Victor David Sjöström (September 20, 1879 – January 3, 1960), sometimes 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).

Filmography

• 1995Stjärnbilder — (archive footage)
• 1993Minns ni? — (archive footage)
• 1981Victor Sjöström - A Portrait
• 1957Wild Strawberries — Professor Isak Borg
• 1955Männen i mörker — Gustaf Landberg
• 1952Hård klang — Klaus Willenhart
• 1952Love
• 1950The Quartet That Split Up — Gustaf Borg
• 1950To Joy — Sönderby
• 1949Farlig vår — Antique Dealer Bladh
• 1948Jag är med eder...
• 1947Railroad Workers — Stora Ballong
• 1946Crisis — Producer
• 1944The Emperor of Portugallia — Jan i Skrolycka
• 1944Torment — Producer
• 1943Ordet — Knut Borg Sr.
• 1943There's a Fire Burning — Henrik Falkman
• 1941The Fight Continues — Andreas Berg
• 1939Gubben kommer
• 1939Mot nya tider — Hjalmar Branting
• 1937The Great John Ericsson
• 1937Under the Red Robe — Director
• 1935Walpurgis Night — Frederik Bergström
• 1934Synnöve Solbakken — Sämund Granliden
• 1931Father and Son — Hilding Harald Markurell / ällarmästare på utvärdshuset Kupan, Editor, Director
• 1931Scattered Pages
• 1930A Lady to Love — Director, Producer
• 1930Every Woman's Longing — Director
• 1930Father and Son — Director
• 1928The Divine Woman — Director
• 1928The Masks of the Devil — Director
• 1928The Wind — Director
• 1927The Scarlet Letter — Director, Producer
• 1925Confessions of a Queen — Director
• 1925The Tower of Lies — Director
• 1924He Who Gets Slapped — Director, Producer, Adaptation
• 1924Name the Man — Director
• 1923The Hell Ship — Dick, Director, Writer
• 1922Love's Crucible — Director, Writer
• 1922The House Surrounded — Director, Screenplay
• 1921The Phantom Carriage — David Holm, Director, Writer
• 1920A Lover in Pawn — Sammel Eneman, Director
• 1920Karin, Daughter of Ingmar — Stor Ingmar, Director, Writer
• 1920The Monastery of Sendomir — Director, Adaptation, Writer
• 1919His Grace’s Will — Writer, Director
• 1919Sons of Ingmar — Lill Ingmar Ingmarsson, Director, Writer
• 1918The Outlaw and His Wife — Outlaw / Kári, Director, Writer
• 1918Thomas Graal's Best Child — Thomas Graal
• 1917A Man There Was — Terje Vigen, Director, Screenplay
• 1917The Girl from the Marsh Croft — Director, Screenplay
• 1917Thomas Graal's Best Film — Thomas Graal
• 1916Kiss of Death — Òveringenjör Weyler / Ingenjör Lebel, Director, Writer
• 1916She Won — Director, Writer
• 1916Ships That Meet — Director
• 1916The Sea Vultures — Director
• 1916Therèse — Director, Writer
• 1915Cobbler Stick to Your Last — Director, Writer
• 1915Guilt Redeemed — Writer, Director
• 1915In Time of Trial — Director
• 1915It Was in May — Director, Writer
• 1915One of the Many — Director, Writer
• 1915The Governor's Daughters — Director, Screenplay
• 1915The Price of Betrayal — Director
• 1915The Strike — Screenplay, Director
• 1914A Good Girl Fends for Herself — Writer, Director
• 1914Children of the Streets — Director
• 1914Daughter of the Highlands — Karl Werner - Läkare, Writer, Director
• 1914For His Love’s Sake
• 1914Halfbreed — Director
• 1914Hearts That Meet — Director
• 1914Judge Not — Director
• 1914Love Stronger than Hate or The Secret of the Daughter of the Forest — Director
• 1914Saints and Sorrows — Director
• 1913Ingeborg Holm — Director, Writer
• 1913Lady Marion’s Summer Flirtation — Director
• 1913Life’s Conflicts — Director
• 1913Smiles and Tears — Director
• 1913The Child — Georg Mills - Medicinare
• 1913The Marriage Bureau — Writer, Director
• 1913The Miracle — Director
• 1913The Vampire
• 1913The Voice of Passion — Daniel Barkner, Director, Writer
• 1913When Love Kills — Oscar Falck - Målare
• 1912A Secret Marriage or The Deathbed Confession — Director, Screenplay
• 1912The Black Masks — Von Mühlen - Löjtnant
• 1912The Gardener — Trädgårdsmästaren, Director
• 1912The Springtime of Life — Cyril Alm

Appearances as themselves (4)

• 1986Greta Garbo: The Temptress and the Clown — Self (archive footage)
• 1957Behind the Scenes of Wild Strawberries — Self
• 1931Fröken, Ni liknar Greta Garbo! — Self
• 19251925 Studio Tour — Self