In this 2009 video piece, film scholar Peter Cowie walks us through Ingmar Bergman’s career by way of film stills, behind-the-scenes photos, and clips from many of the director’s films and television productions.

Directed by Marie Nyreröd • 2006 • Sweden

Just four years before his death, legendary filmmaker Ingmar Bergman sat down with Swedish documentarian Marie Nyreröd at his home on Fårö Island to discuss his work, his fears, his regrets, and his ongoing artistic passion. This resulted in the most bre...

The following fifty-five-minute documentary by Stig Björkman was shot on location during the making of THE TOUCH in 1970, and features interviews with director Ingmar Bergman and actors Bibi Andersson, Elliott Gould, and Max von Sydow.

This audio interview was conducted in 1990 by French director Olivier Assayas and Swedish author and documentary filmmaker Stig Björkman.

In this 1986 interview for Swedish television, Ingmar Bergman reflects on the making of SCENES FROM A MARRIAGE, discussing the characters he created and the strong response they elicited from their audience.

In 2003 Swedish television journalist Marie Nyreröd recorded brief introductions with Ingmar Bergman for many of his films. Here Bergman and Nyreröd discuss SAWDUST AND TINSEL.

This interview with director Ingmar Bergman, conducted by journalist Sigvard Hammar, was originally broadcast on December 27, 1974, days before the premiere of THE MAGIC FLUTE on Swedish television on January 1, 1975.

The following introduction was recorded by director Ingmar Bergman in 2003.

The following introduction was recorded by director Ingmar Bergman in 2003.

Director Ingmar Bergman talks about SHAME in this fifteen-minute excerpt from an interview recorded for the Swedish television program “Forum” and originally broadcast on September 19, 1968.

In the following excerpt, taken from an interview recorded for Canadian television in 1970, director Ingmar Bergman recalls a stay in the hospital when the idea for PERSONA came to him.

In this new visual essay, film scholar and Bergman biographer Peter Cowie traces the influence of Victor Sjöström and THE PHANTOM CARRIAGE on the films of Ingmar Bergman.

In this 1981 interview with Ingmar Bergman, excerpted from Gösta Werner’s feature documentary VICTOR SJÖSTRÖM: A PORTRAIT, the filmmaker discusses his deep admiration for Sjöström—director of THE PHANTOM CARRIAGE—as well as the influence he had on his own career and their work together on WILD ST...

In this rare television interview with Ingmar Bergman, the director appears with his frequent star Erland Josephson for a candid, highly charged discussion. The interview was conducted by journalist Malou von Sivers for TV4 International Sweden in 1999.

Reporter Marie Nyreröd interviewed director Ingmar Bergman for SVT Svensk Television in the summer of 2003, on the island of Fårö, where he had lived since 1967. In this excerpt, he talks about CRIES AND WHISPERS. At the time of the recording, Bergman was eighty-five.

In this candid conversation with film critic Nils Petter Sundgren, recorded for Swedish television in 1984, director Ingmar Bergman talks about his working methods, his childhood, and his decision to quit filmmaking.

This 2004 documentary features producer Jörn Donner, production manager Katinka Faragó, art director Anna Asp, assistant director Peter Schildt, and actors Pernilla August, Ewa Fröling, Bertil Guve, and Erland Josephson reflecting on their experiences working with director Ingmar Bergman on FANNY...

The year is 1961 and Ingmar Bergman is making a movie. While planted on the scene as apprentice to Bergman, Vilgot Sjöman (director, I AM CURIOUS–YELLOW, 1967), and a crew from Swedish Television begin to capture what would become a comprehensive five-part documentary on the making of WINTER LIGHT.