Sven Nykvist

ActorCinematographerDirectorWriterCrew Dec 3 (died age 83) Moheda, Kronobergs län, Sweden 1941–2012 (71 year career)

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Biography

Sven Vilhem Nykvist (3 December 1922 – 20 September 2006) was a Swedish cinematographer. He worked on over 120 films, but is known especially for his work with director Ingmar Bergman. He won Academy Awards for his work on two Bergman films, Cries and Whispers (Viskningar och rop) in 1973 and Fanny and Alexander (Fanny och Alexander) in 1983, and the Independent Spirit Award for Best Cinematography for The Unbearable Lightness of Being. His work is generally noted for its naturalism and simplic…

Known For

Film

What's Eating Gilbert Grape

Director of Photography

Film

Persona

Director of Photography

Film

The Tenant

Director of Photography

Film

Fanny and Alexander

Director of Photography

Film

Sleepless in Seattle

Director of Photography

Film

Chaplin

Director of Photography

Film

Cries and Whispers

Director of Photography

Film

Autumn Sonata

Director of Photography

Filmography

Acting (21)

Movies (21)

Let Me See

2012

as Self

… But Film Is My Mistress

2010

as Self

6.2

Light Keeps Me Company

2000

as Self

7.8

One Day in the Life of Andrei Arsenevich

1999

as Self - Cinematographer of 'Offret' (uncredited)

I Am Curious, Film

as Self

Lumière & Company

as (segment "Liv Ullman")

Visions of Light

as Self

The Ox

as Shop Owner (voice) (uncredited)

6.5

Building Images: Anna Asp on Scenography

1990

as Self

Foreign Filmmakers in Hollywood

1989

as Self

Lighting

1988

as Self

Directed by Andrei Tarkovsky

as Self

Moscow Elegy

as Self

The Making of Fanny and Alexander

1984

as Self

6.8

A Look at Liv

1979

as Self

The Making of Autumn Sonata

1978

as Self

The Magic Flute

1975

as Man in Audience (uncredited)

7.2

Silence! Cameras! The Magic Flute!

1975

as Self

6.0

Foto: Sven Nykvist

1973

as Self

Ingmar Bergman

1972

as Self

6.2

Ingmar Bergman Makes a Movie

1963

as Self

7.3

Crew (142)

Movies (138)

