Mark Forstater


Mark Irwin Forstater is a film producer, writer, and audio producer, notable for producing the film Monty Python and the Holy Grail and then in 2012 suing the five living members of Monty Python over a dispute regarding royalties from merchandising income, including the Spamalot musical, which was "lovingly ripped off from" the Holy Grail movie. He is a graduate of London Film School.

Childhood and education

Forstater was born in Philadelphia.

Career

On 4 July 2013, he won the High Court of Justice case against the surviving members of Monty Python over royalty payments to Spamalot as a derivative work of Monty Python and the Holy Grail. They owed £800,000 in past royalties and legal fees, prompting them to produce Monty Python Live in 2014 to pay down their debt.

Personal life

Forstater and his wife live in London and have three daughters. His daughter Maya lost an employment tribunal case where she argued that she was entitled to her belief that trans women are not women.
Forstater has said that the protracted Spamalot royalties case was greatly detrimental to his wellbeing, both financially and mentally.

Films produced