckfield, England, UK

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