Rolf Forsberg

Rolf Forsberg (July 12, 1925 – February 16, 2017) was an American playwright, film and theater director.[1]

Rolf Forsberg
Born(1925-07-12)July 12, 1925
Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
DiedFebruary 16, 2017(2017-02-16) (aged 91)
OccupationProducer, Director, Writer, Playwright

Biography

Forsberg is known for directing films such as The Late Great Planet Earth[2] 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[3] and inspired the musical Godspell. Parable went on to be honored at Cannes, the Edinburgh Film Festival and Venice Film Festival.[4]

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.[5] He died in February 2017 at the age of 92.[6]

Filmography
  • Sacagawea – on PBS, (2003)
  • Tecumseh – History Channel (1997)
  • Seven Signs of Christ's Return (1997)
  • Where Jesus Walked – starring Barbara Harris (1995)
  • Touring Civil War Battlefields (1992)
  • Seven Wonders of the Ancient World – narrated by Pierce Brosnan (1990)
  • Beyond The Next Mountain – starring Saeed Jaffery and Barry Foster (1987)
  • The Late Great Planet Earth – starring Orson Welles (1979)
  • Mother Tiger Mother Tiger (1976)
  • Peace Child (1974)
  • Nail (1974)
  • And There Was Morning (1973)
  • One Friday (1973)
  • King of the Hill (1972)
  • Ark (1970)[7]
  • Stalked – starring Jack Hawkins(1968)[7]
  • Awareness (1968)[8]
  • Antkeeper – narrated by Fred Gwynne (1966)
  • Parable (1964)[9]
  • Light Time for PBS (1960)

Stage-ography
  • A Tenth of an Inch Makes The Difference – Performer's Arena, Chicago (1984)
  • Revival – Pasadena Playhouse Studio (1973)
  • The Dybbuk Between Two Worlds – Court Theatre (Chicago) (1962)[10]
  • A Tenth of an Inch makes the Difference – New York (1961)[11]
  • The Tempest- off-Broadway (1959)
  • The Tempest – San Francisco Shakespeare Festival (1958)
  • Oedipus Rex – Court Theatre (Chicago) (1960)[10]
  • Round Dance – Playwrights, Chicago (1955)
  • Shakuntala[11] – Playwrights, Chicago (1954)
  • The Trojan Women by Euripides – Court Theatre (Chicago) (1956)[10]
  • Rashomon – Chicago (1953)
  • Moods From Shakespeare, USA Tour (1944–1953)[10]

References
  1. "New York Times". Movies.nytimes.com. Retrieved October 22, 2011.
  2. Janet Maslin (January 18, 1979). "New York Times". Movies.nytimes.com. Retrieved October 22, 2011.
  3. "The films of Rolf Forsberg". Arts and Faith. Retrieved September 17, 2010.
  4. "Filmwell.org". Filmwell.org. June 3, 2009. Retrieved October 22, 2011.
  5. "The Outré World of Rolf Forsberg | UCLA Film & Television Archive".
  6. Rolf Forsberg - Film Maker
  7. "Retro Slave: Rolf Forsberg's PA classic ARK unearthed!". Quietearth.us. Retrieved October 22, 2011.
  8. "The Lost Films of Rolf Forsberg : Filmwell". Theotherjournal.com. June 3, 2009. Retrieved October 22, 2011.
  9. Time. April 24, 1964 http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,870914,00.html. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  10. "Production History \ About Court \ Court Theatre – Professional Theatre at the University of Chicago". Courttheatre.org. Retrieved October 22, 2011.
  11. Jaffrey, Madhur. "Madhur Jaffrey ~ Award-winning actress and bestselling cookery author » About Madhur – Films". Madhur-jaffrey.com. Retrieved October 22, 2011.
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