Ingmar Bergman

Career Overview

Ingmar Bergman has 249 screen credits in a career dating back to 1944. Their work spans 3 cinematic universes — most prominently Året var... with 3 titles. Signature works include The Seventh Seal, Fanny and Alexander, Autumn Sonata. Explore the interactive character relationship maps on each title page to trace how their roles connect across franchises.

Personal Facts

Known For: Directing
Gender: male
Known Credits: 249
Birth Date: 1918-07-14
Birth Place: Uppsala, Uppsala län, Sweden

Known For

Associated Universes

Universe traveler — spans 3 universes

Året var... (3 titles)
Scenes From A Marriage Collection (2 titles)
Malou Möter Special - Collection (1 titles)

Frequent Collaborators

Gunnar Björnstrand (5 collaborations)
Max von Sydow (3 collaborations)
Bibi Andersson (3 collaborations)
Ulf Johansson (3 collaborations)
Erland Josephson (3 collaborations)
Liv Ullmann (3 collaborations)
Maud Hansson (2 collaborations)
Gunnel Lindblom (2 collaborations)
Bertil Anderberg (2 collaborations)
Åke Fridell (2 collaborations)

Credits

writing (75 credits)
- National Theatre Live: Electra/Persona
  original story
  
  writing
  
  2026
- Laterna Magica
  writer
  
  writing
  
  2025
- Fanny och Alexander på Galeasen
  original film writer
  
  writing
  
  2025
- Confidential Conversations
  short story
  
  writing
  
  2021
- Short Cuts: Cries and Whispers
  original film writer
  
  writing
  
  2020
- Persona
  original film writer
  
  writing
  
  2019
- The Undefeated Femininity
  writer
  
  writing
  
  2018
- Ingmar Bergman Through the Choreographer's Eye
  writer
  
  writing
  
  2016
- A Spiritual Matter
  writer
  
  writing
  
  2015
- Bergman's Sonata
  writer
  
  writing
  
  2005
- Saraband
  writer
  
  writing
  
  2003
- Faithless
  writer
  
  writing
  
  2000
- In the Presence of a Clown
  writer
  
  writing
  
  1998
- Private Confessions
  writer
  
  writing
  
  1996
- Harald & Harald
  writer
  
  writing
  
  1996
- The Last Gasp
  screenplay
  
  writing
  
  1995
- Unishe April
  original concept
  
  writing
  
  1994
- The Best Intentions
  writer
  
  writing
  
  1992
- Madame de Sade
  writer
  
  writing
  
  1992
- Sunday's Children
  writer
  
  writing
  
  1992
- New York City Opera: A Little Night Music
  original story
  
  writing
  
  1990
- After the Rehearsal
  writer
  
  writing
  
  1984
- Fanny and Alexander
  writer
  
  writing
  
  1982
- From the Life of the Marionettes
  writer
  
  writing
  
  1980
- The Making of Autumn Sonata
  writer
  
  writing
  
  1978
- Autumn Sonata
  screenplay
  
  writing
  
  1978
- The Serpent's Egg
  writer
  
  writing
  
  1977
- The Dance of the Damned Women
  writer
  
  writing
  
  1976
- Face to Face
  writer
  
  writing
  
  1976
- The Magic Flute
  screenplay
  
  writing
  
  1975
- Scenes from a Marriage
  writer
  
  writing
  
  1974
- The Lie
  writer
  
  writing
  
  1973
- Cries and Whispers
  screenplay
  
  writing
  
  1972
- The Touch
  writer
  
  writing
  
  1971
- The Lie
  writer
  
  writing
  
  1970
- The Lie
  writer
  
  writing
  
  1970
- Play for Today
  
  - The Lie (1970) ... writer writing
  
  1970
- The Passion of Anna
  writer
  
  writing
  
  1969
- The Rite
  writer
  
  writing
  
  1969
- Shame
  screenplay
  
  writing
  
  1968
- Hour of the Wolf
  writer
  
  writing
  
  1968
- Stimulantia
  writer
  
  writing
  
  1967
- Persona
  screenplay
  
  writing
  
  1966
- All These Women
  screenplay
  
  writing
  
  1964
- The Silence
  screenplay
  
  writing
  
  1963
- Wood Painting
  writer
  
  writing
  
  1963
- Winter Light
  writer
  
  writing
  
  1963
- The City
  writer
  
  writing
  
  1962
- The Pleasure Garden
  writer
  
  writing
  
  1961
- Through a Glass Darkly
  screenplay
  
  writing
  
  1961
- The Devil's Eye
  screenplay
  
  writing
  
  1960
- The Magician
  writer
  
  writing
  
  1958
- Brink of Life
  writer
  
  writing
  
  1958
- Night Light
  scenario writer
  
  writing
  
  1957
- Wild Strawberries
  screenplay
  
  writing
  
  1957
- The Seventh Seal
  screenplay
  
  writing
  
  1957
- Last Pair Out
  screenplay
  
  writing
  
  1956
- Smiles of a Summer Night
  screenplay
  
  writing
  
  1955
- Dreams
  writer
  
  writing
  
  1955
- A Lesson in Love
  writer
  
  writing
  
  1954
- Sawdust and Tinsel
  writer
  
  writing
  
  1953
- Summer with Monika
  writer
  
  writing
  
  1953
- Waiting Women
  writer
  
  writing
  
  1952
- Divorced
  screenplay
  
  writing
  
  1951
- Summer Interlude
  writer
  
  writing
  
  1951
- While the City Sleeps
  screenplay
  
  writing
  
  1950
- To Joy
  writer
  
  writing
  
  1950
- Prison
  writer
  
  writing
  
  1949
- Eva
  screenplay
  
  writing
  
  1948
- Port of Call
  screenplay
  
  writing
  
  1948
- A Ship to India
  screenplay
  
  writing
  
  1947
- Woman Without a Face
  writer
  
  writing
  
  1947
- It Rains on Our Love
  screenplay
  
  writing
  
  1946
- Crisis
  writer
  
  writing
  
  1946
- Torment
  writer
  
  writing
  
  1944
actors (88 credits)
- Christina Schollin - sista föreställningen
  Self (archive footage)
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2026
- Marie Göranzon - När rampljuset slocknar
  Self (archive footage)
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2026
- Året var 1976
  Self (archive footage)
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2025
- Being Bo Widerberg
  Self (archive footage)
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2025
- Året var 1975
  Self (archive footage)
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2024
- Prejudice and Pride: Swedish Film Queer
  Self (archive footage)
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2022
- Feature 136
  Himself (archival footage)
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2018
- The Undefeated Femininity
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2018
- Ingmar Bergman - Herr der Dämonen
  Self (archive footage)
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2018
- Bergman: A Year in a Life
  Self (archive footage)
