# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/eric-forsberg
# Generated: 2026-08-13T20:21:19.091Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/eric-forsberg"
name: "Eric Forsberg"
slug: "eric-forsberg"
description: "Eric Forsberg 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."
tagline: "American film director"
image: "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/gEG4ouX5RgrfhlGNSzRM7s4RF5u.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1959-12-16"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           42.79
  momentum:             6.65884194053208
  historical:           6.609792000000001
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     55
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0286790/"
    handle:    "nm0286790"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.ericforsberg.com/"
sources:
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    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%83_%D9%81%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%B3%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%AC_(%D9%85%D8%AE%D8%B1%D8%AC_%D8%A7%D9%81%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%85)"
    title: "اريك فورسبيرج (مخرج افلام)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ئێریک فۆرسبێرگ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Forsberg"
    title: "Eric Forsberg"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Forsberg"
    title: "Eric Forsberg"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Forsberg"
    title: "Eric Forsberg"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%B1%DA%A9_%D9%81%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%B3%D8%A8%D8%B1%DA%AF"
    title: "ایرک فورسبرگ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1351279"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/112019"
    title: "Eric Forsberg"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump