Birth name
Ernst Ingmar Bergman is the full name documented by the Ingmar Bergman Foundation and standard references; he was known professionally as Ingmar Bergman (ingmarbergman.se). Ernst was a given name he did not use in billing.
Films and theatre
Bergman directed theatre and films that shaped world cinema's art-house canon: The Seventh Seal, Wild Strawberries, Persona, Cries and Whispers, Fanny and Alexander, and many others. Recurring collaborators included actors Liv Ullmann, Max von Sydow, Bibi Andersson, and Harriet Andersson, and cinematographer Sven Nykvist. He worked extensively with Sweden's film industry and later from the island of Fårö (Bergman Foundation).
He died in 2007. Three of his films won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film; he received the Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award in 1971.
The Seventh Seal Blu-ray/DVD (Criterion) Persona Blu-ray (Criterion) Fanny and Alexander Blu-ray / Bergman box sets
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