Born in 1879 and died in 1960, Sjöström was the leading director of the Swedish silent cinema's golden age, known for dramas set against stark northern landscapes. He worked in Hollywood in the 1920s as Victor Seastrom, then returned to Sweden. As an actor he is remembered for playing the old professor in Ingmar Bergman's Wild Strawberries.
Filmography
- Terje Vigen (1917)
- The Girl from the Marsh Croft (1917)
- The Outlaw and His Wife (1918)
- Sons of Ingmar (1919)
- Karin Daughter of Ingmar (1920)
- The Phantom Carriage (1921)
- He Who Gets Slapped (1924)
- The Scarlet Letter (1926)
- The Wind (1928)
- The Divine Woman (1928)