Ingmar Bergman
Biography
Ingmar Bergman
The film is the great adventure -- the costly, exacting mistress
Movie news
This week 55 years ago Gycklarnas afton premiered (September 14, 1953)
Born:
July 14, 1918
Died:
July 30, 2007
Starting out as a theatre director and manager, Bergman also wrote for both theatre and films. He made his directorial debut in 1945 with Crisis but the prototypical Bergman picture, filled with the thematic and stylistic aspects, would not appear until 1949, beginning with The Devil's Wanton.
In the 1950's Ingmar embarked on an series of clasics, including The seventh seal (1957) and Wild strawberries. (1957). During the sixties his film's took on more ascetic qualities. After a controversy with the tax authorities, Bergman left Sweden in the 1970's. A few years later he got back to Sweden and made his last movie Fanny and Alexander.
After his retirement from directing cinema, Ingmar wrote scripts, directed for television and directed plays at the Swedish Royal Dramatic Theatre.
He died this year in July.
Academy awards:
1984 Nominated Best Director for: Fanny and Alexander
1984 Nominated Best Writing for: Fanny and Alexander
1979 Nominated Best Writing for: Höstsonaten
1977 Nominated Best Director for: Ansikte mot ansikte
1974 Nominated Best Director for: Viskningar och rop
1974 Nominated Best Picture for: Viskningar och rop
1974 Nominated Best Writing for: Viskningar och rop
1971 Won: The Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award
1963 Nominated Best Writing for: Såsom i en spegel
1960 Nominated Best Writing for: Smultronstället
Selected Movies:
- Det sjunde inseglet (1957)
- Smultronstället (1957)
- Persona (1966)
- Fanny och Alexander (1982)
- Skammen (968)
- Nattvardsgästerna (1963)
Books:
Jorn Donner -> The Personal Vision of Ingmar Bergman (1964)
John Russell Taylor -> Cinema Eye, Cinema Ear (1964)
