Vilgot Sjöman, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Vilgot Sjöman

Swedish writer and film director

Date of Birth: 02-Dec-1924

Place of Birth: Stockholm, Sweden

Date of Death: 09-Apr-2006

Profession: screenwriter, actor, writer, cinematographer, film director, film producer, director, film editor

Nationality: Sweden

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

David Harald Vilgot Sjöman (2 December 1924 – 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.