1924 - 2006
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. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Vilgot Sjöman has received more than 100,664 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Vilgot Sjöman is the 697th most popular film director (down from 637th in 2019), the 464th most popular biography from Sweden (down from 439th in 2019) and the 10th most popular Swedish Film Director.
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Among film directors, Vilgot Sjöman ranks 697 out of 1,581. Before him are Jaromil Jireš, Nicolas Winding Refn, Fred Niblo, John Stagliano, James Mangold, and David O. Russell. After him are Rudolph Maté, Bruno Mattei, Claude Miller, Jeannot Szwarc, Bruce Beresford, and Timur Bekmambetov.
1935 - 2001
HPI: 50.40
Rank: 691
1970 - Present
HPI: 50.40
Rank: 692
1874 - 1948
HPI: 50.39
Rank: 693
1951 - Present
HPI: 50.35
Rank: 694
1963 - Present
HPI: 50.35
Rank: 695
1958 - Present
HPI: 50.35
Rank: 696
1924 - 2006
HPI: 50.34
Rank: 697
1898 - 1964
HPI: 50.33
Rank: 698
1931 - 2007
HPI: 50.32
Rank: 699
1942 - 2012
HPI: 50.29
Rank: 700
1937 - Present
HPI: 50.28
Rank: 701
1940 - Present
HPI: 50.28
Rank: 702
1961 - Present
HPI: 50.28
Rank: 703
Among people born in 1924, Vilgot Sjöman ranks 220. Before him are Ed Koch, Jean-Jacques Servan-Schreiber, Klaus Huber, Jean-Michel Charlier, Mike Bongiorno, and J. J. Johnson. After him are Isadore Singer, Ján Chryzostom Korec, Sabu Dastagir, Jaime Lusinchi, Erik Balling, and Paruyr Sevak. Among people deceased in 2006, Vilgot Sjöman ranks 183. Before him are Pierre Vidal-Naquet, Mariam Aslamazian, Jean-Jacques Servan-Schreiber, Asima Chatterjee, Shoshana Damari, and Esther Lederberg. After him are Elizabeth Bolden, Andreas Katsulas, Kent Andersson, Theodore Levitt, Akira Ifukube, and Octavia E. Butler.
1924 - 2013
HPI: 50.58
Rank: 214
1924 - 2006
HPI: 50.50
Rank: 215
1924 - 2017
HPI: 50.46
Rank: 216
1924 - 1989
HPI: 50.44
Rank: 217
1924 - 2009
HPI: 50.40
Rank: 218
1924 - 2001
HPI: 50.37
Rank: 219
1924 - 2006
HPI: 50.34
Rank: 220
1924 - 2021
HPI: 50.28
Rank: 221
1924 - 2015
HPI: 50.27
Rank: 222
1924 - 1963
HPI: 50.14
Rank: 223
1924 - 2014
HPI: 50.09
Rank: 224
1924 - 2005
HPI: 50.09
Rank: 225
1924 - 1971
HPI: 49.90
Rank: 226
1930 - 2006
HPI: 50.59
Rank: 177
1907 - 2006
HPI: 50.55
Rank: 178
1924 - 2006
HPI: 50.50
Rank: 179
1917 - 2006
HPI: 50.49
Rank: 180
1923 - 2006
HPI: 50.44
Rank: 181
1922 - 2006
HPI: 50.37
Rank: 182
1924 - 2006
HPI: 50.34
Rank: 183
1890 - 2006
HPI: 50.28
Rank: 184
1946 - 2006
HPI: 50.15
Rank: 185
1942 - 2006
HPI: 50.04
Rank: 186
1925 - 2006
HPI: 50.04
Rank: 187
1914 - 2006
HPI: 50.02
Rank: 188
1947 - 2006
HPI: 49.85
Rank: 189
Among people born in Sweden, Vilgot Sjöman ranks 464 out of 1,612. Before him are Mai Zetterling (1925), Carl-Gustaf Rossby (1898), Kristina Wayborn (1950), Barbro Hiort af Ornäs (1921), Ulla Jacobsson (1929), and Liza Marklund (1962). After him are Caspar Bartholin the Elder (1585), Sigrid Hjertén (1885), Ernst Fast (1881), Anna Q. Nilsson (1888), Björn Nordqvist (1942), and Karin Bergöö Larsson (1859).
1925 - 1994
HPI: 50.51
Rank: 458
1898 - 1957
HPI: 50.50
Rank: 459
1950 - Present
HPI: 50.49
Rank: 460
1921 - 2015
HPI: 50.47
Rank: 461
1929 - 1982
HPI: 50.43
Rank: 462
1962 - Present
HPI: 50.40
Rank: 463
1924 - 2006
HPI: 50.34
Rank: 464
1585 - 1629
HPI: 50.34
Rank: 465
1885 - 1948
HPI: 50.34
Rank: 466
1881 - 1959
HPI: 50.31
Rank: 467
1888 - 1974
HPI: 50.27
Rank: 468
1942 - Present
HPI: 50.26
Rank: 469
1859 - 1928
HPI: 50.25
Rank: 470
Among film directors born in Sweden, Vilgot Sjöman ranks 10. Before him are Victor Sjöström (1879), Sven Nykvist (1922), Bo Widerberg (1930), Jan Troell (1931), Alf Sjöberg (1903), and Olle Hellbom (1925). After him are Hasse Ekman (1915), Mikael Håfström (1960), Erika Lust (1977), Gunnar Fischer (1910), Kjell Grede (1936), and Jonas Åkerlund (1965).
1879 - 1960
HPI: 62.19
Rank: 4
1922 - 2006
HPI: 56.98
Rank: 5
1930 - 1997
HPI: 55.71
Rank: 6
1931 - Present
HPI: 55.05
Rank: 7
1903 - 1980
HPI: 54.20
Rank: 8
1925 - 1982
HPI: 50.53
Rank: 9
1924 - 2006
HPI: 50.34
Rank: 10
1915 - 2004
HPI: 48.71
Rank: 11
1960 - Present
HPI: 48.02
Rank: 12
1977 - Present
HPI: 47.59
Rank: 13
1910 - 2011
HPI: 46.87
Rank: 14
1936 - 2017
HPI: 46.55
Rank: 15
1965 - Present
HPI: 46.50
Rank: 16