Rolf Forsberg Explained

Rolf Forsberg
Birth Date:12 July 1925
Birth Place:Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Occupation:Producer, Director, Writer, Playwright

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

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

Stage-ography

Notes and References

  1. News: New York Times . https://web.archive.org/web/20121103024155/http://movies.nytimes.com/person/90181/Rolf-Forsberg/filmography . dead . November 3, 2012 . Movies & TV Dept. . . 2012 . October 22, 2011.
  2. News: Janet Maslin . New York Times . Movies.nytimes.com . January 18, 1979 . October 22, 2011.
  3. Web site: The films of Rolf Forsberg . Arts and Faith . September 17, 2010.
  4. Web site: Filmwell.org . Filmwell.org . June 3, 2009 . October 22, 2011.
  5. Web site: The Outré World of Rolf Forsberg | UCLA Film & Television Archive.
  6. http://www.rolfforsberg.com Rolf Forsberg - Film Maker
  7. Web site: Retro Slave: Rolf Forsberg's PA classic ARK unearthed! . Quietearth.us . October 22, 2011.
  8. Web site: The Lost Films of Rolf Forsberg : Filmwell . Theotherjournal.com . June 3, 2009 . October 22, 2011.
  9. Christ in Grease Paint . https://web.archive.org/web/20090124143602/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,870914,00.html . January 24, 2009 . Time . April 24, 1964.
  10. Web site: Production History \ About Court \ Court Theatre – Professional Theatre at the University of Chicago . Courttheatre.org . October 22, 2011.
  11. Web site: Jaffrey . Madhur . Madhur Jaffrey ~ Award-winning actress and bestselling cookery author » About Madhur – Films . Madhur-jaffrey.com . October 22, 2011.