Vilgot Sjöman
Known For
Directing
Born
1924-12-02 in Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden
Died
2006-04-09
Biography
David Harald Vilgot Sjöman 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.
Most Known For
Shame
as TV Interviewer
Filmstaden
Ingmar Bergman Makes a Movie
as Self
I Am Curious (Yellow)
as Vilgot Sjöman
I Am Curious (Blue)
as Vilgot Sjöman
Palme
as Self (archive footage)
Filmmakers vs. Tycoons
as Self
Dance Around the Guldbaggen
as Self
Stimulantia
Feature 136
as Himself (archival footage)
Lena
as Self (archive footage)
You're Lying!
A Testimony About Her
as the reporter
Till Sex Do Us Part
as Man
Ingmar Bergman Makes a Movie
as Self
Året var 1964
as Self (archive footage)
Inför Markisinnan de Sade
Traveling with Father
Self Portrait '92
as Self