---
name: "Rospo Pallenberg"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/rospo-pallenberg"
fi1m_id: "rospo-pallenberg"
imdb_id: "nm0657853"
tmdb_id: 69730
wikidata_id: "Q3442731"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "1 January 1939"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_fi1m_score: 61
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-10-04T19:17:07.625862+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Rospo Pallenberg

## Identity

Rospo Pallenberg

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/rospo-pallenberg
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** rospo-pallenberg
- **IMDb ID:** nm0657853
- **TMDB ID:** 69730
- **Wikidata ID:** Q3442731
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rospo_Pallenberg, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3442731, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0657853/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/69730

Writer. Born 1 January 1939 in Croydon.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 1 January 1939, Croydon
- **Active:** 1972–1985
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 4: 3 writing, 1 crew
- **Frequently works with:** [John Boorman](https://film.one/person/john-boorman.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 61, as writer, over 3 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1970s 62 (2), 1980s 72 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 61 to 59 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 0 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Genres:** Adventure 2, Action 1, Drama 1, Fantasy 1, Horror 1
- **Screen time:** 6 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $90m across 3 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rospo_Pallenberg, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3442731, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0657853/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/69730

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*The Emerald Forest*](https://film.one/film/the-emerald-forest.md) (66)
- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Exorcist II: The Heretic*](https://film.one/film/exorcist-ii-the-heretic.md) (38)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Rospo Pallenberg is an English screenwriter and director. Born Robert Pallenberg in 1939 in Croydon, Surrey, he studied architecture in New York City in the 1960s, where he met director John Boorman.

Pallenberg collaborated extensively with Boorman. He received adaptation and screenplay credit on the Arthurian epic *Excalibur* (1981) and sole screenplay credit on *The Emerald Forest* (1985). He contributed uncredited writing to *Exorcist II: The Heretic* (1977) and directed the film *Cutting Class* (1989). Other credits include *The Barber of Siberia* (1998) and *Druids* (2001). He was nominated for a Hugo Award for *Excalibur*.

*Sources: imdb.com, wikiwand.com, en.wikipedia.org.*

## On Fi1m (4)

### Wrote (3) — the average rests on these

- *The Emerald Forest* (1985), Fi1m 66, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/the-emerald-forest.md)
- *Excalibur* (1981), Fi1m 79, Screenplay, Adaptation — [page](https://film.one/film/excalibur.md)
- *Exorcist II: The Heretic* (1977), Fi1m 38, Second Unit Director, Writer — [page](https://film.one/film/exorcist-ii-the-heretic.md)

### Crew (1)

- *Deliverance* (1972), Fi1m 85, Creative Consultant — [page](https://film.one/film/deliverance.md)

## Complete filmography (7)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Druids* (2001), Screenplay
- *The Barber of Siberia* (1998), Writer
- *Cutting Class* (1989), Director
- *The Emerald Forest* (1985), Screenplay — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/film/the-emerald-forest.md)
- *Excalibur* (1981), Adaptation, Screenplay — Fi1m 79, [page](https://film.one/film/excalibur.md)
- *Exorcist II: The Heretic* (1977), Second Unit Director, Writer — Fi1m 38, [page](https://film.one/film/exorcist-ii-the-heretic.md)
- *Deliverance* (1972), Creative Consultant — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/film/deliverance.md)

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