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Ingmar Bergman

Ingmar Bergman

Director · 1918–2007 · Uppsala, Uppsala län, Sweden

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Biography

Ernst Ingmar Bergman (July 14, 1918 – July 30, 2007) was a Swedish filmmaker. Widely considered one of the greatest and most influential filmmakers of all time, his films are known as "profoundly personal meditations into the myriad struggles facing the psyche and the soul." Bergman directed more than 60 films and documentaries for cinematic release and for television screenings, most of which he also wrote. Most of his films were set in Sweden, and many films from 1961 onward were filmed on the island of Fårö. He also had a theatrical career that ran in parallel with his film career. It included periods as Leading Director of the Royal Dramatic Theatre in Stockholm and of the Residenztheater in Munich. He directed more than 170 plays. He forged a creative partnership with his cinematographers Gunnar Fischer and Sven Nykvist. Among his company of actors were Harriet Andersson, Bibi Andersson, Liv Ullmann, Gunnar Björnstrand, Erland Josephson, Ingrid Thulin, Gunnel Lindblom and Max von Sydow. Description above from the Wikipedia article Ingmar Bergman, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Directed 72

2000s

  1. 2007

    The Ghost Sonata

    Director

  2. 2003

    Saraband

    Director

  3. 2000

    The Image Makers

    Director

1990s

  1. 1998

    In the Presence of a Clown

    Director

  2. 1996

    Harald & Harald

    Director

  3. 1995

    The Last Gasp

    Director

  4. 1993

    The Bacchae

    Director

  5. 1992

    Madame de Sade

    Director

1980s

  1. 1986

    Karin's Face

    Director

  2. The Blessed Ones

    Director

  3. 1985

    Dom Juan

    Director

  4. 1984

    Fanny and Alexander

    Director

  5. The Making of Fanny and Alexander

    Director

  6. After the Rehearsal

    Director

  7. 1983

    The School of Wives

    Director

  8. 1982
  9. 1980

    From the Life of the Marionettes

    Director

1970s

  1. 1979

    Fårö Document 1979

    Director

  2. 1978

    The Making of Autumn Sonata

    Director

  3. 1977
  4. 1976

    The Dance of the Damned Women

    Director

  5. Face to Face

    Director

  6. 1975
  7. 1974
  8. The Misanthrope

    Director

  9. 1973

    Scenes from a Marriage

    Director

  10. 1972
  11. 1971

    The Touch

    Director

  12. 1970

    Fårö Document

    Director

1960s

  1. 1969

    The Passion of Anna

    Director

  2. The Rite

    Director

  3. 1968
  4. 1967

    Stimulantia

    Director

  5. Daniel

    Director

  6. 1966
  7. 1965

    Don Juan

    Director

  8. 1964

    All These Women

    Director

  9. 1963

    The Silence

    Director

  10. A Dream Play

    Director

  11. 1961
  12. 1960

    The Devil's Eye

    Director

  13. The Storm

    Director

1950s

  1. 1958
  2. Rabies

    Director

  3. The Venetian

    Director

  4. 1957

    Behind the Scenes of Wild Strawberries

    Director

  5. Mr. Sleeman Is Coming

    Director

  6. 1955
  7. Dreams

    Director

  8. 1954

    A Lesson in Love

    Director

  9. 1953
  10. 1952

    Waiting Women

    Director

  11. 1951

    Summer Interlude

    Director

  12. 1950

    This Can't Happen Here

    Director

1940s

  1. 1949
  2. Prison

    Director

  3. 1948
  4. Music in Darkness

    Director

  5. 1947

    A Ship to India

    Director

  6. 1946

    It Rains on Our Love

    Director

  7. Crisis

    Director

  8. 1944

    Torment

    Assistant Director

Wrote 81

2020s

  1. 2026

    National Theatre Live: Electra/Persona

    Original Story

  2. 2025

    Laterna Magica

    Writer

