Ulla Ryghe

Ulla Ryghe
Born	(1924-08-27)27 August 1924 Stockholm, Sweden[1]
Died	16 April 2011(2011-04-16) (aged 86) Victoria, British Columbia, Canada[1]
Occupation	Film editor

Ulla Ryghe (27 August 1924 – 16 April 2011) was a Swedish film editor known for working with director Ingmar Bergman.

She published her autobiography, Travels in Wonderland: A Memoir, recounting how she grew up in Sweden during World War II before travelling to Cyprus.^[2] In the 1960s, she became one of Bergman's recurring "key collaborators".^[3] She also had conversations with Bergman and assistant Vilgot Sjöman that influenced the themes in some of Bergman's films.^[4] Afterwards, she arrived to Montreal, Quebec, Canada and began working for the National Film Board of Canada.^[2]

Filmography

Her films include:^[5]

• Through a Glass Darkly (1961)
• Siska (1962)
• Winter Light (1963)
• The Silence (1963)
• The Dress (1964)
• Persona (1966)
• Nightmare (1965)
• Shame (1968)
• Hour of the Wolf (1968)

References

1. "Ulla Ryghe". The Globe and Mail. 23 April 2011. Retrieved 15 October 2017.
2. Ryghe, Ulla (2008). Travels in Wonderland: A Memoir. Conundrum Press. ISBN 1894994310.
3. Jarvie, Ian (2003). "Persona: The Person as Mask". Philosophy of the Film: Epistemology, Ontology, Aesthetics. Routledge. ISBN 1135794650.
4. Luko, Alexis (2015). "Listening to Ingmar Bergman's Monsters: Horror Music, Mutes, and Acoustical Beings in Persona and Hour of the Wolf". Sonatas, Screams, and Silence: Music and Sound in the Films of Ingmar Bergman. New York and London: Routledge. ISBN 1135022739.
5. "Ulla Ryghe". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on June 30, 2017. Retrieved 15 October 2017.