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2018
- Searching for Ingmar Bergman
  Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2018
- The Memory of Ingmar Bergman
  Himself
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2018
- Bergmans början: Ilska. Kärlek. Magknip.
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2018
- Persona: The Film That Saved Ingmar Bergman
  Self (archive footage)
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2018
- Bergman Unpublished
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2017
- Sven-Bertil
  Self (archive footage)
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2016
- Trespassing Bergman
  Self (archive footage)
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2013
- Liv & Ingmar
  Self (archive footage)
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2012
- Palme
  Self (archive footage)
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2012
- Viaggio in Bergmania
  Self (archive footage)
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2011
- … But Film Is My Mistress
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2010
- Images from the Playground
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2009
- Hollywood sul Tevere
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2009
- Bergman 101
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2009
- Bergmans Hushållerska
  Self (Archive Footage)
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2009
- Döden, motljuset och groggen
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2007
- Året var 1957
  Self (archive footage)
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2007
- Filmmakers in Action
  Self (archive footage)
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2006
- Bergman Island
  Self - Filmmaker
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2006
- Ingmar Bergman Bids Farewell to Film
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2004
- Shame: The Search for Humanity
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2004
- The Search for Sanity
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2004
- Passion of Anna: Disintegration of Passion
  Self (archive footage)
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2004
- Directed by Bergman (The Making of Saraband)
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2003
- Heart of the Festival
  Self (archive footage)
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2002
- Ingmar Bergman: Intermezzo
  Himself
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2002
- An Image Maker
  Himself
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2001
- Filmstaden
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2001
- Federico Fellini's Autobiography
  Self (archive footage)
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2000
- Light Keeps Me Company
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2000
- Ingmar Bergman: Reflections on Life, Death, and Love
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2000
- In the Presence of a Clown
  Mental patient
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1998
- Ingmar Bergman on Life and Work
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1998
- I sällskap med en clown
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1997
- Bergmans röst
  Himself
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1997
- Ingrid Bergman Remembered
  Self (archive footage)
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1996
- The Last Gasp
  Narrator (voice)
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1995
- Inför Markisinnan de Sade
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1992
- Ingmar Bergman in Iceland
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1989
- Ingmar Bergman: The Magic Lantern
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1988
- Introducing 'Scenes from a Marriage'
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1986
- Karin's Face
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1986
- The Making of Fanny and Alexander
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1984
- Intervju med Ingmar Bergman
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1981
- Victor Sjöström - A Portrait
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1981
- Fårö Document 1979
  Ingmar Bergman
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1979
- A Look at Liv
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1979
- Det hender ikke meg
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1979
- The Making of Autumn Sonata
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1978
- Ingmar Bergman at 60
  Interviewee
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1978
- Ingmar Bergman inszeniert: „Ein Traumspiel“ von August Strindberg. Beobachtungen bei der Arbeit am Bayerischen Staatsschauspiel
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1977
- Three Scenes with Ingmar Bergman
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1976
- The Magic Flute
  Man in Audience (uncredited)
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1975
- Silence! Cameras! The Magic Flute!
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1975
- The Best Musical in the World: Ingmar Bergman on 'The Magic Flute'
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1974
- Scenes from a Marriage
  Voice of the Press Photographer (uncredited)
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1974
- Foto: Sven Nykvist
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1973
- Cries and Whispers
  Narrator (voice)
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1972
- Ingmar Bergman
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1972
- Cries and Whispers: On-Set Footage
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1972
- Fårö Document
  Self - Reporter (uncredited)
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1970
- The Passion of Anna
  Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1969
- The Rite
  Priest
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1969
- An Introduction to Ingmar Bergman
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1968
- The Dick Cavett Show
  
