Torgny Wickman

Director

Born: April 22, 1911 (86 years old)

Died: September 24, 1997

Place of birth: Lund, Sweden

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.

Filmography (7)

• Anita, Swedish Nymphet (1973, ★ 5.2)
• Fear Has 1000 Eyes (1970, ★ 4.3)
• Language of Love (1969, ★ 4.5)
• Language of Love XYZ (1971, ★ 5)
• More About the Language of Love (1970, ★ 3.8)
• The Lustful Vicar (1970, ★ 4.2)
• Swedish and Underage (1969, ★ 3.7)