Trivia

Made early films with collaborator Charles Schneider and sent them to John Waters.

Studied film with Kenneth Anger.

Father is independent film maker Rolf Forsberg.

Mother, Josephine Forsberg, was an improv teacher whose students included Harold Ramis, Bill Murray, Shelley Long, Brian Doyle-Murray, Betty Thomas, David Mamet, Catherine O'Hara, Brandon Tartikoff, Tim Kazurinsky, Peter Boyle, George Wendt and Robert Townsend.

Attended High School at Francis W. Parker along with Daryl Hannah, Billy Zane, Lisa Zane, Neil Giuntoli and Jennifer Beals.

He was an actor, director and improv instructor in Chicago (often at The Second City and the Players Workshop) where he worked with Bonnie Hunt, Steve Carell, Bob Odenkirk, Stephen Colbert, Julie Larson, George Wendt, Tim Meadows, Chris Farley, Amy Sedaris, Holly Wortell, Paul Dinello, Cindy Caponera, Mick Napier, David Koechner, Greg Hollimon, Catherine O'Hara, Will Clinger, Sean Abley, Pat Finn and Robert Smigel.

His cousin, the late Martin De Maat, was the top teacher of improvisation at The Second City in Chicago from 1986 until he died in 2001.

In the late 1960s Bill Murray painted his family kitchen in return for improv classes with his mother.

He is a founding member of The Second City Training Center in Los Angeles, along with fellow improv teachers and directors Martin De Maat, Frances Callier, Michael C. McCarthy, Tom Green, Holly Wortell, Ira Miller, Mike Ross, Amy Seeley and Mark Beltzman.

Also worked at Players Workshop along with Bonnie Hunt, Ken Hudson Campbell, Steve Rudnick, Bob Odenkirk, Holly Wortell and many others.

Directed and taught at Second City at the same time as Chris Farley, Mike Myers, Jon Favreau, Mick Napier, Greg Hollimon, Ian Gomez, and Nia Vardalos were just starting out.

Father in law is actor Burt Goodman.

His wife Karen Forsberg is a Producer.

Daughter is child actress Lola Forsberg.

Directed his his first super 8mm film at age 9.

As a young teen he was a make-up artist on The Late Great Planet Earth (1978) directed by his father, Rolf Forsberg and starring Orson Welles.

At age 12 co-starred with George Wendt in the musical, The Dubbing of Sir Saul by King Benjamin.

First big role in a film was at age 4.

Lives in Studio City, California with wife, Karen, and daughter, Lola. (May 2010)

First professional film job was with Christopher Coppola.

Eric is an an international award winning published poet.