FrameThrower · Actors · Ingmar Bergman
Ingmar Bergman
4 films · 242 frames · top-billed in 1 · 1969–1997
Born 14 July 1918 · Uppsala, Uppsala län, Sweden · died 30 July 2007
Ernst Ingmar Bergman was a Swedish filmmaker. 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."
Bergman directed more than 60 films and documentaries for cinematic release and for television screenings, most of which he also wrote. Most of his films were set in Sweden, and many films from 1961 onward were filmed on the island of Fårö. He also had a theatrical career that ran in parallel with his film career. It included periods as Leading Director of the Royal Dramatic Theatre in Stockholm and of the Residenztheater in Munich.…
Awards
On FrameThrower we have: 4 films · 242 frames · top-billed in 1 · 1969–1997
- BAFTA Fellowship1988
- Cannes Best Director Award1958
- Golden Bear1958
- César Award1984
- David di Donatello for best foreign screenplay
- David di Donatello for Best Foreign Director
- honorary doctor of the University Lille-III1995
- Guldbagge Award for Best Screenplay1992
- Praemium Imperiale1991
- European Film Academy Lifetime Achievement Award1988
- doctor honoris causa from the Paris-Sorbonne University1986
- Guldbagge Award for Best Director1983
How their films are shot
Measured across 242 frames from the 4 films we hold. This is the look of the work Ingmar takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.
Across the 4 films we hold, 41% of their frames are night, 43% low key — the look of the work Ingmar takes.
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Mood
Films in the library
Every poster opens that film — stills, cinematography notes and colour palette.
Often with
Shared films in this library, not a full filmography.
A reference database for filmmakers
FrameThrower is a fully machine-searchable film database and visual reference library — all 242 frames from Ingmar Bergman's 4 films, and 5,000+ films besides, indexed frame by frame and readable by AI. Search it in plain language, from a reference image, or by colour; call it from an API, an MCP server or an SDK. It's the reference layer for making the next movie.