  3. Fanny och Alexander på Galeasen

    Original Film Writer

  4. 2021

    Confidential Conversations

    Short Story

  5. 2020

    Short Cuts: Cries and Whispers

    Original Film Writer

2010s

  1. 2019

    Persona

    Original Film Writer

  2. 2018

    The Undefeated Femininity

    Writer

  3. 2016

    Ingmar Bergman Through the Choreographer's Eye

    Writer

  4. 2015

2000s

  1. 2005

    Bergman's Sonata

    Writer

  2. 2003

    Saraband

    Writer

  3. 2000

    Faithless

    Writer

1990s

  1. 1998

    In the Presence of a Clown

    Writer

  2. 1996

    Private Confessions

    Writer

  3. Harald & Harald

    Writer

  4. 1995

    The Last Gasp

    Screenplay

  5. 1994

    Unishe April

    Original Concept

  6. 1992
  7. Madame de Sade

    Writer

  8. Sunday's Children

    Writer

  9. 1991

    The Best Intentions

    Writer

  10. 1990

    New York City Opera: A Little Night Music

    Original Story

1980s

  1. 1984

    Fanny and Alexander

    Writer

  2. After the Rehearsal

    Writer

  3. 1982
  4. 1980

    From the Life of the Marionettes

    Writer

1970s

  1. 1978

    The Making of Autumn Sonata

    Writer

  2. 1977
  3. 1976

    The Dance of the Damned Women

    Writer

  4. Face to Face

    Writer

  5. 1975
  6. 1974
  7. 1973

    The Lie

    Writer

  8. Scenes from a Marriage

    Writer

  9. 1972
  10. 1971

    The Touch

    Writer

  11. 1970

    The Lie

    Writer

  12. The Lie

    Writer

1960s

  1. 1969

    The Passion of Anna

    Writer

  2. The Rite

    Writer

  3. 1968
  4. 1967

    Stimulantia

    Writer

  5. 1966
  6. 1964

    All These Women

    Screenplay

  7. 1963

    The Silence

    Screenplay

  8. Wood Painting

    Writer

  9. 1962

    The City

    Writer

  10. 1961

    The Pleasure Garden

    Writer

  11. 1960

    The Devil's Eye

    Screenplay

1950s

  1. 1958
  2. 1957

    Night Light

    Scenario Writer

  3. 1956

    Last Pair Out

    Screenplay

  4. 1955
  5. Dreams

    Writer

  6. 1954

    A Lesson in Love

    Writer

  7. 1953
  8. 1952

    Waiting Women

    Writer

  9. 1951

    Divorced

    Screenplay

  10. Summer Interlude

    Writer

  11. 1950

    While the City Sleeps

    Screenplay

1940s

  1. 1949

    Prison

    Writer

  2. 1948

    Eva

    Screenplay, Novel

  3. 1947

    A Ship to India

    Screenplay

  4. 1946

    It Rains on Our Love

    Screenplay

  5. Crisis

    Writer

  6. 1944

    Torment

    Writer

Acted in 25

2010s

  1. 2018

    The Undefeated Femininity

    Movie

  2. 2017

    Bergman Unpublished

    Movie

2000s

  1. 2009
  2. Bergman 101

    Movie

  3. 2001

    Filmstaden

    Movie

1990s

  1. 1998

    In the Presence of a Clown

    Mental patient

  2. 1992

    Inför Markisinnan de Sade

    Movie

1980s

  1. 1986

    Introducing 'Scenes from a Marriage'

    Movie

  2. 1981

    Victor Sjöström - A Portrait

    Movie

1970s

  1. 1979

    Fårö Document 1979

    Ingmar Bergman

  2. 1978

    Ingmar Bergman at 60

    Interviewee

  3. 1977

    Ingmar Bergman inszeniert: „Ein Traumspiel“ von August Strindberg. Beobachtungen bei der Arbeit am Bayerischen Staatsschauspiel

    Movie

  4. 1975
  5. 1974
  6. 1973

    Scenes from a Marriage

    Pressfotografens röst (voice, uncredited) · 1 episode

1960s

  1. 1969

    The Rite

    Priest

1950s

  1. 1955

    Dreams

    Man with a poodle at the hotel

  2. 1954

    A Lesson in Love

    Movie

  3. 1952

    Waiting Women

    Man in the Stairs at the Gynecologist's (uncredited)

  4. 1950

1940s

  1. 1949
  2. 1948

    Music in Darkness

    A Train Passenger Reading a Newspaper (uncredited)

  3. 1947

    A Ship to India

    Man in Beret at Fairground (uncredited)

