Vilgot Sjöman

Known For

Directing

Born

Dec 02, 1924

Died

Apr 09, 2006

Place of Birth

Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden

Credits

39 titles

Vilgot Sjöman

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.

Known For

Filmography