Sven Nykvist

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 simplicity. He is considered by many to be one of the greatest cinematographers of all time. In 2003, Nykvist was judged one of history's ten most influential cinematographers in a survey conducted by the International Cinematographers Guild.

Most Famous Work

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Fanny and Alexander

(1984) Director of Photography

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Pretty Baby

(1978) Director of Photography

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What's Eating Gilbert Grape

(1993) Director of Photography

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Scenes from a Marriage

(1973) Director of Photography

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The Tenant

(1976) Director of Photography

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Sleepless in Seattle

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Chaplin

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Acting

Year	Character	Movie/Tv
2012	Self	Let Me See 2012-01-01 Movie
2010	Self	… But Film Is My Mistress 2010-05-12 Movie
2000	Self	Light Keeps Me Company 2000-08-26 Movie
1999	Self - Cinematographer of 'Offret' (uncredited)	One Day in the Life of Andrei Arsenevich 1999-05-15 Movie
1995	(segment "Liv Ullman")	Lumière and Company 1995-12-20 Movie
	Self	I Am Curious, Film 1995-10-28 Movie
1992	Self	Visions of Light 1992-09-17 Movie
1991	Shop Owner (voice) (uncredited)	The Ox 1991-11-22 Movie
1990	Self	Building Images: Anna Asp on Scenography 1990-09-09 Movie
1989	Self	Foreign Filmmakers in Hollywood 1989-01-01 Movie
1988	Self	Directed by Andrei Tarkovsky 1988-09-23 Movie
	Self	Lighting 1988-01-01 Movie
1987	Self	Moscow Elegy 1987-04-04 Movie
1984	Self	The Making of Fanny and Alexander 1984-09-16 Movie
1979	Self	A Look at Liv 1979-01-31 Movie
1978	Self	The Making of 'Autumn Sonata' 1978-10-18 Movie
1975	Man in Audience (uncredited)	The Magic Flute 1975-10-04 Movie
	Self	Silence! Cameras! The Magic Flute! 1975-01-06 Movie
1973	Self	Foto: Sven Nykvist 1973-12-31 Movie
1972	Self	Ingmar Bergman 1972-03-17 Movie
1963	Self	Ingmar Bergman Makes a Movie 1963-01-27 Movie
Year	Character	Movie/Tv

