---
title: 'Sven Nykvist'
type: 'person'
roles:
  - 'director'
  - 'film director'
  - 'cinematographer'
  - 'screenwriter'
born: '1922-12-03'
died: '2006-09-20'
birthplace: 'Moheda'
deathplace: 'Stockholm'
films_in_library: 92
reviews_of_their_work: 0
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/people/sven-nykvist'
updated: '2026-08-07'
wikipedia: 'https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sven_Nykvist'
wikidata: 'Q312290'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Sven Nykvist

director, film director, cinematographer, screenwriter.

## Filmography on CinePixo

- 2000 · [Sven Nykvist: Light Keeps Me Company](https://cinepixo.com/movies/sven-nykvist-light-keeps-me-company-2000) — actor, Director of Photography · unreviewed here
- 1999 · [One Day in the Life of Andrei Arsenevich](https://cinepixo.com/movies/one-day-in-the-life-of-andrei-arsenevich-1999) — actor · unreviewed here
- 1999 · [Curtain Call](https://cinepixo.com/movies/curtain-call-1999) — Director of Photography · unreviewed here
- 1998 · [Celebrity](https://cinepixo.com/movies/celebrity-1998) — Director of Photography · unreviewed here
- 1996 · [Private Confessions](https://cinepixo.com/movies/private-confessions-1996) — Director of Photography · unreviewed here
- 1995 · [Lumière and Company](https://cinepixo.com/movies/lumiere-and-company-1995) — actor · unreviewed here
- 1995 · [Something to Talk About](https://cinepixo.com/movies/something-to-talk-about-1995) — Director of Photography · unreviewed here
- 1995 · [Kristin Lavransdatter](https://cinepixo.com/movies/kristin-lavransdatter-1995) — Director of Photography · unreviewed here
- 1994 · [Only You](https://cinepixo.com/movies/only-you-1994) — Director of Photography · unreviewed here
- 1994 · [Mixed Nuts](https://cinepixo.com/movies/mixed-nuts-1994) — Director of Photography · unreviewed here
- 1994 · [With Honors](https://cinepixo.com/movies/with-honors-1994) — Director of Photography · unreviewed here
- 1993 · [Sleepless in Seattle](https://cinepixo.com/movies/sleepless-in-seattle-1993) — Director of Photography · unreviewed here
- 1993 · [What's Eating Gilbert Grape](https://cinepixo.com/movies/whats-eating-gilbert-grape-1993) — Director of Photography · unreviewed here
- 1992 · [Visions of Light](https://cinepixo.com/movies/visions-of-light-1992) — actor · unreviewed here
- 1992 · [Chaplin](https://cinepixo.com/movies/chaplin-1992) — Director of Photography · unreviewed here
- 1991 · [The Ox](https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-ox-1991) — Director, Screenplay, Director of Photography · unreviewed here
- 1990 · [Buster's Bedroom](https://cinepixo.com/movies/busters-bedroom-1990) — Director of Photography · unreviewed here
- 1989 · [Crimes and Misdemeanors](https://cinepixo.com/movies/crimes-and-misdemeanors-1989) — Director of Photography · unreviewed here
- 1989 · [New York Stories](https://cinepixo.com/movies/new-york-stories-1989) — Director of Photography · unreviewed here
- 1988 · [The Unbearable Lightness of Being](https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-unbearable-lightness-of-being-1988) — Director of Photography · unreviewed here
- 1988 · [Another Woman](https://cinepixo.com/movies/another-woman-1988) — Director of Photography · unreviewed here
- 1988 · [Katinka](https://cinepixo.com/movies/katinka-1988) — Director of Photography · unreviewed here
- 1986 · [The Making of Fanny and Alexander](https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-making-of-fanny-and-alexander-1986) — actor · unreviewed here
- 1986 · [The Sacrifice](https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-sacrifice-1986) — Director of Photography · unreviewed here
- 1986 · [Dream Lover](https://cinepixo.com/movies/dream-lover-1986) — Director of Photography · unreviewed here
- 1985 · [Agnes of God](https://cinepixo.com/movies/agnes-of-god-1985) — Director of Photography · unreviewed here
- 1984 · [Un amour de Swann](https://cinepixo.com/movies/un-amour-de-swann-1984) — Director of Photography · unreviewed here
- 1983 · [Star 80](https://cinepixo.com/movies/star-80-1983) — Director of Photography · unreviewed here
