In his spare time, he produced his first feature film - The Great Wall of China (B/W, 16mm), directed by Joel Tuber.
During his time at City College of New York Film School, Forstater met fellow student Terry Gilliam and they shared a flat in NYC.
Forstater has written extensively about the making of the film and a subsequent legal battle over Spamalot royalties in his book The 7th Python.
Forstater has written three further books: The Living Wisdom of Socrates, I Survived a Secret Nazi Extermination Camp, and the autobiographical The 7th Python.
In 2018, Forstater started a new company with video producer and composer Nathan Neuman, to explore new digital entertainment possibilities, such as VR and AR.
Forstater produced his latest film Swipe Fever, directed by Nathan Neuman during lockdown in 2020, and is scheduled for theatrical release in the UK in February 2023.
[8][9] They owed £1.3 million in past royalties and legal fees, which prompted them to produce Monty Python Live (Mostly) in 2014 to pay their debt.