Ulla Ryghe Explained

Ulla Ryghe
Birth Date:	27 August 1924
Birth Place:	Stockholm, Sweden^[1]
Death Place:	Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
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. In the 1960s, she became one of Bergman's recurring "key collaborators".^[2] She also had conversations with Bergman and assistant Vilgot Sjöman that influenced the themes in some of Bergman's films.^[3] Afterwards, she arrived to Montreal, Quebec, Canada and began working for the National Film Board of Canada.^[4]

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)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Ulla Ryghe . 23 April 2011 . 15 October 2017 . The Globe and Mail.
2. Book: Jarvie, Ian . Philosophy of the Film: Epistemology, Ontology, Aesthetics . Persona: The Person as Mask . 2003 . Routledge . 1135794650.
3. Book: Luko, Alexis . 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 . 2015 . New York and London . Routledge . 1135022739.
4. Book: Ryghe, Ulla . Travels in Wonderland: A Memoir . 2008 . Conundrum Press . 1894994310 . registration .
5. Web site: Ulla Ryghe . https://web.archive.org/web/20170630151506/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba526377b . dead . June 30, 2017 . 15 October 2017 . British Film Institute.