Walter Forsyth

Production

Walter Forsyth

Nova Scotia, Canada

Walter Forsyth is a Canadian film producer, director, and writer. He was the Executive Director of the Nova Scotia production company Atlantic Filmmakers Co-Operative until he left this position in 2009 to dedicate more time to his independent film projects. Walter has four Canadian Screen Award nominations and is president of the boutique media company, Gorgeous Mistake Productions. Recent documentaries include ‘Elizabeth Bishop and the Art of Losing’ (2021), ‘Bread in the Bones’ (2020) and the docu-series ‘Living in Flow’ (2021).

Acting credits

Behind the camera

Grave Sight poster
8.0

Grave-robbing Tanya, with her precious hubby Preston in tow, unearths a cursed ring and unleashes a powerful demon hellbent to get it back by any means necessary. Everything's fun and games until someone loses an eye.

Grave Sight

2019

Grave Sight poster
8.0

Grave-robbing Tanya, with her precious hubby Preston in tow, unearths a cursed ring and unleashes a powerful demon hellbent to get it back by any means necessary. Everything's fun and games until someone loses an eye.

Grave Sight

2019

The Disappeared poster
5.5

Six men. Two dories. The fight of their lives. Starring Billy Campbell, Shawn Doyle, Brian Downey. Directed by Shandi Mitchell. Filmed in Nova Scotia.

The Disappeared

2012

How to Be Alone poster
NR

From a solitary walk in the woods to sitting unaccompanied on a city park bench to eating a meal and even dancing alone, How to Be Alone, reveals the possibilities and joys waiting to be discovered when we engage in activities on our own. As she soothes the disquietude that accompanies the fear of aloneness, and celebrates the power of solitude to change how we see ourselves and the world, Tanya reveals how, removed from the noise and distractions of other lives, we can find acceptance and grace within.

How to Be Alone

2010

Dancing on the Elephant poster
NR

Faced with a future of chair-xercise and spoon-fed pudding, nursing home friends Nora and Edna attempt to break out of the 'fox farm' and find a life worth sticking around for.

Dancing on the Elephant

2025

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NR

Filmmaker, Walter Forsyth sets out on a journey to make a tribute film about photographer/filmmaker, Robert Frank, deconstructing the documentary form along the way. With appearances by Albert Maysles, Nick Broomfield, ex-Rolling Stone Mick Taylor, Alfred Leslie and Matt Damon. "He pulled a sad poem right out of America, taking his place among the great poets of our time" - Jack Karoac.

After Frank

2005

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NR

Filmmaker, Walter Forsyth sets out on a journey to make a tribute film about photographer/filmmaker, Robert Frank, deconstructing the documentary form along the way. With appearances by Albert Maysles, Nick Broomfield, ex-Rolling Stone Mick Taylor, Alfred Leslie and Matt Damon. "He pulled a sad poem right out of America, taking his place among the great poets of our time" - Jack Karoac.

After Frank

2005

Elizabeth Bishop and the Art of Losing poster
NR

So often throughout her life, Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Elizabeth Bishop's trajectory is tragically disrupted by a profound personal loss that pushes her into her worst self-destructive habits. Yet in her sixties, while grief-stricken, she courageously faces up to her most tragic heartbreak, writes her greatest work, becomes her truest self, learns to master "the art of losing," and earns her place as one of North America's greatest poets. Transplanted Nova Scotia filmmaker John D. Scott foregrounds how Bishop's journey is indelibly connected to her Nova Scotian heritage.

Elizabeth Bishop and the Art of Losing

2021

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10.0

The name Walter is dying. Is Hollywood to blame?

The Last Walt

2026

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10.0

The name Walter is dying. Is Hollywood to blame?

The Last Walt

2026

No artwork available
10.0

The name Walter is dying. Is Hollywood to blame?

The Last Walt

2026

Bread in the Bones poster
NR

Stories of work and play, of love and loss...and bread. Bread has been at the center of human life and creativity for at least the last ten thousand years - it is in our bones and a witness to history. This essay documentary brings bread to the front of the line and explores its relation to politics, poetry and pleasure. The loaf of bread is the vehicle through which we explore stories of sex and death, immigration and refugees, social justice and the counter-culture, and of art, work and pleasure.

Bread in the Bones

2020