Rospo Pallenberg

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Rospo Pallenberg
NationalityEnglish
Occupation(s) Screenwriter, film director
ParentCorrado Pallenberg

Rospo Pallenberg is a screenwriter and film director. He was involved in the writing of the John Boorman films Exorcist II: The Heretic , Excalibur , and The Emerald Forest . [1]

He directed the 1989 film Cutting Class .

Pallenberg is the son of the Roman journalist Corrado Pallenberg (1912–1989), author of the book Vatican Finances (1971).

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References

  1. Noble, Holcomb B. (June 30, 1985). "Pondering Man in 'The Emerald Forest'". The New York Times .