  - Ingmar Bergman, Bibi Andersson (1971) ... Self - Guest actor actors
  
  1968
- Stimulantia
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1967
- Daniel
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1967
- Dance Around the Guldbaggen
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1964
- Ingmar Bergman Makes a Movie
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1963
- Dreams
  Man with a poodle at the hotel
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1955
- A Lesson in Love
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1954
- Waiting Women
  Man in the Stairs at the Gynecologist's (uncredited)
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1952
- To Joy
  Expecting Father at the Maternity Ward (uncredited)
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1950
- Thirst
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1949
- Music in Darkness
  A Train Passenger Reading a Newspaper (uncredited)
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1948
- Bambi
  
  - Episode 1 (1977) ... Self actor actors
  
  1948
- A Ship to India
  Man in Beret at Fairground (uncredited)
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1947
- Torment
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1944
crew (4 credits)
- Palermo Shooting
  in memory of
  
  crew
  
  2008
- Fårö Document 1979
  script
  
  crew
  
  1979
- The Minister of Uddarbo
  additional writing
  
  crew
  
  1957
- Behind the Scenes of Wild Strawberries
  cinematography
  
  crew
  
  1957
directing (67 credits)
- Saraband
  director
  
  directing
  
  2003
- The Image Makers
  director
  
  directing
  
  2000
- In the Presence of a Clown
  director
  
  directing
  
  1998
- Harald & Harald
  director
  
  directing
  
  1996
- The Last Gasp
  director
  
  directing
  
  1995
- The Bacchae
  director
  
  directing
  
  1993
- Madame de Sade
  director
  
  directing
  
  1992
- Karin's Face
  director
  
  directing
  
  1986
- The Blessed Ones
  director
  
  directing
  
  1986
- Dom Juan
  director
  
  directing
  
  1985
- The Making of Fanny and Alexander
  director
  
  directing
  
  1984
- After the Rehearsal
  director
  
  directing
  
  1984
- The School of Wives
  director
  
  directing
  
  1983
- Fanny and Alexander
  director
  
  directing
  
  1982
- From the Life of the Marionettes
  director
  
  directing
  
  1980
- Fårö Document 1979
  director
  
  directing
  
  1979
- The Making of Autumn Sonata
  director
  
  directing
  
  1978
- Autumn Sonata
  director
  
  directing
  
  1978
- The Serpent's Egg
  director
  
  directing
  
  1977
- The Dance of the Damned Women
  director
  
  directing
  
  1976
- Face to Face
  director
  
  directing
  
  1976
- The Magic Flute
  director
  
  directing
  
  1975
- Scenes from a Marriage
  director
  
  directing
  
  1974
- The Misanthrope
  director
  
  directing
  
  1974
- Cries and Whispers
  director
  
  directing
  
  1972
- The Touch
  director
  
  directing
  
  1971
- Fårö Document
  director
  
  directing
  
  1970
- The Passion of Anna
