FILM DIRECTOR

Vilgot Sjöman

1924 - 2006

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David Harald Vilgot Sjöman (2 December 1924 – 9 April 2006) was a Swedish writer and film director. His films deal with controversial issues of social class, morality, and sexual taboos, combining the emotionally tortured characters of Ingmar Bergman with the avant garde style of the French New Wave. He is best known as the director of the films 491 (1964), I Am Curious (Yellow) (in Swedish, "Jag är nyfiken – gul") (1967), and I Am Curious (Blue) ("Jag är nyfiken – blå") (1968), which stretched the boundaries of acceptability of what could then be shown on film, deliberately treating their subjects in a provocative and explicit manner. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Vilgot Sjöman is the 683rd most popular film director (down from 677th in 2019), the 517th most popular biography from Sweden (down from 480th in 2019) and the 9th most popular Swedish Film Director.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Vilgot Sjöman ranks 683 out of 2,041. Before him are Andrew Marton, Andrzej Munk, Cary Joji Fukunaga, Christopher Doyle, Karl Freund, and Fedor Ozep. After him are David Silverman, E. A. Dupont, Percy Adlon, Giuliano Montaldo, Claude Pinoteau, and Fred Niblo.

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Among people born in 1924, Vilgot Sjöman ranks 242. Before him are Luděk Pachman, Erik Balling, György Lázár, Maurice Karnaugh, Jean Laplanche, and Mary Warnock, Baroness Warnock. After him are Marc Ferro, Olga Gyarmati, Marga López, Inge Sørensen, Martha Hyer, and Marianne Werner. Among people deceased in 2006, Vilgot Sjöman ranks 183. Before him are Arthur Hill, Jean-François Revel, Tetsurō Tamba, Henri Colpi, Paul Hunter, and Jean-Louis de Rambures. After him are Paul Gleason, Red Auerbach, Andreas Katsulas, Rainer Barzel, Patricia Kennedy Lawford, and Pierre Vidal-Naquet.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Vilgot Sjöman ranks 517 out of 1,879. Before him are Gunnar Sköld (1894), Caspar Bartholin the Elder (1585), Viktor Rydberg (1828), Bertil Nordahl (1917), Bo Lindman (1899), and Alicia Vikander (1988). After him are Ludwig Göransson (1984), E-Type (1965), Liza Marklund (1962), Tomas Brolin (1969), Carl Johan Thyselius (1811), and Arne Åhman (1925).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Sweden

Among film directors born in Sweden, Vilgot Sjöman ranks 9. Before him are Victor Sjöström (1879), Roy Andersson (1943), Sven Nykvist (1922), Bo Widerberg (1930), Alf Sjöberg (1903), and Jan Troell (1931). After him are Olle Hellbom (1925), Johan Renck (1966), Ruben Östlund (1974), Erika Lust (1977), Hasse Ekman (1915), and Gunnar Fischer (1910).

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