Kärlekens mirakel

2003

Director of Photography

Light Keeps Me Company

2000

Director of Photography

7.8

Celebrity

1998

Director of Photography

6.0

Curtain Call

1998

Director of Photography

4.9

Private Confessions

1996

Director of Photography

5.9

Something to Talk About

1995

Director of Photography

5.6

Lumière & Company

1995

Director of Photography

6.2

Kristin Lavransdatter

1995

Director of Photography

4.4

Only You

1994

Director of Photography

6.7

Mixed Nuts

1994

Director of Photography

5.4

With Honors

1994

Director of Photography

6.7

Sleepless in Seattle

1993

Director of Photography

6.7

What's Eating Gilbert Grape

1993

Director of Photography

7.7

Chaplin

1992

Director of Photography

The Ox

Director

The Ox

Director of Photography

The Ox

Writer

Buster's Bedroom

Director of Photography

3.0

New York Stories

1989

Director of Photography

6.2

Crimes and Misdemeanors

1989

Director of Photography

7.4

The Unbearable Lightness of Being

1988

Director of Photography

6.9

Another Woman

1988

Director of Photography

6.8

Katinka

1988

Director of Photography

4.3

Nobody's Child

1986

Director of Photography

7.4

The Sacrifice

1986

Director of Photography

7.7

Dream Lover

1986

Director of Photography

4.1

Agnes of God

1985

Director of Photography

6.3

Swann in Love

1984

Director of Photography

5.5

After the Rehearsal

1984

Director of Photography

6.8

Star 80

1983

Director of Photography

6.4

The Tragedy of Carmen

1983

Director of Photography

Fanny and Alexander

1982

Director of Photography

7.8

Cannery Row

1982

Director of Photography

5.8

The Postman Always Rings Twice

1981

Director of Photography

6.5

Marmalade Revolution

1980

Director of Photography

5.0

Willie & Phil

1980

Director of Photography

4.1

From the Life of the Marionettes

1980

Director of Photography

7.3

Starting Over

1979

Director of Photography

6.3

Hurricane

1979

Director of Photography

4.7

Pretty Baby

1978

Director of Photography

7.0

Autumn Sonata

1978

Director of Photography

8.0

King of the Gypsies

1978

Director of Photography

5.6

One on One

1978

Director

The Serpent's Egg

1977

Director of Photography

6.2

The Tenant

1976

Director of Photography

7.6

Face to Face

1976

Director of Photography

7.2

The Dance of the Damned Women

1976

Director of Photography

6.9

The Magic Flute

1975

Director of Photography

7.2

Black Moon

1975

Director of Photography

6.0

Georginas Gründe

1975

Director of Photography

Monismanien 1995

1975

Director of Photography

Scenes from a Marriage

1974

Director of Photography

8.1

Ransom

1974

Director of Photography

5.5

The Dove

1974

Director of Photography

The Vocation

Director

Cries and Whispers

Director of Photography

7.9

Siddhartha

1972

Director of Photography

6.0

A Free Woman

1972

Director of Photography

6.4

The Last Run

1971

Director of Photography

6.4

The Touch

1971

Director of Photography

5.8

Karpfs Karriere

1971

Director of Photography

Lockfågeln

1971

Director of Photography

2.0

First Love

1970

Director of Photography

5.2

Fårö Document

1970

Director of Photography

6.9

One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich

1970

Director of Photography

6.4

The Passion of Anna

1969

Director of Photography

7.4

The Rite

1969

Director of Photography

6.8

An-Magritt

1969

Director of Photography

5.7

Shame

1968

Director of Photography

7.5

Hour of the Wolf

1968

Director of Photography

7.4

Bränt barn

1967

Director of Photography

2.0

Roseanna

1967

Director of Photography

5.0

Persona

1966

Director of Photography

8.1

Lianbron

1965

Director

Loving Couples

1964

Director of Photography

5.8

To Love

1964

Director of Photography

5.0

The Dress

1964

Director of Photography

8.0

All These Women

1964

Director of Photography

6.1

Winter Light

1963

Director of Photography

7.9

The Silence

1963

Director of Photography

7.5

Prins hatt under jorden

1963

Director of Photography

Hans Brinker, or the Silver Skates

1962

Director of Photography

7.4

Snow White and the Seven Jugglers

1962

Director of Photography

5.5

Murder Party

1961

Cinematography

8.5

Through a Glass Darkly

1961

Director of Photography

7.8

Lita på mej, älskling!

1961

Director of Photography

4.5

Africa and Schweitzer

1961

Cinematography

A Matter of Morals

1961

Director of Photography

The Marriage of Mr. Mississippi

1961

Director of Photography

5.0

The Virgin Spring

1960

Director of Photography

7.8

The Judge

1960

Director of Photography

5.2

Lampenfieber

1960

Director of Photography

6.0

Får jag låna din fru?

1959

Director of Photography

5.5

Der Engel, der seine Harfe versetzte

1959

Director of Photography

10.0

Laila

1958

Director of Photography

5.0

The Lady in Black

1958

Director of Photography

5.6

A Girl of Solbakken

1957

Director of Photography

5.0

A Dreamer's Journey

1957

Director of Photography

4.0

Guest at One's Own Home

1957

Director of Photography

6.0

Children of the Night

1956

Director of Photography

Girl in Tails

1956

Director of Photography

Gorilla

1956

Director of Photography

A Short Film About a Dachshund

1956

Director

Laughing in the Sunshine

1956

Director of Photography

Den tappre soldaten Jönsson

1956

Director of Photography

Darling of Mine

1955

Director of Photography

5.0

Sista ringen

1955

Director of Photography

Den underbara lögnen

1955

Director of Photography

Karin Månsdotter

1954

Director of Photography

4.5

Salka Valka

1954

Director of Photography

5.3

Storm over Tjurö

1954

Director of Photography

4.5

Sawdust and Tinsel

1953

Director of Photography

7.3

The Road to Klockrike

1953

Director of Photography

2.0

Barabbas

1953

Director of Photography

6.4

När syrenerna blomma

1952

Director of Photography

5.0

Reverence for Life

1952

Writer

Under Södra korset

1952

Cinematography

Under Södra korset

1952

Director

Under Södra korset

1952

Producer

Under Södra korset

1952

Writer

Loffe blir polis

1950

Director of Photography

Rågens rike

1950

Director of Photography

The Land Below the Equator

1950

Director

Sjösalavår

1949

Director of Photography

Lång-Lasse i Delsbo

1949

Director of Photography

6.0

Maj på Malö

1947

Director of Photography

4.0

Lazy Lena

1947

Director of Photography

A City with Tradition: A Film about Lund

1947

Director of Photography

Saltstänk och krutgubbar

1946

Director of Photography

3.0

13 Chairs

1945

Director of Photography

5.0

The Children

1945

Director of Photography

5.4

Gomorron Bill!

1945

Director of Photography

3.0

I mörkaste Småland

1943

Director of Photography

5.0

A Stockholm Silhouette

1943

Director of Photography

The Key to the Baltic Sea

1943

Director of Photography

General von Döbeln

Camera Technician

En kvinna ombord

Still Photographer

En fattig miljonär

"B" Camera Operator

Television (4)

Fanny and Alexander

1984

Director of Photography

8.3

Face to Face

1976

Director of Photography

10.0

NOVA

1974

Director of Photography

7.0

Scenes from a Marriage

1973

Director of Photography

8.1