
Personal Info
Known For
Directing
Born
April 22, 1911
Died
September 24, 1997 (age 86)
Place of Birth
Lund, Sweden
Also Known As
Jon York
Torgny Wickman
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.
