Director

Torgny Wickman

Directing

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Directed movies: 8Directed series: 0All crew credits: 14

TMDB ID: 138853

IMDb ID: nm0926967

Known for: Directing

Born: April 22, 1911

Died: September 24, 1997

Age: 86

Place of birth: Lund, Sweden

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: Yes

Career span: 1954 - 1977

Years active: 24

Average TMDB rating: 5.1

Wikidata: Q6239846

Also known as

Jon York

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Director (8)Writer (5)Original Film Writer (1)

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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.

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