He forged a creative partnership with his cinematographers Gunnar Fischer and Sven Nykvist. It included periods as Leading Director of the Royal Dramatic Theatre in Stockholm and of the Residenztheater in Munich. He also had a theatrical career that ran in parallel with his film career. Most of his films were set in Sweden, and many films from 1961 onward were filmed on the island of Fårö. īergman directed more than 60 films and documentaries for cinematic release and for television screenings, most of which he also wrote. Bergman was ranked 8th in Sight & Sound 's 2002 poll of The Greatest Directors of All Time. Widely considered one of the greatest and most influential filmmakers of all time, his films are known as 'profoundly personal meditations into the myriad struggles facing the psyche and the soul.' Some of his most acclaimed works include The Seventh Seal (1957), Wild Strawberries (1957), Persona (1966), and Fanny and Alexander (1982) these four films were included in the Sight & Sound Greatest Films of All Time 2012 critics poll. Ernst Ingmar Bergman (14 July 1918 – 30 July 2007) was a Swedish filmmaker and dramatist.

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