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 (Swedish: Hets) (part of an eleven-way tie), and in 1951 for his film Miss Julie (Swedish: Fröken Julie)[1] (an adaptation of August Strindberg's play which tied with Vittorio De Sica's Miracle in Milan).

Alf Sjöberg
Born	Sven Erik Alf Sjöberg (1903-06-21)21 June 1903 Stockholm, Sweden
Died	17 April 1980(1980-04-17) (aged 76) Stockholm, Sweden
Nationality	Swedish
Occupation	Film director
Years active	1925–1969
Known for	Director
Spouse(s)	Märta Ekström ​ ​ (m. 1930⁠–⁠1934)​ Elsa Ahlsell ​ ​ (m. 1935⁠–⁠1980)​

Despite his success with those films, Sjöberg was foremost a stage director, perhaps the greatest at Dramaten (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.[2]

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