  director
  
  directing
  
  1969
- The Rite
  director
  
  directing
  
  1969
- Shame
  director
  
  directing
  
  1968
- Hour of the Wolf
  director
  
  directing
  
  1968
- Stimulantia
  director
  
  directing
  
  1967
- Daniel
  director
  
  directing
  
  1967
- Persona
  director
  
  directing
  
  1966
- All These Women
  director
  
  directing
  
  1964
- The Silence
  director
  
  directing
  
  1963
- A Dream Play
  director
  
  directing
  
  1963
- Winter Light
  director
  
  directing
  
  1963
- Through a Glass Darkly
  director
  
  directing
  
  1961
- The Devil's Eye
  director
  
  directing
  
  1960
- The Virgin Spring
  director
  
  directing
  
  1960
- The Storm
  director
  
  directing
  
  1960
- The Magician
  director
  
  directing
  
  1958
- Rabies
  director
  
  directing
  
  1958
- Brink of Life
  director
  
  directing
  
  1958
- The Venetian
  director
  
  directing
  
  1958
- Behind the Scenes of Wild Strawberries
  director
  
  directing
  
  1957
- Wild Strawberries
  director
  
  directing
  
  1957
- Mr. Sleeman Is Coming
  director
  
  directing
  
  1957
- The Seventh Seal
  director
  
  directing
  
  1957
- Smiles of a Summer Night
  director
  
  directing
  
  1955
- Dreams
  director
  
  directing
  
  1955
- A Lesson in Love
  director
  
  directing
  
  1954
- Sawdust and Tinsel
  director
  
  directing
  
  1953
- Summer with Monika
  director
  
  directing
  
  1953
- Waiting Women
  director
  
  directing
  
  1952
- Summer Interlude
  director
  
  directing
  
  1951
- This Can't Happen Here
  director
  
  directing
  
  1950
- To Joy
  director
  
  directing
  
  1950
- Thirst
  director
  
  directing
  
  1949
- Prison
  director
  
  directing
  
  1949
- Port of Call
  director
  
  directing
  
  1948
- Music in Darkness
  director
  
  directing
  
  1948
- A Ship to India
  director
  
  directing
  
  1947
- It Rains on Our Love
  director
  
  directing
  
  1946
- Crisis
  director
  
  directing
  
  1946
- Torment
  assistant director
  
  directing
  
  1944
editing (1 credits)
- Gotska Sandön
  editor
  
  editing
  
  1987
production (12 credits)
- Gotska Sandön
  producer
  
  production
  
  1987
- Sally and Freedom
  producer
  
  production
  
  1981
- From the Life of the Marionettes
  producer
  
  production
  
  1980
- Min älskade
  producer
  
  production
  
  1979
- Rätt ut i luften
  producer
  
  production
  
  1978
- Summer Paradise
  producer
  
  production
  
  1977
- The Dance of the Damned Women
  producer
  
  production
  
  1976
- Cries and Whispers
  producer
  
  production
  
  1972
- The Touch
  producer
  
  production
  
  1971
- Persona
  producer
  
  production
  
  1966
- The Virgin Spring
  producer
  
  production
  
  1960
- Behind the Scenes of Wild Strawberries
  producer
  
  production
  
  1957
camera (1 credits)
- Stimulantia
  director of photography
  
  camera
  
  1967
art (1 credits)
- A Lesson in Love
  art direction
  
  art
  
  1954

Content sources

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