Artist · Sweden

1924 to 2006

Work

“comics artist”

Portrait of Vilgot Sjöman
Born1924
Born inStockholm
CountrySweden
Alsoscreenwriter
Died2006
Died inStockholm

Vilgot Sjöman.

comics artist · screenwriter

Sweden, 1924 to 2006

In short

David Harald Vilgot Sjöman (2 December 1924 to 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.

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Born
1924, Stockholm
Died
2006, Stockholm
Citizenship
Sweden
Work
comics artist, screenwriter, writer, animator
Career

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Portrait of Vilgot Sjöman