- 1982 · [Fanny and Alexander](https://cinepixo.com/movies/fanny-and-alexander-1982) — Director of Photography · unreviewed here
- 1982 · [Cannery Row](https://cinepixo.com/movies/cannery-row-1982) — Director of Photography · unreviewed here
- 1981 · [The Postman Always Rings Twice](https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-postman-always-rings-twice-1981) — Director of Photography · unreviewed here
- 1980 · [Willie & Phil](https://cinepixo.com/movies/willie-phil-1980) — Director of Photography · unreviewed here
- 1980 · [Marmalade Revolution](https://cinepixo.com/movies/marmalade-revolution-1980) — Producer, Director of Photography · unreviewed here
- 1979 · [Hurricane](https://cinepixo.com/movies/hurricane-1979) — Director of Photography · unreviewed here
- 1979 · [Starting Over](https://cinepixo.com/movies/starting-over-1979) — Director of Photography · unreviewed here
- 1978 · [Autumn Sonata](https://cinepixo.com/movies/autumn-sonata-1978) — Director of Photography · unreviewed here
- 1978 · [Pretty Baby](https://cinepixo.com/movies/pretty-baby-1978) — Director of Photography · unreviewed here
- 1978 · [King of the Gypsies](https://cinepixo.com/movies/king-of-the-gypsies-1978) — Director of Photography · unreviewed here
- 1978 · [En och en](https://cinepixo.com/movies/en-och-en-1978) — Director, Producer, Director of Photography · unreviewed here
- 1977 · [The Serpent's Egg](https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-serpents-egg-1977) — Director of Photography · unreviewed here
- 1976 · [The Tenant](https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-tenant-1976) — Director of Photography · unreviewed here
- 1976 · [Face to Face](https://cinepixo.com/movies/face-to-face-1976) — Director of Photography · unreviewed here
- 1975 · [The Magic Flute](https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-magic-flute-1975) — actor, Director of Photography · unreviewed here
- 1975 · [Black Moon](https://cinepixo.com/movies/black-moon-1975) — Director of Photography · unreviewed here
- 1974 · [Ransom](https://cinepixo.com/movies/ransom-1974) — Director of Photography · unreviewed here
- 1974 · [The Dove](https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-dove-1974) — Director of Photography · unreviewed here
- 1972 · [Cries and Whispers](https://cinepixo.com/movies/cries-and-whispers-1972) — Director of Photography · unreviewed here
- 1972 · [Siddhartha](https://cinepixo.com/movies/siddhartha-1972) — Director of Photography · unreviewed here
- 1971 · [The Touch](https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-touch-1971) — Director of Photography · unreviewed here
- 1970 · [First Love](https://cinepixo.com/movies/first-love-1970) — Director of Photography · unreviewed here
- 1970 · [One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich](https://cinepixo.com/movies/one-day-in-the-life-of-ivan-denisovich-1970) — Director of Photography · unreviewed here
- 1969 · [The Passion of Anna](https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-passion-of-anna-1969) — Director of Photography · unreviewed here
- 1969 · [An-Magritt](https://cinepixo.com/movies/an-magritt-1969) — Director of Photography · unreviewed here
- 1968 · [Hour of the Wolf](https://cinepixo.com/movies/hour-of-the-wolf-1968) — Director of Photography · unreviewed here
- 1968 · [Shame](https://cinepixo.com/movies/shame-1968) — Director of Photography · unreviewed here
- 1967 · [Roseanna](https://cinepixo.com/movies/roseanna-1967) — Director of Photography · unreviewed here
- 1966 · [Persona](https://cinepixo.com/movies/persona-1966) — Director of Photography · unreviewed here
- 1964 · [All These Women](https://cinepixo.com/movies/all-these-women-1964) — Director of Photography · unreviewed here
- 1964 · [To Love](https://cinepixo.com/movies/to-love-1964) — Director of Photography · unreviewed here
- 1964 · [Loving Couples](https://cinepixo.com/movies/loving-couples-1964) — Director of Photography · unreviewed here
- 1964 · [The Dress](https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-dress-1964) — Director of Photography · unreviewed here
- 1963 · [The Silence](https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-silence-1963) — Director of Photography · unreviewed here
