Acclaimed cinematographer Sven Nykvist, age 83, dies.

[CBHagman]

Perhaps you don't know the legendary Swedish cinematographer by name, but if it's likely you've seen some of his work. Included among the directors he worked with are Woody Allen (Crimes and Misdemeanors), Richard Attenborough (Chaplin), Ingmar Bergman (Fanny and Alexander, various other titles), Nora Ephron (Sleepless in Seattle), and Lasse Hallstrom (What's Eating Gilbert Grape?).

His body of work, as compiled at the Internet Movie Database:
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005815/

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/09/20/AR2006092001126.html

Nykvist's sense of lighting and camera work made him a favorite of Bergman's after their first collaboration on the 1954 movie "Sawdust and Tinsel," which began a partnership that lasted nearly 30 years.

"Together with Ingmar, he created movie history with those lighting arrangements," said Carl-Gustaf Nykvist, who directed the 2000 documentary "Light Keeps Me Company" about his father.

"He was called 'the master of light' because of the moods and atmospheres he could create with light. It was a near impossibility to create the moods he created."

Nykvist also worked on fellow Swede Lasse Hallstrom's "What's Eating Gilbert Grape" and did several movies with Bergman fan Woody Allen. His last film was "Curtain Call" in 1999.

[flamingyouth]

1. RIP, Sven

He was great (and a fellow Swede).