Ingmar Bergman
Persona is a notable work by Ingmar Bergman, a Swedish film director, screenwriter, film producer, theatre director, and playwright who also worked as an autobiographer.
Bergman was born on 14 July 1918 in Uppsala Cathedral Assembly and attended Palmgrenska samskolan before going on to study at Stockholm University. He worked across film, theatre, and writing throughout his career. His films were made primarily in Swedish, though he also worked in German. Among his other notable works are The Seventh Seal, Autumn Sonata, and Fanny and Alexander. The breadth of his output brought recognition from a wide range of institutions: he received the Cannes Best Director Award, the Golden Bear, and the Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award, along with the Guldbagge Award for both Best Director and Best Screenplay. He also received the Goethe Prize of the City of Frankfurt, the Sonning Prize, the Praemium Imperiale, and the BAFTA Fellowship.
Bergman died on 30 July 2007 in Fårö parish. His body of work, which spanned film, theatre, and autobiography, earned him formal recognition across multiple countries and institutions, with the BAFTA Fellowship standing as one of the last major honours attributed to him before his death at the age of eighty-nine.
Quotes by Ingmar Bergman
Ingmar Bergman's insights on:
On a personal level, there are many people who have meant a great deal to me. My father and mother were certainly of vital importance, not only in themselves but because they created a world for me to revolt against.
There are so many books I want to read. Difficult books. That's what I intend to do and what I'm longing for.
I have such difficulty calming down - my stomach, my head, reality, everything. That is the reason I live in Faro.
I am extremely suspicious of dreams, apparitions and visions, both in literature and in films and plays. Perhaps it's because mental excesses of this sort smack too much of being 'arranged.'
Now I want to make it plain that 'The Virgin Spring' must be regarded as an aberration. It's touristic, a lousy imitation of Kurosawa.
We always regret that we did not ask our parents more, really get to know them while they were alive.