Ingmar Bergman

Also known as Ernst Ingmar Bergman

Swedish director and screenwriter (1918–2007)

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Ingmar Bergman was a Swedish film director and screenwriter who lived from 1918 to 2007 and created some of cinema's most influential and psychologically complex works. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest filmmakers in history, known for his deep exploration of human relationships, existential themes, and the human condition through a distinctive visual and narrative style.

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Vinony catalogs Ingmar Bergman in its Golden Bear collection (160 entries). It also appears in American Academy of Arts & Sciences.

Within Vinony's link graph, Ingmar Bergman is referenced by 2,091 other articles, and connects out to Lutheranism, Academy Award for Best International Feature Film and Gothenburg Film Festival.

Vinony files it under 1918 births, 2007 deaths and 20th-century autobiographers.

Its subject is documented across 138 Wikipedia language editions.

Person · Open Library

Born: 1918
Died: 2007
Works: 113

Top works

Cris et chuchotements
Une trilogie de films
Kaṿanot ṭovot
Œuvres
Persona

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Uppsala, Uppsala län, Sweden

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…

Known for

Marie Göranzon - när rampljuset slocknar — Self (archive footage)2026
Christina Schollin - sista föreställningen — Self (archive footage)2026
Året var 1976 — Self (archive footage)2025
Året var 1975 — Self (archive footage)2024
Prejudice and Pride: Swedish Film Queer — Self (archive footage)2022
Ingmar Bergman - Herr der Dämonen — Self (archive)2018
Bergmans början: Ilska. Kärlek. Magknip. — Self2018
Persona: The Film That Saved Ingmar Bergman — Self (archive footage)2018
Bergman: A Year in a Life — Self (archive footage)2018
The Memory of Ingmar Bergman — Himself2018

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Authority record · VIAF

Lifespan: 1918–2007
Nationality: SE, SWE
Role / Field: Screenwriters, Motion picture producers and directors, Filmregissor, Writer, Stage director, Motion pictures production and direction
Language: swe
Gender: Male

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Official website

Ingmar Bergman

Ingmar Bergman är en världsberömd filmskapare, legendarisk teaterregissör och enastående författare.

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: human
Given name: Ingmar
Family name: Bergman
Gender: male
Citizenship: Sweden
Child: Linn Ullmann
Languages spoken: Swedish
Native language: Swedish
Religion: agnosticism
Notable work: Autumn Sonata
Field of work: performing arts
Official website: ingmarbergman.se
Image: Ingmar Bergman (1966).jpg
Work location: Sweden

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Commons category: Ingmar Bergman
date of birth: 1918-07-14
date of death: 2007-07-30
topic's main category: Category:Ingmar Bergman
member of: American Academy of Arts and Sciences
unmarried partner: Liv Ullmann
birth name: Ernst Ingmar Bergman
Commons gallery: Ingmar Bergman
nominated for: César Award for Best Foreign Film
filmography: Ingmar Bergman filmography
Commons Creator page: Ingmar Bergman
name in native language: Ernst Ingmar Bergman
archives at: Cinémathèque Française
related category: Category:Films with screenplays by Ingmar Bergman
start of work period: 1944-00-00
different from: Ingrid Bergman
topic has template: Template:Ingmar Bergman
P12674: Felix Hausdorff

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Encyclopedic overview

Ernst Ingmar Bergman (14 July 1918 – 30 July 2007) was a Swedish film and theatre director and screenwriter. He is considered one of the greatest and most important filmmakers in the history of cinema, most notably as a prominent figure of both European film industry and Swedish cinema. His films have been described as "profoundly personal meditations into the myriad struggles facing the psyche and the soul."

Among his most acclaimed works are The Seventh Seal (1957), Wild Strawberries (1957), Persona (1966) and Fanny and Alexander (1982), which were included in the 2012 edition of Sight & Sound's Greatest Films of All Time. He was also ranked No. 8 on the magazine's 2002 "Greatest Directors of All Time" list. Other notable works include Sawdust and Tinsel (1953), A Lesson in Love (1954), Smiles of a Summer Night (1955), The Virgin Spring (1960), Through a Glass Darkly (1961), Winter Light and The Silence (both 1963), Shame (1968) which was called the director's ultimate personal vision of war, Cries and Whispers (1972), Scenes from a Marriage (1973) and Autumn Sonata (1978). His films led to international acclaim and garnered Academy Award wins and nominations throughout his career, including his personal Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award and three competitive wins accepted for Best Foreign Language Film to Swedish entries.

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