Vilgot Sjöman

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Vilgot Sjöman

Directing December 2, 1924

Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden

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…

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Shame

Shame

7.5 1968 Movie
I Am Curious (Yellow)

I Am Curious (Yellow)

5.7 1967 Movie
I Am Curious (Blue)

I Am Curious (Blue)

5.5 1968 Movie
Palme

Palme

7.6 2012 Movie
My Sister My Love

My Sister My Love

6.6 1966 Movie
491

491

5.8 1964 Movie
Ingmar Bergman Makes a Movie

Ingmar Bergman Makes a Movie

7.3 1963 Movie
Stimulantia

Stimulantia

6.1 1967 Movie
Tabu

Tabu

5.0 1977 Movie
A Handful of Love

A Handful of Love

4.7 1974 Movie
The Mistress

The Mistress

6.0 1962 Movie
Blushing Charlie

Blushing Charlie

4.9 1970 Movie

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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.

Filmography

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 2021
    Lena

    Movie Self (archive footage)

  2. 2018
    Feature 136

    Movie Himself (archival footage)

  3. 2014
    Året var 1964

    Movie Self (archive footage)

  4. 2012
    Palme

    Movie Self (archive footage)

  5. 2005
    Filmmakers vs. Tycoons

    Movie Self

  6. 2001
    Filmstaden

    Movie

  7. 2000
    Lars Forssell x 2

    Movie

  8. 1995
    Alfred

    Movie Director

  9. 1992
    Inför Markisinnan de Sade

    Movie

  10. 1992
    Self Portrait '92

    Movie Self

  11. 1989
    Fallgropen

    Movie Director

  12. 1987
    Malacca

    Movie Writer

  13. 1984
    Hur ska det gå för Pettersson?

    TV show Director

  14. 1982
    Pelikanen

    Movie Director

  15. 1981
    I am Blushing

    Movie Director

  16. 1979
    Kristoffers hus

    Movie Writer

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  1. 1979
    Linus eller Tegelhusets hemlighet

    Movie Director

  2. 1977
    Tabu

    Movie Director

  3. 1975
    The Garage

    Movie Director

  4. 1974
    A Handful of Love

    Movie Writer

  5. 1971
    Till Sex Do Us Part

    Movie Man

  6. 1970
    Blushing Charlie

    Movie Director

  7. 1969
    You're Lying!

    Movie

  8. 1969
    Traveling with Father

    Movie

  9. 1968
    Shame

    Movie TV Interviewer

  10. 1968
    I Am Curious (Blue)

    Movie Vilgot Sjöman

  11. 1967
    Stimulantia

    Movie

  12. 1967
    I Am Curious (Yellow)

    Movie Vilgot Sjöman

  13. 1966
    My Sister My Love

    Movie Director

  14. 1964
    The Dress

    Movie Director

  15. 1964
    Dance Around the Guldbaggen

    Movie Self

  16. 1964
    491

    Movie Screenplay

  17. 1963
    A Testimony About Her

    Movie the reporter

  18. 1963
    Ingmar Bergman Makes a Movie

    Movie Self

  19. 1963
    Ingmar Bergman Makes a Movie

    TV show Self

  20. 1962
    Siska

    Movie Writer

  21. 1962
    The Mistress

    Movie Screenplay

  22. 1958
    Playing on the Rainbow

    Movie Writer

  23. 1952
    Defiance

    Movie Writer