Camera

Year	Role	Movie/Tv
2000	Director of Photography	Light Keeps Me Company 2000-08-26 Movie
1998	Director of Photography	Curtain Call 1998-12-05 Movie
	Director of Photography	Celebrity 1998-09-07 Movie
1996	Director of Photography	Private Confessions 1996-12-25 Movie
1995	Director of Photography	Lumière and Company 1995-12-20 Movie
	Director of Photography	Kristin Lavransdatter 1995-08-25 Movie
	Director of Photography	Something to Talk About 1995-08-04 Movie
1994	Director of Photography	Mixed Nuts 1994-12-21 Movie
	Director of Photography	With Honors 1994-04-29 Movie
	Director of Photography	Only You 1994-03-04 Movie
1993	Director of Photography	What's Eating Gilbert Grape 1993-12-17 Movie
	Director of Photography	Sleepless in Seattle 1993-06-24 Movie
1992	Director of Photography	Chaplin 1992-12-17 Movie
1991	Director of Photography	The Ox 1991-11-22 Movie
	Director of Photography	Buster's Bedroom 1991-05-09 Movie
1989	Director of Photography	Crimes and Misdemeanors 1989-10-13 Movie
	Director of Photography	New York Stories 1989-03-10 Movie
1988	Director of Photography	Another Woman 1988-10-13 Movie
	Director of Photography	Katinka 1988-08-19 Movie
	Director of Photography	The Unbearable Lightness of Being 1988-02-05 Movie
1986	Director of Photography	The Sacrifice 1986-05-09 Movie
	Director of Photography	Nobody's Child 1986-04-05 Movie
	Director of Photography	Dream Lover 1986-02-21 Movie
1985	Director of Photography	Agnes of God 1985-09-13 Movie
1984	Director of Photography	Fanny and Alexander 1984-12-26 TV Show
	Director of Photography	After the Rehearsal 1984-06-21 Movie
	Director of Photography	Swann in Love 1984-02-23 Movie
1983	Director of Photography	Star 80 1983-11-10 Movie
1982	Director of Photography	Fanny and Alexander 1982-12-17 Movie
	Director of Photography	Cannery Row 1982-02-12 Movie
1981	Director of Photography	The Postman Always Rings Twice 1981-03-20 Movie
1980	Director of Photography	From the Life of the Marionettes 1980-10-08 Movie
	Director of Photography	Willie and Phil 1980-08-15 Movie
	Director of Photography	Marmalade Revolution 1980-02-11 Movie
1979	Director of Photography	Starting Over 1979-10-05 Movie
	Director of Photography	Hurricane 1979-04-12 Movie
1978	Director of Photography	King of the Gypsies 1978-12-20 Movie
	Director of Photography	Autumn Sonata 1978-10-08 Movie
	Director of Photography	Pretty Baby 1978-04-05 Movie
	Director of Photography	One on One 1978-03-19 Movie
1977	Director of Photography	The Serpent's Egg 1977-10-28 Movie
1976	Director of Photography	The Dance of the Damned Women 1976-12-05 Movie
	Director of Photography	The Tenant 1976-05-26 Movie
	Director of Photography	Face to Face 1976-04-28 TV Show
	Director of Photography	Face to Face 1976-04-05 Movie
1975	Director of Photography	The Magic Flute 1975-10-04 Movie
	Director of Photography	Black Moon 1975-09-24 Movie
	Director of Photography	Monismanien 1995 1975-05-05 Movie
	Director of Photography	Georginas Gründe 1975-04-27 Movie
1974	Director of Photography	Ransom 1974-12-06 Movie
	Director of Photography	Scenes from a Marriage 1974-09-15 Movie
	Director of Photography	The Dove 1974-06-16 Movie
	Director of Photography	The Vocation 1974-04-02 Movie
	Director of Photography	NOVA 1974-03-03 TV Show
1973	Director of Photography	Scenes from a Marriage 1973-04-11 TV Show
1972	Director of Photography	Cries and Whispers 1972-12-21 Movie
	Director of Photography	A Free Woman 1972-11-01 Movie
	Director of Photography	Siddhartha 1972-08-01 Movie
1971	Director of Photography	Lockfågeln 1971-11-24 Movie
	Director of Photography	The Touch 1971-07-14 Movie
	Director of Photography	The Last Run 1971-07-07 Movie
	Director of Photography	Karpfs Karriere 1971-04-04 Movie
1970	Director of Photography	First Love 1970-10-07 Movie
	Director of Photography	Fårö Document 1970-01-01 Movie
1969	Director of Photography	The Passion of Anna 1969-11-10 Movie
	Director of Photography	The Rite 1969-03-25 Movie
	Director of Photography	An-Magritt 1969-02-06 Movie
1968	Director of Photography	Shame 1968-09-29 Movie
	Director of Photography	Hour of the Wolf 1968-02-19 Movie
1967	Director of Photography	Bränt barn 1967-12-26 Movie
	Director of Photography	Roseanna 1967-08-14 Movie
