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Torgny Wickman

Personal Info

Known For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

April 22, 1911(86)

Day of Death

September 24, 1997

Place of Birth

Lund, Sweden

Also Known As

Jon York

Torgny Wickman

Directing

Biography

Torgny Wickman was a Swedish phographer and film director. At 24 in 1935 he founded the production company Ellwe-Film. Three years later, he made "Godag staty", a portrait of the artist Carl Milles and his huge garden at Lidingö in Stockholm. He also entered the Swedish film history as director of "Ur Kärlekens språk/Language of Love" (1969), a sex education film that attracted attention all over the world and gained a few spin-offs. Torgny Wickman produced 16 feature films and documentaries from 1954 to 1977. He claims to have been responsible for some 1 600 shorts.

Known For

Filmography