Ingmar Bergman

**Ernst**  ( in Swedish, but usually  in English) (14 July 1918 – 30 July 2007) was a Swedish stage and movie director. Ingmar Bergman found bleakness and despair as well as comedy and hope in his indelible explorations of the human condition. He is regarded as one of the great masters of modern cinema.

Many filmmakers worldwide, including Americans Woody Allen by the early 1930s).  

Although he grew up in a devout Lutheran household, Bergman stated that he lost his faith at age eight but came to terms with this fact only when making *Winter Light*.

From the early sixties, Bergman lived much of his life on the island of Fårö, Gotland, Sweden, where he made a number of his movies. Bergman moved to Munich for a while following a protracted battle with the Swedish government over alleged tax evasion, and did not return to make another movie in Sweden until 1982, when he directed *Fanny and Alexander*. Bergman said this would be his last movie, and that he would go on to direct theater. Since that time he did make a number of movies for television, but later retired to Fårö, stating in 2004 that he would never again leave the island.

Ingmar Bergman died at his home on Fårö, in the early morning of 30 July 2007, aged 89, the same day that another great movie director, Michelangelo Antonioni, died.

## Family
Bergman was married five times:
* 25 March 1943&nbsp;– 1945, to Else Fisher, choreographer and dancer (divorced). Children:
** Lena Bergman, actress, born 1943.
* 22 July 1945&nbsp;– 1950, to Ellen Lundström, choreographer and movie director (divorced). Children:
** Eva Bergman, movie director, born 1945,
** Jan Bergman, movie director (1946–2000), and
** twins Mats and Anna Bergman, both actors and movie directors and born in 1948.
* 1951&nbsp;– 1959, to Gun Grut, journalist (divorced). Children:
** Ingmar Bergman Jr, airline captain, born 1951.
* 1959&nbsp;– 1969, to Käbi Laretei, concert pianist (divorced). Children:
** Daniel Bergman, movie director, born 1962.
* 11 November 1971&nbsp;– 20 May 1995, to Ingrid von Rosen (maiden name Karlebo) (widowed). Children:
** Maria von Rosen, author, born 1959.

The first four marriages ended in divorce. The last ended when his wife Ingrid died of stomach cancer in 1995, aged 65. Aside from his marriages, Bergman had romantic relationships with actresses Harriet Andersson (1952–55), Bibi Andersson (1955–59), and Liv Ullmann (1965–70). He was the father of writer Linn Ullmann with Liv Ullmann. In all, Bergman had nine children, one of whom died before him. 

## Awards
### Academy Awards
In 1971, Bergman received the Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award at the Academy Awards ceremony. Three of his films won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. The list of his nominations and awards:
* **Won**: Best Foreign Film *The Virgin Spring* (Jungfrukällan) (1960)
* **Won**: Best Foreign Film *Through a Glass Darkly* (*Såsom i en spegel*) (1961)
* **Won**: Best Foreign Film *Fanny and Alexander* *(Fanny och Alexander)* (1983)
* Nominated: Best Original Screenplay, *Wild Strawberries* (*Smultronstället*) (1957)
* Nominated: Best Original Screenplay *Through a Glass Darkly* (1961)
* Nominated: Golden Bear for Best Film, *Through a Glass Darkly* (*Såsom i en spegel*) (1961)
* **Won**: OCIC Prize, *Through a Glass Darkly* (1961)

### Cesar Awards
* Nominated: Best Foreign Film, *The Magic Flute* (*Trollflöjten*) (1976)
* Nominated: Best Foreign Film, *Autumn Sonata* *(Höstsonaten)* (1979)
* **Won**: Best Foreign Film, *Fanny and Alexander* (*Fanny och Alexander)* (1984)
* Nominated: Best European Film, *Saraband* (2005)

### Cannes Film Festival
* **Won**: Best Poetic Humor *Smiles of a Summer Night* (*Sommarnattens leende*) (1955)
* Nominated: Golden Palm *Smiles of a Summer Night* (*Sommarnattens leende*) (1955)
* **Won**: Jury Special prize *The Seventh Seal* (*Det Sjunde inseglet*) (1957)
* Nominated: Golden Palm *The Seventh Seal* (*Det Sjunde inseglet*) (1957)
* **Won**: Best Director *Brink of Life* (*Nära livet*) (1958)
* Nominated: Golden Palm *Brink of Life* (*Nära livet*) (1958)
* **Won**: Special Mention *The Virgin Spring* (*Jungfrukällan*) (1960)
* Nominated: Golden Palm *The Virgin Spring* (*Jungfrukällan*) (1960)
* **Won**: Technical Grand Prize *Cries and Whispers* (*Viskningar och rop*) (1972)
* **Won**: Palm of Palms (1997)
* **Won**: Prize of the Ecumenical Jury (1998) (Special award for his whole works.)

### Golden Globe Awards
* **Won**: Best Foreign Film *Wild Strawberries* (*Smultronstället*) (1960)
* **Won**: Best Foreign Film *The Virgin Spring* (1961)
* **Won**: Best Foreign Film *Scenes from a Marriage* (1975)
* **Won**: Best Foreign Film *Face to Face* (1976)
* **Won**: Best Foreign Film *Autumn Sonata* (1978)
* **Won**: Best Foreign Film *Fanny and Alexander*  (1984)

* Nominated: Best Foreign Film *Shame*  (1968)
* Nominated: Best Foreign Film *Cries and Whispers*  (1973)

### Other awards and honors
* Foreign Honorary Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1961)
* The Dorothy and Lillian Gish Prize (1995)
* BAFTA Academy Fellowship Award (1988)

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