Rolf Forsberg (July 12, 1925 – February 16, 2017) was an American playwright, film and theater director.
Biography
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
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.[ Rolf Forsberg - Film Maker]
Filmography
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Sacagawea – on PBS, (2003)
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Tecumseh – History Channel (1997)
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Seven Signs of Christ's Return (2002)
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Where Jesus Walked – starring Barbara Harris (1995)
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Touring Civil War Battlefields (1992)
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Seven Wonders of the Ancient World – narrated by Pierce Brosnan (1990)
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Beyond The Next Mountain – starring Saeed Jaffery and Barry Foster (1987)
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The Late Great Planet Earth – starring Orson Welles (1979)
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Mother Tiger Mother Tiger (1976)
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Peace Child (1974)
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Nail (1974)
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And There Was Morning (1973)
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One Friday (1973)
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King of the Hill (1972)
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Ark (1970)
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Stalked – starring Jack Hawkins(1968)
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Awareness (1968)
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Antkeeper – narrated by Fred Gwynne (1966)
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Parable (1964)
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Light Time for PBS (1960)
Stage-ography
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A Tenth of an Inch Makes The Difference – performer's Arena, Chicago (1984)
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Revival – Pasadena Playhouse Studio (1973)
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The Dybbuk Between Two Worlds – Court Theatre (Chicago) (1962)
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A Tenth of an Inch makes the Difference – New York (1961)
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The Tempest- off-Broadway (1959)
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The Tempest – San Francisco Shakespeare Festival (1958)
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Oedipus Rex – Court Theatre (Chicago) (1960)
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Round Dance – Playwrights, Chicago (1955)
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Shakuntala
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The Trojan Women by Euripides – Court Theatre (Chicago) (1956)
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Rashomon – Chicago (1953)
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Moods From Shakespeare, USA Tour (1944–1953)
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