Rolf Forsberg
Rolf Forsberg | |
|---|---|
| Born | July 12, 1925 |
| Died | February 16, 2017 (aged 91) |
| Occupations | Producer, Director, Writer, Playwright |
Rolf Forsberg (July 12, 1925 – February 16, 2017) was an American playwright, film and theater director.[1]
Biography
Forsberg and his wife, Josephine Forsberg, were founding members of the highly influential Playwrights Theatre Club in Chicago's Hyde Park.[2] Forsberg is known for directing films such as The Late Great Planet Earth[3] 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[4] and inspired the musical Godspell. Parable went on to be honored at Cannes, the Edinburgh Film Festival and Venice Film Festival.[5]
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.[6] He died in February 2017 at the age of 92.[7]
Filmography
- Sacagawea – on PBS, (2003)
- Tecumseh – History Channel (1997)
- Seven Signs of Christ's Return (2002)
- 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)[8]
- Stalked – starring Jack Hawkins(1968)[8]
- Awareness (1968)[9]
- Antkeeper – narrated by Fred Gwynne (1966)
- Parable (1964)[10]
- 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)[11]
- A Tenth of an Inch makes the Difference – New York (1961)[12]
- The Tempest- off-Broadway (1959)
- The Tempest – San Francisco Shakespeare Festival (1958)
- Oedipus Rex – Court Theatre (Chicago) (1960)[11]
- Round Dance – Playwrights, Chicago (1955)
- Shakuntala[12] – Playwrights, Chicago (1954)
- The Trojan Women by Euripides – Court Theatre (Chicago) (1956)[11]
- Rashomon – Chicago (1953)
- Moods From Shakespeare, USA Tour (1944–1953)[11]
References
- ↑ "New York Times". Movies & TV Dept. Baseline & All Movie Guide. 2012. Archived from the original on November 3, 2012. Retrieved October 22, 2011.
- ↑ Spiselman, Anne (June 17, 2020). "Hyde Park and the Chicago theater movement". Hyde Park Herald. Retrieved June 14, 2026.
- ↑ Janet Maslin (January 18, 1979). "New York Times". Movies.nytimes.com. Retrieved October 22, 2011.
- ↑ "The films of Rolf Forsberg". Arts and Faith. Retrieved September 17, 2010.
- ↑ "Filmwell.org". Filmwell.org. June 3, 2009. Retrieved October 22, 2011.
- ↑ "The Outré World of Rolf Forsberg | UCLA Film & Television Archive".
- ↑ Rolf Forsberg - Film Maker
- 1 2 "Retro Slave: Rolf Forsberg's PA classic ARK unearthed!". Quietearth.us. Retrieved October 22, 2011.
- ↑ "The Lost Films of Rolf Forsberg : Filmwell". Theotherjournal.com. June 3, 2009. Retrieved October 22, 2011.
- ↑ "Christ in Grease Paint". Time. April 24, 1964. Archived from the original on January 24, 2009.
- 1 2 3 4 "Production History \ About Court \ Court Theatre – Professional Theatre at the University of Chicago". Courttheatre.org. Retrieved October 22, 2011.
- 1 2 Jaffrey, Madhur. "Madhur Jaffrey ~ Award-winning actress and bestselling cookery author » About Madhur – Films". Madhur-jaffrey.com. Retrieved October 22, 2011.