Biography
Rolf Forsberg (July 12, 1925 – February 16, 2017) was an American playwright, film and theater director. Forsberg is known for directing films such as The Late Great Planet Earth and Parable, a film produced for the 1964 New York World's Fair.
Parable portrayed humanity as a traveling circus and Jesus Christ as a circus clown. This marked a new depiction of Christ and inspired the musical Godspell. Parable went on to be honored at Cannes, the Edinburgh Film Festival and Venice Film Festival.On June 8, 2013, the UCLA Film and Television Archive offered a retrospective of the works of Rolf Forsberg titled The Outre World of Rolf Forsberg. He died in February 2017 at the age of 92.
Filmography
all 26
Movies 26
Director 18
Producer 2
Writer 2
Narrator 2
Director
Going for Broke (2006)
Movie
Director
Where Jesus Walked (1995)
Movie
Director / Writer
Touring France (1993)
Movie
Director
Touring Ireland (1991)
Movie
Director / Producer / Writer
Touring Scotland (1990)
Movie
Director / Writer
The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World (1990)
Movie
Director / Producer / Writer
Touring England (1989)
Movie
Director
Nail (1976)
Movie
Director
Names of Sin (1975)
Movie
Narrator
King of the Hill (1972)
Movie
Additional Voice Over
Ark (1970)
Movie
Narrator
Awareness (1968)
Movie
Director
Stalked (1968)
Movie
Director
Antkeeper (1966)
Movie
Director
Parable (1964)
Movie
Director
One Friday
Movie
Information
Known ForDirecting
Birthday1925-07-12
Deathday2017-02-16 (91 years old)
ChildrenEric Forsberg
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
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