Torgny Wickman

Personal Info

Known For Director

Gender Male

Birthday 1911-04-22

Deathday 1997-09-24 (86 years old)

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.

Known For

Director

1977
1975
The Intruders

as Director

1973
1972
Drömsex i 3-D

as Director

1971
1971
Lockfågeln

as Director

1970
Fear Has 1000 Eyes

as Director

1970
The Lustful Vicar

as Director

1970
Sweden is Love

as Director

1969
Language of Love

as Director

1969
1954
1954
Flicka utan namn

as Director

Writer

1975
The Intruders

as Writer

1975
Drömdoktorn

as Original Film Writer

1973
1971
1970
1970
1969
1969

Art

1973
Anita, Swedish Nymphet

as Art Direction

Actor

1975
The Intruders

as Radio-journalist