Swedish director Ingmar Bergman, an iconoclastic filmmaker widely regarded as one of the great masters of modern cinema, died at his home in Faro, Sweden on July 30, 2007. He was 89.
Through more than 50 films, Bergman's vision encompassed all the extremes of his beloved Sweden: the claustrophobic gloom of unending winter nights, the gentle merriment of glowing summer evenings and the bleak magnificence of the island where he spent his last years.
Three of his films captured Academy Awards for best foreign film: The Virgin Spring (1961), Through a Glass Darkly (1962) and Fanny and Alexander in 1984. The director was also handed the Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award at the Academy Awards in 1971. MORE
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Through more than 50 films, Bergman's vision encompassed all the extremes of his beloved Sweden: the claustrophobic gloom of unending winter nights, the gentle merriment of glowing summer evenings and the bleak magnificence of the island where he spent his last years.
Three of his films captured Academy Awards for best foreign film: The Virgin Spring (1961), Through a Glass Darkly (1962) and Fanny and Alexander in 1984. The director was also handed the Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award at the Academy Awards in 1971. MORE
What are your memories of Ingmar Bergman's career?
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