Sven Nykvist
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Sven Vilhem Nykvist, A.S.C. (3 December 1922 – 20 September 2006) was a two-time Academy Award winning 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.
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Selected filmography
- Sawdust and Tinsel (1953)
- The Virgin Spring (1960) (Jungfrukällan)
- Through a Glass Darkly (1961) (Såsom i en spegel)
- The Silence (1963) (Tystnaden)
- Winter Light (1963) (Nattvardsgästerna)
- Persona (1966)
- Shame (1968) (Skammen)
- Hour of the Wolf (1968) (Vargtimmen)
- The Passion of Anna (1969) (En Passion)
- The Touch (1971) (Beröringen)
- Siddhartha (1972) of the Hermann Hesse novel, directed by Conrad Rooks
- Cries and Whispers (1973) (Viskningar och rop) (won Academy Award for Best Cinematography)
- Scenes from a Marriage (1973) (Scener ur ett äktenskap)
- The Dove (1974)
- The Magic Flute (1975 film) (1975) (Trollflöjten)
- The Serpent's Egg (1977) (Das Schlangenei)
- Autumn Sonata (1978) (Höstsonaten)
- Pretty Baby (1978)
- From the Life of the Marionettes (1980) (Aus dem Leben der Marionetten)
- Fanny and Alexander (1982) (Fanny och Alexander) (won Academy Award for Best Cinematography)
- Agnes of God (1985)
- The Sacrifice (1986)
- The Unbearable Lightness of Being (1988) (nominated for Academy Award for Best Cinematography)
- New York Stories (1989) (segment "Oedipus Wrecks")
- Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989)
- The Ox (1991)
- Chaplin (1992)
- Sleepless in Seattle (1993)
- What's Eating Gilbert Grape (1993)
- Celebrity (1998)
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