Rolf Blomberg
Swedish explorer, writer, photographer, journalist, film director and producer
About Rolf Blomberg
Lived 1912 – 1996 (aged 84). Rolf Blomberg was a Swedish explorer, photographer, writer, film director, journalist and film producer.
Rolf Blomberg (11 November 1912 – 8 December 1996) was a Swedish explorer, non-fiction writer, photographer and producer of documentary films.
Biography Blomberg was born in Stocksund, a district of the Danderyd Municipality, in Sweden. In 1934 he made his first travel to South America, where he visited Ecuador and the Galápagos Islands. During World War II he worked as a neutral war correspondent in Indonesia. He joined the resistance movement and helped people who were trapped in Japanese Internment camps. with Jean Dorst 2005: Blomberg Ecuador: Fotografías de Rolf Blomberg, 1934 a 1979
Filmography (selected) 1954: Anaconda 1957: Jangada
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Swedish explorer, writer, photographer, journalist, film director and producer (1912-1996)
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Rolf Blomberg was born on 11 November 1912 in Danderyd Municipality.
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Rolf Blomberg died on 8 December 1996 in Quito.
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Rolf Blomberg was an explorer, photographer, writer, film director, journalist and film producer.
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Rolf Blomberg was Swedish.
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