Filmmaker Ingmar Bergman dies at 89

Ingmar Bergman, one of the most influential film directors of the 20th century, died Monday at his home on the Swedish island of Faro, his sister Eva reported. He was 89.

Over a career that spanned four decades, Bergman made over fifty films, including perhaps his most famous work The Seventh Seal (1957), in which Max Von Sydow engages Death in a legendary game of chess. Bergman's top awards include the "Golden Palm of Palms" at the 50th Cannes Film Festival in 1997 for his body of work. He received a lifetime Oscar in 1970 and another in 1984, for the autobiographical family drama Fanny And Alexander.

Read the NYTimes obituary.