Eric Forsberg

Eric Forsberg (born December 16, 1959) is an American writer. He wrote and directed the feature film Mega Piranha, as well as the writer of the feature film Snakes on a Train, one of the first mockbusters produced and released by The Asylum. He also wrote the screenplays for 30,000 Leagues Under the Sea and War of the Worlds 2: The Next Wave, also for The Asylum. He directed the film Alien Abduction which aired on Sci Fi Channel, as well as Night of the Dead which aired on Chiller TV. Other writer and director credits include the political thriller Torture Room, and the stoner comedy Sex Pot as well as Monster, Almighty Thor, Arachnoquake, and Age of the Hobbits. He also worked as a Co-Producer and assistant director on numerous films for Christopher Coppola and Alain Silver, including White Nights, Bel Air, and Palmer's Pickup. In his early years Forsberg was an improvisational comedy instructor at The Players Workshop and The Second City Training Center in Chicago.

Before moving to Hollywood in 1997, Forsberg worked as a writer and director in the Chicago theater scene.

Filmography

Writer and director Mega Piranha – (2010), Syfy, The Asylum Sex Pot – (2009), The Asylum Monster – (2007), The Asylum Torture Room – (2007), Cerebral Experiment Night of the Dead – (2006), Cerebral Experiment Alien Abduction (film) – (2005), The Asylum Andy – (1985), Players Workshop

Writer Troy: The Odyssey (2017), The Asylum Age of the Hobbits (2012), The Asylum Arachnoquake (2012 – story), Active Entertainment/SyFy Almighty Thor (uncredited) – (2011), The Asylum/SyFy MILF (story credit)- (2010), The Asylum War of the Worlds 2 – (2008), The Asylum 30,000 Leagues Under the Sea – (2007), The Asylum Snakes on a Train – (2006), The Asylum Blackhorse: History of the 11th Cavalry – (2005), US Army The Aquanauts (TV)- (1999–2000), Village Roadshow, Animal Planet

Stage

Playwright and director PLAYS & MUSICALS FOR YOUNG AUDIENCES Fantastic Fantasy Factory – Candlelight Dinner Theater – (1990) MenuMania – Candlelight Dinner Theater – (1992–93)

Plays and musicals And So They Fell – Performer's Arena – (1981) A Dozen Idiots (co-writer) – Performer's Arena – (1981) Knat Scatt Private Eye – Theatre Building Chicago/Players Workshop/Avalon Theater Company – (1986) A Tribute to Vincent van Gogh by the Impressionists' Circle – Performer's Arena – (1988) Time Machine – Theatre Building Chicago/New Tuners – (1994) Cannibal – Theatre Building Chicago/Writer's Bloc New Play Festival – (1995)

Director The Bacchae (by Euripides – Performer's Arena – (1981) The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth Beorhthelm's Son (by JRR Tolkien) – Performer's Arena – (1981) Rhinocéros (by Eugène Ionesco) – Performer's Arena – (1982) A Thousand Clowns – Performer's Arena – 1983 The Man in the Glass Booth (by Robert Shaw – Performer's Arena – (1984) Marat Sade (by Peter Weiss) – Performer's Arena – (1984) What the Butler Saw (by Joe Orton) – Performer's Arena – (1985)