FILM DIRECTOR

Victor Sjöström

1879 - 1960

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Victor David Sjöström (Swedish: [ˈvɪ̌kːtɔr ˈɧø̂ːstrœm] ; 20 September 1879 – 3 January 1960), also known in the United States as Victor Seastrom, was a pioneering Swedish film director, screenwriter, and actor. He began his career in Sweden, before moving to Hollywood in 1924. Sjöström worked primarily in the silent era; his best known films include The Phantom Carriage (1921), He Who Gets Slapped (1924), and The Wind (1928). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Victor Sjöström has received more than 295,771 page views. His biography is available in 36 different languages on Wikipedia. Victor Sjöström is the 151st most popular film director (down from 146th in 2019), the 129th most popular biography from Sweden (down from 116th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Swedish Film Director.

Victor Sjöström is most famous for his silent films, including The Phantom Carriage and The Wind.

Memorability Metrics

  • 300k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 62.54

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 36

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.82

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.41

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Over the past year Victor Sjöström has had the most page views in the with 34,476 views, followed by Swedish (10,656), and Italian (7,706). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Malagasy (122.08%), Ido (96.59%), and Galician (84.11%)

Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Victor Sjöström ranks 151 out of 2,041. Before him are Max Reinhardt, Alice Guy-Blaché, Jonathan Demme, Frances Marion, Louis Malle, and Ettore Scola. After him are Ed Wood, Alexander Dovzhenko, Shohei Imamura, Otto Preminger, Roland Emmerich, and Joseph L. Mankiewicz.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1879, Victor Sjöström ranks 30. Before him are Francis Peyton Rous, Joseph Wirth, Italo Gariboldi, Henri Giraud, Ali of Hejaz, and An Jung-geun. After him are Fritz Haarmann, Knud Rasmussen, Hans Lammers, Léon Jouhaux, Chen Duxiu, and Pál Teleki. Among people deceased in 1960, Victor Sjöström ranks 18. Before him are Fausto Coppi, Igor Kurchatov, Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna of Russia, Aloysius Stepinac, Said Nursî, and Walter Baade. After him are Héctor Castro, Ana Pauker, J. L. Austin, Dimitri Mitropoulos, Henri Guisan, and Grand Duchess Xenia Alexandrovna of Russia.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Victor Sjöström ranks 129 out of 1,879. Before him are Hjalmar Branting (1860), Rolf Maximilian Sievert (1896), Ingemar Stenmark (1956), Catherine of Sweden, Countess Palatine of Kleeburg (1584), Hedvig Sophia of Sweden (1681), and Harriet Andersson (1932). After him are Stefan Löfven (1957), Bengt I. Samuelsson (1934), Magnus III of Sweden (1240), Alexander Roslin (1718), Victoria, Crown Princess of Sweden (1977), and Sverker I of Sweden (1100).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Sweden

Among film directors born in Sweden, Victor Sjöström ranks 3. Before him are Ingmar Bergman (1918), and Lasse Hallström (1946). After him are Roy Andersson (1943), Sven Nykvist (1922), Bo Widerberg (1930), Alf Sjöberg (1903), Jan Troell (1931), Vilgot Sjöman (1924), Ruben Östlund (1974), Olle Hellbom (1925), and Hasse Ekman (1915).

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Filmography

The Phantom Carriage
Director
It's New Year's Eve. Three drunkards evoke a legend. The legend tells that the last person to die in a year, if he is a great sinner, will have to drive during the whole year the Phantom Chariot, that picks up the souls of the dead.
Jan 1o 19217.9 / 10
He Who Gets Slapped
Director
Story of an inventor who, suffering betrayal in life, makes a career of it by becoming a clown whose act consists of getting slapped by all the other clowns. He falls in love with another circus performer, and those who betrayed him enter his life yet again.
Dec 22o 19247.624 / 10
The Wind
Director
When Letty Mason relocates to West Texas, she finds herself unsettled by the ever-present wind and sand. Arriving at her new home at the ranch of her cousin, Beverly, she receives a surprisingly cold welcome from his wife, Cora. Soon tensions in the family and unwanted attention from a trio of suitors leave Letty increasingly disturbed.
Sep 15o 19287.5 / 10