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Alf Sjöberg | |
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| Born | Sven Erik Alf Sjöberg 21 June 1903 |
| Died | 17 April 1980 (aged 76) Stockholm, Sweden |
| Occupation | Film director |
| Years active | 1925–1969 |
| Known for | Director |
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Sven Erik Alf Sjöberg (21 June 1903 – 17 April 1980) was a Swedish theatre and film director. He won the Grand Prix du Festival at the Cannes Film Festival twice: in 1946 for Torment (Swedish: Hets) (part of an eleven-way tie), and in 1951 for his film Miss Julie (Swedish: Fröken Julie) (an adaptation of August Strindberg's play which tied with Vittorio De Sica's Miracle in Milan).
Though he also achieved success in film, Sjöberg was foremost a stage director, and was well-regarded at the Royal Dramatic Theatre, where he was a First Director staging productions between 1930 and 1980. Sjöberg was also a pioneer director of drama for early Swedish television; his 1955 TV staging of Hamlet was considered a landmark production. At the 3rd Guldbagge Awards, Sjöberg won the award for Best Director for the film Ön.
In 1980, Sjöberg died in a car accident in Stockholm, on his way to rehearsal at the Royal Dramatic Theatre.
