Ingmar Bergman
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 AwardNominated
- 1952Golden LionNominated
- 1953Golden LionNominated
- 1956Top 10 Film Award - Best Film:Nominated
- 1956Palme d'OrNominated
- 1956Award - Best Poetic Humor:Winner
- 1957Bodil - Best European Film (Bedste europæiske film):Winner
- 1957Top 10 Film Award - Best Film:Nominated
- 1957Palme d'OrNominated
- 1957Jury Special PrizeWinner
- 1958Golden Berlin BearWinner
- 1958Top 10 Film Award - Best Film:Nominated
- 1958Top 10 Film Award - Best Film:Nominated
- 1958Top 10 Film Award - Best Film:Nominated
- 1958Palme d'OrNominated
- 1958Best DirectorWinner
- 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 LionNominated
- 1959Special Jury PrizeWinner
- 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 MentionWinner
- 1960Palme d'OrNominated
- 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 AwardWinner
- 1962Golden Berlin BearNominated
- 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 AwardWinner
- 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 PrizeWinner
- 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 AwardWinner
- 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 PrizeWinner
- 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 PrizeWinner
- 1993Guldbagge - Best Screenplay (Bästa manuskript):Winner
- 1998Un Certain Regard AwardNominated
- 2004Felix - Best Director:Nominated
- 2004Top 10 Film Award - Best Film:Nominated
- 2005Special CondorWinner
- 2005César - Best European Union Film (Meilleur film de l'Union Européenne):Nominated
- 2006Girona Film Critics Award - Best Picture:Winner
- 2006Special AwardWinner