Ingmar Bergman

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About Ingmar Bergman
Ernst Ingmar Bergman (Swedish pronunciation: [ˈɪŋmar ˈbærjman]  ( listen); 14 July 1918 – 30 July 2007) was a Swedish director, writer and producer for film, stage and television. His influential body of work dealt with bleakness and despair as well as comedy and hope. Described by Woody Allen as "probably the greatest film artist, all things considered, since the invention of the motion picture camera", he is recognized as one of the most accomplished and influential film directors of all time. However, despite critical acclaim, his films rarely earned large grosses or gained wide audiences, perhaps because their dialogues were spoken for the most part in Swedish and the films were shown in most places with subtitles in a format many audiences found difficult to follow. Similarly, Bergman's films were almost always about families, relationships, and the eternal verities; very little "action" ever took place over the course of his films. Yet Bergman explored the landscape of human emotions as no director had ever dared attempt.
He directed over sixty films and documentaries for cinematic release and for television, most of which he also wrote, and directed over one hundred and seventy plays. Among his company of actors were Liv Ullmann, Bibi Andersson, Erland Josephson, Ingrid Thulin and Max von Sydow. Most of his films were set in the landscape of Sweden. His major subjects were death, illness, betrayal, and insanity.
Bergman was active for more than six decades. His career was seriously threatened only once, in 1976 as the result of a botched criminal investigation for alleged income tax evasion. Outraged, Bergman suspended a number of pending productions, closed his studios, and went into self-imposed exile in Germany for eight years.

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