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.
Directed
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I Am Curious (Yellow) (1967) — Director
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I Am Curious (Blue) (1968) — Director
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491 (1964) — Director
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My Sister My Love (1966) — Director
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Ingmar Bergman Makes a Movie (1963) — Director
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Stimulantia (1967) — Director
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The Mistress (1962) — Director
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A Handful of Love (1974) — Director
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Tabu (1977) — Director
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Blushing Charlie (1970) — Director
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You're Lying! (1969) — Director
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Till Sex Do Us Part (1971) — Director
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Alfred (1995) — Director
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The Dress (1964) — Director
- Fallgropen (1989) — Director
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Malacca (1987) — Director
- Self Portrait '92 (1992) — Director
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The Garage (1975) — Director
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I am Blushing (1981) — Director
- Pelikanen (1982) — Director
- Traveling with Father (1969) — Director
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Linus eller Tegelhusets hemlighet (1979) — Director
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Hur ska det gå för Pettersson? (1984) — Director
Also appeared in
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Shame (1968) — TV Interviewer
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I Am Curious (Yellow) (1967) — Vilgot Sjöman
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I Am Curious (Blue) (1968) — Vilgot Sjöman
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Palme (2012) — Self (archive footage)
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Ingmar Bergman Makes a Movie (1963) — Self
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Stimulantia (1967)
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You're Lying! (1969)
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Lena (2021) — Self (archive footage)
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Filmmakers vs. Tycoons (2005) — Self
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Till Sex Do Us Part (1971) — Man
- Self Portrait '92 (1992) — Self
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Inför Markisinnan de Sade (1992)
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Feature 136 (2018) — Himself (archival footage)
- Traveling with Father (1969)
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Dance Around the Guldbaggen (1964) — Self
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Filmstaden (2001)
- Lars Forssell x 2 (2000)
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A Testimony About Her (1963) — the reporter
- Året var 1964 (2014) — Self (archive footage)
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Ingmar Bergman Makes a Movie (1963) — Self