  4. 1944

    Torment

    Movie

Produced 13

1980s

  1. 1987

    Gotska Sandön

    Producer

  2. 1981

    Sally and Freedom

    Producer

  3. 1980

    From the Life of the Marionettes

    Producer

1970s

  1. 1979

    Min älskade

    Producer

  2. 1978

    Rätt ut i luften

    Producer

  3. 1977

    Summer Paradise

    Producer

  4. 1976

    The Dance of the Damned Women

    Producer

  5. Confessions of a Fool

    Producer

  6. 1972
  7. 1971

    The Touch

    Producer

1950s

  1. 1957

    Behind the Scenes of Wild Strawberries

    Producer

Other crew 4

2000s

  1. 2008

    Palermo Shooting

    In Memory Of

1970s

  1. 1979

    Fårö Document 1979

    Script

1950s

  1. 1957

    The Minister of Uddarbo

    Additional Writing

  2. Behind the Scenes of Wild Strawberries

    Cinematography

Created 4

1980s

  1. 1984

    Fanny and Alexander

    Creator

1970s

  1. 1976

    Face to Face

    Creator

  2. 1973

    Scenes from a Marriage

    Creator

1960s

  1. 1965

    Don Juan

    Creator

Camera 1

1960s

  1. 1967

    Stimulantia

    Director of Photography

Edited 1

1980s

  1. 1987

    Gotska Sandön

    Editor

Art department 1

1950s

  1. 1954

    A Lesson in Love

    Art Direction

Appearances62

2020s

  1. 2026

    Christina Schollin - sista föreställningen

    Self (archive footage)

  2. Marie Göranzon - När rampljuset slocknar

    Self (archive footage)

  3. Each Day in a Moment: 2025

    Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

  4. 2025

    Året var 1976

    Self (archive footage)

  5. Being Bo Widerberg

    Self (archive footage)

  6. 2024

    Året var 1975

    Self (archive footage)

  7. 2022

    Prejudice and Pride: Swedish Film Queer

    Self (archive footage)

2010s

  1. 2018

    Feature 136

    Himself (archival footage)

  2. Ingmar Bergman - Herr der Dämonen

    Self (archive footage)

  3. Searching for Ingmar Bergman

    Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)

  4. The Memory of Ingmar Bergman

    Himself

  5. Bergmans början: Ilska. Kärlek. Magknip.

    Self

  6. Persona: The Film That Saved Ingmar Bergman

    Self (archive footage)

  7. 2016

    Sven-Bertil

    Self (archive footage)

  8. 2013
  9. 2012

    Liv & Ingmar

    Self (archive footage)

  10. Palme

    Self (archive footage)

  11. Bergman's Video

    Self - Filmmaker (archive footage) · 6 episodes

  12. 2011

    Musikresan

    Self

  13. Viaggio in Bergmania

    Self (archive footage)

  14. 2010

    … But Film Is My Mistress

    Self

2000s

  1. 2009

    Images from the Playground

    Self

  2. Bergmans Hushållerska

    Self - (Archive Footage)

  3. 2007

    Året var 1957

    Self (archive footage)

  4. 2006
  5. Bergman Island

    Self - Filmmaker

  6. 2004

    Ingmar Bergman Bids Farewell to Film

    Self

  7. The Search for Sanity

    Self

  8. Ingmar Bergman Complete

    Self - Filmmaker · 3 episodes

  9. 2003

    Directed by Bergman (The Making of Saraband)

    Self

  10. 2002

    Heart of the Festival

    Self (archive footage)

  11. 2001

    An Image Maker

    Himself

  12. 2000

    Federico Fellini's Autobiography

    Self (archive footage)

  13. Light Keeps Me Company

    Self

  14. Ingmar Bergman: Reflections on Life, Death, and Love

    Self

1990s

  1. 1998

    Ingmar Bergman on Life and Work

    Self

  2. 1997

    I sällskap med en clown

    Self

  3. 1996

    Ingrid Bergman Remembered

    Self (archive footage)

  4. 1995

    The Last Gasp

    Narrator (voice)

1980s

  1. 1989

    Ingmar Bergman in Iceland

    Self

  2. 1988

    Ingmar Bergman: The Magic Lantern

    Self

  3. 1986

    Karin's Face

    Self

  4. 1984

    The Making of Fanny and Alexander

    Self

  5. 1981

    The Guldbagge Awards

    Self - Best Director winner, Self - Best Screenplay winner · 1 episode

1970s

  1. 1979

    Det hender ikke meg

    Self

  2. 1978

    The Making of Autumn Sonata

    Self

  3. 1974

    The Best Musical in the World: Ingmar Bergman on 'The Magic Flute'

    Self

  4. 1973

    Foto: Sven Nykvist

    Self

  5. 1972
  6. Cries and Whispers: On-Set Footage

    Self

  7. 1970

    Fårö Document

    Self - Reporter (uncredited)

1960s

  1. 1969

    The Passion of Anna

    Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

  2. 1968
  3. 1967

    Stimulantia

    Self

  4. Daniel

    Self

  5. 1964

    Dance Around the Guldbaggen

    Self

  6. 1963

    Ingmar Bergman Makes a Movie

    Self

  7. Ingmar Bergman Makes a Movie

    Self · 5 episodes