Daniel Bergman

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Daniel Bergman was born in 1962 and is the son of director Ingmar Bergman and concert pianist Käbi Laretei. His interest in film began at an early age and as a twelve-year-old he began to assist his father in the filming of "The Magic Flute". The following year he worked as an assistant during the filming of "Face to Face" and the same year he began to work as a projectionist.

Daniel decided to leave school after the eighth grade and worked as an assistant, gaffer, and grip on various films. Apart from his father, he has worked with Erland Josephson, Vilgot Sjöman, Kjell Grede, Andrei Tarkovsky and Dusan Makavejev. He made his debut as a director with the film "Perception", which is based on a story by his mother. The film was in competition at the Berlin Film Festival in 1986. He went on to directing two Astrid Lindgren tales, "Brenda Brave" and "Goodnight Mr. Vagabond". He followed this up by directing a TV series, a short film and several music videos. Daniel's breakthrough came with the film "Sunday's Children", scripted by his father. "Sunday's Children" was well received by the critics and Daniel Bergman won the award for best first film director at the Montreal Film Festival in 1992, where the film also received several other awards, among them the Fipresci Award.

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