Facts: - death place: stockholm , sweden - caption: vilgot '' i am curious -lrb- yellow -rrb- '' . sjoman with lena nyman during the production of - birth name: david harald vilgot sjoman - yearsactive: 1948 -- 2004 - death date: 9 april 2006 -lrb- aged 81 -rrb- - spouse: kristina -lrb- 1969 -- his death -rrb- hasselgren -lrb- 1955 -- 1960 -rrb- lotta sjoman - birth date: 2 december 1924 - name: vilgot sjoman - image: vilgotkultur 196220a.jpg - birth place: stockholm , sweden - occupation: writer and film director Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of vilgot sjoman .
david harald vilgot sjoman -lrb- 2 december 1924 -- 9 april 2006 -rrb- 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 .he is best known as the director of the films '' 491 '' -lrb- 1964 -rrb- , '' i am curious -lrb- yellow -rrb- '' -lrb- in swedish , '' jag ar nyfiken - gul '' -rrb- -lrb- 1967 -rrb- , and '' i am curious -lrb- blue -rrb- '' -lrb- '' jag ar nyfiken - bla '' -rrb- -lrb- 1968 -rrb- , which stretched the boundaries of acceptability of what could then be shown on film , deliberately treating their subjects in a provocative and explicit manner .