- 1963 · [Winter Light](https://cinepixo.com/movies/winter-light-1963) — Director of Photography · unreviewed here
- 1963 · [Love Has to Be Learned](https://cinepixo.com/movies/love-has-to-be-learned-1963) — Director of Photography · unreviewed here
- 1962 · [Ingmar Bergman Makes a Movie](https://cinepixo.com/movies/ingmar-bergman-makes-a-movie-1962) — actor · unreviewed here
- 1962 · [Snow White and the Seven Jugglers](https://cinepixo.com/movies/snow-white-and-the-seven-jugglers-1962) — Director of Photography · unreviewed here
- 1961 · [Through a Glass Darkly](https://cinepixo.com/movies/through-a-glass-darkly-1961) — Director of Photography · unreviewed here
- 1961 · [Mörderspiel](https://cinepixo.com/movies/morderspiel-1961) — Director of Photography · unreviewed here
- 1961 · [The Marriage of Mr. Mississippi](https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-marriage-of-mr-mississippi-1961) — Director of Photography · unreviewed here
- 1961 · [A Matter of Morals](https://cinepixo.com/movies/a-matter-of-morals-1961) — Director of Photography · unreviewed here
- 1961 · [Lita på mej älskling](https://cinepixo.com/movies/lita-pa-mej-alskling-1961) — Director of Photography · unreviewed here
- 1960 · [The Virgin Spring](https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-virgin-spring-1960) — Director of Photography · unreviewed here
- 1960 · [The Judge](https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-judge-1960) — Director of Photography · unreviewed here
- 1960 · [Stage Fright](https://cinepixo.com/movies/stage-fright-1960) — Director of Photography · unreviewed here
- 1959 · [Lend Me Your Wife](https://cinepixo.com/movies/lend-me-your-wife-1959) — Director of Photography · unreviewed here
- 1959 · [The Angel Who Pawned Her Harp](https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-angel-who-pawned-her-harp-1959) — Director of Photography · unreviewed here
- 1958 · [Make Way for Lila](https://cinepixo.com/movies/make-way-for-lila-1958) — Director of Photography · unreviewed here
- 1957 · [A Girl of Solbakken](https://cinepixo.com/movies/a-girl-of-solbakken-1957) — Director of Photography · unreviewed here
- 1957 · [Guest at One's Own Home](https://cinepixo.com/movies/guest-at-ones-own-home-1957) — Director of Photography · unreviewed here
- 1957 · [A Dreamer's Journey](https://cinepixo.com/movies/a-dreamers-journey-1957) — Director of Photography · unreviewed here
- 1956 · [Laughing in the Sunshine](https://cinepixo.com/movies/laughing-in-the-sunshine-1956) — Director of Photography · unreviewed here
- 1955 · [Darling of Min](https://cinepixo.com/movies/darling-of-min-1955) — Director of Photography · unreviewed here
- 1955 · [The Magnificent Lie](https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-magnificent-lie-1955) — Director of Photography · unreviewed here
- 1954 · [Karin Månsdotter](https://cinepixo.com/movies/karin-mansdotter-1954) — Director of Photography · unreviewed here
- 1954 · [Salka Valka](https://cinepixo.com/movies/salka-valka-1954) — Director of Photography · unreviewed here
- 1953 · [Sawdust and Tinsel](https://cinepixo.com/movies/sawdust-and-tinsel-1953) — Director of Photography · unreviewed here
- 1953 · [Barabbas](https://cinepixo.com/movies/barabbas-1953) — Director of Photography · unreviewed here
- 1953 · [The Road to Klockrike](https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-road-to-klockrike-1953) — Director of Photography · unreviewed here
- 1952 · [In Lilac Time](https://cinepixo.com/movies/in-lilac-time-1952) — Director of Photography · unreviewed here
- 1950 · [The Realm of the Rye](https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-realm-of-the-rye-1950) — Director of Photography · unreviewed here
- 1949 · [Big Lasse of Delsbo](https://cinepixo.com/movies/big-lasse-of-delsbo-1949) — Director of Photography · unreviewed here
- 1945 · [Barnen från Frostmofjället](https://cinepixo.com/movies/barnen-fran-frostmofjallet-1945) — Director of Photography · unreviewed here

## Criticism on CinePixo

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/people/sven-nykvist
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