Person

Vilgot Sjöman

Directing · 1924–2006 · Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden

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

2021LenaSelf (archive footage)
2018Feature 136Himself (archival footage)
2014Året var 1964Self (archive footage)
2012PalmeSelf (archive footage)
2005Filmmakers vs. TycoonsSelf
2001Filmstaden
2000Lars Forssell x 2
1995AlfredDirector
1992Inför Markisinnan de Sade
1992Self Portrait '92Self
1989FallgropenDirector
1987MalaccaWriter
1984Hur ska det gå för Pettersson?Director
1982PelikanenDirector
1981I am BlushingDirector
1979Kristoffers husWriter
1979Linus eller Tegelhusets hemlighetDirector
1977TabuDirector
1975The GarageDirector
1974A Handful of LoveWriter
1971Till Sex Do Us PartMan
1970Blushing CharlieDirector
1969You're Lying!
1969Traveling with Father
1968ShameTV Interviewer
1968I Am Curious (Blue)Vilgot Sjöman
1967Stimulantia
1967I Am Curious (Yellow)Vilgot Sjöman
1966My Sister My LoveDirector
1964The DressDirector
1964Dance Around the GuldbaggenSelf
1964491Screenplay
1963A Testimony About Herthe reporter
1963Ingmar Bergman Makes a MovieSelf
1963Ingmar Bergman Makes a MovieSelf
1962SiskaWriter
1962The MistressScreenplay
1958Playing on the RainbowWriter
1952DefianceWriter

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