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Ingmar Bergman Biography

Birth Name:Ernest Ingmar Bergman

Birth Place:Uppsala, Sweden

Profession Writer, Director, Actor, Producer, Soundtrack, Cinematographer, Art director, Assistant director, Camera department

Fast Facts

In 1961, he was named as a foreign honorary member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
At the age of nine, he created his own puppet productions of well-known plays in which he would speak all of the parts
Frequently uses close-ups of faces and ticking clocks in his work
Often invokes religious or spiritual themes in his films
Was a fan of filmmakers Billy Wilder, Federico Fellini, Victor Sjostrom and Akira Kurosawa
Was an avid fan of watching BMX racing on television

Awards

1947Award-Feature films: nominated
1948Crystal Globe-Best Film: nominated
1948Grand International Award-: nominated
1952Golden Lion-: nominated
1953Golden Lion-: nominated
1956Top 10 Film Award-Best Film: nominated
1956Palme d'Or-: nominated
1956Award-Best Poetic Humor: winner
1957Bodil-Best European Film (Bedste europæiske film): winner
1957Top 10 Film Award-Best Film: nominated
1957Palme d'Or-: nominated
1957Jury Special Prize-: winner
1958Golden Berlin Bear-: winner
1958Top 10 Film Award-Best Film: nominated
1958Top 10 Film Award-Best Film: nominated
1958Top 10 Film Award-Best Film: nominated
1958Palme d'Or-: nominated
1958Best Director-: winner
1958Pasinetti Award-Parallel Sections: winner
1959Bodil-Best European Film (Bedste europæiske film): winner
1959Top 10 Film Award-Best Film: nominated
1959Best Film-International Competition: winner
1959New Cinema Award-Best Film: winner
1959Golden Lion-: nominated
1959Special Jury Prize-: winner
1959Pasinetti Award-Competition: winner
1960Oscar-Best Writing, Story and Screenplay - Written Directly for the Screen: nominated
1960BAFTA Film Award-Best Film from any Source: nominated
1960Special Mention-: winner
1960Palme d'Or-: nominated
1960Silver Ribbon-Best Foreign Director (Regista del Miglior Film Straniero): winner
1960Golden Labarum-Best Film: winner
1961Silver Ribbon-Best Foreign Director (Regista del Miglior Film Straniero): winner
1962OCIC Award-: winner
1962Golden Berlin Bear-: nominated
1962Top 10 Film Award-Best Film: nominated
1962CEC Award-Best Foreign Director (Mejor Director Extranjero): winner
1962Kinema Junpo Award-Best Foreign Film Language Director: winner
1962Kinema Junpo Award-Best Foreign Language Film: winner
1962Sant Jordi-Best Film of the Year (Mejor Película del Año): winner
1962Sant Jordi-Best Foreign Director (Mejor Director Extranjero): winner
1963Oscar-Best Writing, Story and Screenplay - Written Directly for the Screen: nominated
1963Kinema Junpo Award-Best Foreign Language Film: winner
1964Top 10 Film Award-Best Film: nominated
1964Top 10 Film Award-Best Film: nominated
1964Guldbagge-Best Direction (Bästa regi): winner
1965Top 10 Film Award-Best Film: nominated
1965Silver Ribbon-Best Foreign Director (Regista del Miglior Film Straniero): nominated
1966Golden Labarum-Best Film: winner
1967Top 10 Film Award-Best Film: winner
1968Silver Ribbon-Best Foreign Director (Regista del Miglior Film Straniero): nominated
1968NSFC Award-Best Screenplay: nominated
1968NSFC Award-Best Director: winner
1969NSFC Award-Best Screenplay: nominated
1969NSFC Award-Best Director: winner
1969Jury Special Prize-Best Film: winner
1969Golden Spike-Best Film: nominated
1970CEC Award-: winner
1970Golden Spike-Best Film: nominated
1971NSFC Award-Best Director: winner
1971NSFC Award-Best Screenplay: nominated
1972NYFCC Award-Best Screenplay: winner
1972NYFCC Award-Best Director: winner
1973Technical Grand Prize-: winner
1973KCFCC Award-Best Director: winner
1973NBR Award-Best Director: winner
1973NSFC Award-Best Screenplay: winner
1973NSFC Award-Best Director: nominated
1974Oscar-Best Director: nominated
1974Oscar-Best Picture: nominated
1974Oscar-Best Writing, Story and Screenplay Based on Factual Material or Material Not Previously Published or Produced: nominated
1974Bodil-Best European Film (Bedste europæiske film): winner
1974David-Best Foreign Director (Migliore Regista Straniero): winner
1974Silver Ribbon-Best Foreign Director (Regista del Miglior Film Straniero): winner
1974NYFCC Award-Best Director: nominated
1974NYFCC Award-Best Screenplay: winner
1975Jussi-Best Foreign Director: winner
1975Special Award-: winner
1975NSFC Award-Best Screenplay: winner
1975Critics Award-Best Foreign Film (Melhor Filme Estrangeiro): winner
1976BAFTA TV Award-Best Foreign Programme: winner
1976César-Best Foreign Film (Meilleur film étranger): nominated
1976LAFCA Award-Best Foreign Film: winner
1976Golden Spike-Best Film: nominated
1977Oscar-Best Director: nominated
1978LAFCA Award-Best Foreign Film: nominated
1978NBR Award-Best Director: winner
1978NYFCC Award-Best Director: nominated
1978Critics Award-Best Foreign Film (Melhor Filme Estrangeiro): winner
1978Golden Spike-Best Film: nominated
1979Oscar-Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen: nominated
1979Bodil-Best European Film (Bedste europæiske film): winner
1979César-Best Foreign Film (Meilleur film étranger): nominated
1979Silver Ribbon-Best Foreign Director (Regista del Miglior Film Straniero): winner
1980Gold Hugo-Best Documentary: nominated
1983Top 10 Film Award-Best Film: nominated
1983Guldbagge-Best Direction (Bästa regi): winner
1983LAFCA Award-Best Foreign Film: winner
1983NYFCC Award-Best Director: winner
1983FIPRESCI Prize-: winner
1984Oscar-Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen: nominated
1984Oscar-Best Director: nominated
1984BAFTA Film Award-Best Foreign Language Film: nominated
1984César-Best Foreign Film (Meilleur film étranger): winner
1984David-Best Foreign Director (Migliore Regista Straniero): winner
1984David-Best Foreign Screenplay (Migliore Sceneggiatura Straniera): winner
1984David-Best Foreign Film (Miglior Film Straniero): winner
1984DGA Award-Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures: nominated
1984Critics Award-Best Foreign Film: winner
1984Golden Globe-Best Director - Motion Picture: nominated
1984Silver Ribbon-Best Foreign Director (Regista del Miglior Film Straniero): winner
1984NSFC Award-Best Director: nominated
1985ASECAN Award-Best Foreign Film: winner
1985Golden Reel-Best Foreign Film: winner
1985Top 10 Film Award-Best Film: nominated
1986Venice TV Prize-: winner
1993Guldbagge-Best Screenplay (Bästa manuskript): winner
1998Un Certain Regard Award-: nominated
2004Top 10 Film Award-Best Film: nominated
2005Special Condor-: winner
2005César-Best European Union Film (Meilleur film de l'Union Européenne): nominated
2006Girona Film Critics Award-Best Picture: winner
2006Special Award-: winner