Alf Sjöberg

Sven Erik Alf Sjöberg (21 June 1903 – 17 April 1980) was a Swedish theatre and film director. He won the Grand Prix du Festival at the Cannes Film Festival twice: in 1946 for ''Torment'' () (part of an eleven-way tie), and in 1951 for his film ''Miss Julie'' () (an adaptation of August Strindberg's play which tied with Vittorio De Sica's ''Miracle in Milan'').

Despite his success with those films, Sjöberg was foremost a stage director, perhaps the greatest at the Royal Dramatic Theatre (alongside first Olof Molander and later Ingmar Bergman). He was a First Director of Sweden's Royal Dramatic Theatre between 1930 and 1980; he staged there many remarkable and historic productions. Sjöberg was also a pioneer director of drama for early Swedish TV (his 1955 TV production of ''Hamlet'' is a national milestone). At the 3rd Guldbagge Awards Sjöberg won the award for Best Director for the film ''Ön''.

Sjöberg died in a car accident on his way to rehearsal at the Royal Dramatic Theatre in Stockholm. Provided by Wikipedia