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Vilgot Sjöman

Directing Born Dec 2, 1924 Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden 20 credits

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.

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Known for

Film

Shame

as TV Interviewer

Full filmography

  • Shame (1968) as TV Interviewer
  • I Am Curious (Yellow) (1967) as Vilgot Sjöman
  • Filmmakers vs. Tycoons (2005) as Self
  • Palme (2012) as Self (archive footage)
  • Ingmar Bergman Makes a Movie (1963) as Self
  • I Am Curious (Blue) (1968) as Vilgot Sjöman
  • Filmstaden (2001)
  • Ingmar Bergman Makes a Movie (1963) as Self
  • Stimulantia (1967)
  • Dance Around the Guldbaggen (1964) as Self
  • Till Sex Do Us Part (1971) as Man
  • You're Lying! (1969)
  • Feature 136 (2018) as Himself (archival footage)
  • A Testimony About Her (1963) as the reporter
  • Self Portrait '92 (1992) as Self
  • Lena (2021) as Self (archive footage)
  • Inför Markisinnan de Sade (1992)
  • Året var 1964 (2014) as Self (archive footage)
  • Lars Forssell x 2 (2000)
  • Traveling with Father (1969)