# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/victor-sjostrom
# Generated: 2026-08-14T02:38:24.326Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/victor-sjostrom"
name: "Victor Sjöström"
slug: "victor-sjostrom"
description: "Victor David Sjöström, also known in the United States as Victor Seastrom, was a pioneering Swedish film director, screenwriter, and actor. He began his career in Sweden, before moving to Hollywood in 1924. Sjöström worked primarily in the silent era; his best known films include The Phantom Carriage (1921), He Who Gets Slapped (1924), and The Wind (1928). Sjöström was Sweden's most prominent director in the \"Golden Age of Silent Film\" in Europe. Later in life, he played the leading role in Ingmar Bergman's Wild Strawberries (1957)."
tagline: "Swedish film director, screenwriter, and actor (1879-1960)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/VictorSjostrom.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "SE"
category:
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  slug: "directors"
profileType:
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  slug: "director"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1879-09-20"
deathDate: "1960-01-03"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  historical:           22.21973866666667
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  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    title: "Victor Sjöström"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump