Marc Forster was born in Germany in 1969 and is a director, producer, and screenwriter. He has directed a number of successful films since his career in Hollywood began in 1995.

Forster was born in Au, in Bavaria, Germany to a doctor and an architect. At the age of 20, he moved to New York, where he attended film school at NYU, working on documentaries. Early in his career, he directed experimental films. He first gained attention for his first full-length film Everything Put Together in...