1966	Director of Photography	Persona 1966-10-18 Movie
1964	Director of Photography	Loving Couples 1964-12-20 Movie
	Director of Photography	To Love 1964-11-20 Movie
	Director of Photography	The Dress 1964-10-05 Movie
	Director of Photography	All These Women 1964-06-15 Movie
1963	Director of Photography	Prins hatt under jorden 1963-09-29 Movie
	Director of Photography	The Silence 1963-09-23 Movie
	Director of Photography	Winter Light 1963-02-11 Movie
1962	Director of Photography	Snow White and the Seven Jugglers 1962-12-14 Movie
	Director of Photography	Hans Brinker, or the Silver Skates 1962-01-07 Movie
1961	Director of Photography	Lita på mej, älskling! 1961-12-18 Movie
	Director of Photography	Through a Glass Darkly 1961-10-16 Movie
	Director of Photography	The Marriage of Mr. Mississippi 1961-06-23 Movie
	Director of Photography	A Matter of Morals 1961-05-31 Movie
1960	Director of Photography	The Judge 1960-10-14 Movie
	Director of Photography	Lampenfieber 1960-03-03 Movie
	Director of Photography	The Virgin Spring 1960-02-08 Movie
1959	Director of Photography	Får jag låna din fru? 1959-06-22 Movie
	Director of Photography	Der Engel, der seine Harfe versetzte 1959-02-12 Movie
1958	Director of Photography	Laila 1958-11-13 Movie
	Director of Photography	The Lady in Black 1958-02-01 Movie
1957	Director of Photography	A Girl of Solbakken 1957-11-25 Movie
	Director of Photography	Guest at One's Own Home 1957-09-30 Movie
	Director of Photography	En drömmares vandring 1957-03-25 Movie
1956	Director of Photography	Den tappre soldaten Jönsson 1956-10-21 Movie
	Director of Photography	Girl in Tails 1956-10-15 Movie
	Director of Photography	Gorilla 1956-08-26 Movie
	Director of Photography	Children of the Night 1956-08-26 Movie
	Director of Photography	Laughing in the Sunshine 1956-01-02 Movie
1955	Director of Photography	Den underbara lögnen 1955-11-25 Movie
	Director of Photography	Sista ringen 1955-10-10 Movie
	Director of Photography	Darling of Mine 1955-07-22 Movie
1954	Director of Photography	Salka Valka 1954-11-16 Movie
	Director of Photography	Karin Månsdotter 1954-11-01 Movie
	Director of Photography	Storm over Tjurö 1954-07-19 Movie
1953	Director of Photography	Sawdust and Tinsel 1953-09-14 Movie
	Director of Photography	Barabbas 1953-05-05 Movie
1952	Director of Photography	När syrenerna blomma 1952-02-04 Movie
	Director of Photography	Reverence for Life 1952-01-01 Movie
1950	Director of Photography	Rågens rike 1950-09-26 Movie
	Director of Photography	Loffe blir polis 1950-02-18 Movie
	Director of Photography	The Land Below the Equator 1950-01-01 Movie
1949	Director of Photography	Lång-Lasse i Delsbo 1949-10-29 Movie
	Director of Photography	Sjösalavår 1949-09-05 Movie
1947	Director of Photography	Maj på Malö 1947-10-22 Movie
	Director of Photography	Lata Lena och blåögde Per 1947-08-30 Movie
1946	Director of Photography	Saltstänk och krutgubbar 1946-10-28 Movie
1945	Director of Photography	13 Chairs 1945-12-26 Movie
	Director of Photography	Gomorron Bill! 1945-11-14 Movie
	Director of Photography	The Children 1945-09-18 Movie
1943	Director of Photography	I mörkaste Småland 1943-10-25 Movie
	Director of Photography	The Key to the Baltic Sea 1943-01-01 Movie
	Director of Photography	A Stockholm Silhouette 1943-01-01 Movie
1942	Camera Technician	General von Döbeln 1942-10-26 Movie
1941	"B" Camera Operator	En fattig miljonär 1941-12-26 Movie
	Still Photographer	En kvinna ombord 1941-01-10 Movie
Year	Role	Movie/Tv

Directing

Year	Role	Movie/Tv
1991	Director	The Ox 1991-11-22 Movie
1978	Director	One on One 1978-03-19 Movie
1974	Director	The Vocation 1974-04-02 Movie
1965	Director	Lianbron 1965-01-01 Movie
1956	Director	Gorilla 1956-08-26 Movie
	Director	A Short Film About a Dachshund 1956-01-02 Movie
1952	Director	Reverence for Life 1952-01-01 Movie
1950	Director	The Land Below the Equator 1950-01-01 Movie
Year	Role	Movie/Tv

Writing

Year	Role	Movie/Tv
1991	Writer	The Ox 1991-11-22 Movie
1974	Writer	The Vocation 1974-04-02 Movie
1956	Writer	A Short Film About a Dachshund 1956-01-02 Movie
1952	Writer	Reverence for Life 1952-01-01 Movie
Year	Role	Movie/Tv

Production

Year	Role	Movie/Tv
1980	Producer	Marmalade Revolution 1980-02-11 Movie
Year	Role	Movie/Tv