July 14, 1918. Born "poet with a camera" – Ingmars Bergman

Before In the 100 years of the Lutheran pastor's family, Upsala was born into the world of clbadical cinema, a novice cinematographer and one of the most influential masters in the field, Ingmar Bergman (1918). -2007), also known as a poet with a camera. Bi is known for his films "Fanya and Aleksandr", "Strawberry Field", "Seventh Seal". Bergman has taken about 60 films in his life, has won six Oscars, seven times won the Cannes Film Festival, and twice won the British Academy Award.

At the beginning of his career, he worked actively as a stage director and, while being a film celebrity, did not give up on this genre, staging about 170 titles during his lifetime.

Ingmar Bergman's birthday this year around the world, including in Latvia, is celebrated with various retrospectives of films, conferences, exhibitions and other events.

In Sweden, the global dimension of Bergman's centenary events during the year 2018 is considered unique because no movie star has so far been honored. in the world.