FILM DIRECTOR

Alf Sjöberg

1903 - 1980

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Sven Erik Alf Sjöberg (21 June 1903 – 17 April 1980) was a Swedish theatre and film director. He won the Grand Prix du Festival at the Cannes Film Festival twice: in 1946 for Torment (Swedish: Hets) (part of an eleven-way tie), and in 1951 for his film Miss Julie (Swedish: Fröken Julie) (an adaptation of August Strindberg's play which tied with Vittorio De Sica's Miracle in Milan). Despite his success with those films, Sjöberg was foremost a stage director, perhaps the greatest at the Royal Dramatic Theatre (alongside first Olof Molander and later Ingmar Bergman). He was a First Director of Sweden's Royal Dramatic Theatre between 1930 and 1980; he staged there many remarkable and historic productions. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Alf Sjöberg is the 442nd most popular film director (up from 492nd in 2019), the 335th most popular biography from Sweden (up from 349th in 2019) and the 7th most popular Swedish Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Alf Sjöberg ranks 442 out of 2,041. Before him are Michael Radford, Yves Boisset, Guy Hamilton, Kon Ichikawa, Jacques Tourneur, and Wolfgang Reitherman. After him are Russ Meyer, Alberto Lattuada, Václav Vorlíček, Alexander Korda, Chuck Lorre, and Jan Troell.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1903, Alf Sjöberg ranks 116. Before him are Gregor Piatigorsky, Karl Fritzsch, Marshall Harvey Stone, Steven Runciman, Rudolf Serkin, and Amy Johnson. After him are Pedro Eugenio Aramburu, Nikolai Voznesensky, Jan de Klerk, Maud Lewis, Cornell Woolrich, and Richard Thomalla. Among people deceased in 1980, Alf Sjöberg ranks 95. Before him are Katia Mann, Muhammad Baqir al-Sadr, Zygmunt Berling, John Mauchly, Friedrich Hossbach, and Héctor José Cámpora. After him are Rudolf Christoph Freiherr von Gersdorff, Manlio Brosio, Ernst Ocwirk, Lil Dagover, Rolf Nevanlinna, and Bert Kaempfert.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Alf Sjöberg ranks 335 out of 1,879. Before him are Princess Cecilia of Sweden (1540), Thomas Ravelli (1959), Olof Swartz (1760), Anne Sofie von Otter (1955), Pernilla August (1958), and Lars Lagerbäck (1948). After him are Nicodemus Tessin the Younger (1654), Sigrid of Sweden (1566), Magnus Stenbock (1664), Gustav Cassel (1866), Jan Troell (1931), and Sophie Adlersparre (1823).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Sweden

Among film directors born in Sweden, Alf Sjöberg ranks 7. Before him are Ingmar Bergman (1918), Lasse Hallström (1946), Victor Sjöström (1879), Roy Andersson (1943), Sven Nykvist (1922), and Bo Widerberg (1930). After him are Jan Troell (1931), Vilgot Sjöman (1924), Olle Hellbom (1925), Johan Renck (1966), Ruben Östlund (1974), and Erika Lust (1977).

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