---
name: "Gunnar Fischer"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/gunnar-fischer"
fi1m_id: "gunnar-fischer"
imdb_id: "nm0005705"
tmdb_id: 6652
wikidata_id: "Q965067"
roles: ["Cinematographer"]
born: "18 November 1910"
died: "11 June 2011"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_fi1m_score: 85
average_over: 4
updated: "2026-09-25T07:52:34.241318+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Gunnar Fischer

## Identity

Gunnar Fischer

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/gunnar-fischer
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** gunnar-fischer
- **IMDb ID:** nm0005705
- **TMDB ID:** 6652
- **Wikidata ID:** Q965067
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gunnar_Fischer, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q965067, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005705/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/6652

Cinematographer. Born 18 November 1910 in Ljungby, Kronobergs län, Sweden. Died 11 June 2011.

## Details

- **Work:** Cinematographer
- **Born:** 18 November 1910, Ljungby, Kronobergs län, Sweden
- **Died:** 11 June 2011
- **Active:** 1953–1957
- **Also known as:** Erling Gunnar Fischer, G. Fischer
- **Frequently works with:** [Allan Ekelund](https://film.one/person/allan-ekelund.md), [Ingmar Bergman](https://film.one/person/ingmar-bergman.md), [Gunnar Björnstrand](https://film.one/person/gunnar-bjornstrand.md), [Bibi Andersson](https://film.one/person/bibi-andersson.md), [Harriet Andersson](https://film.one/person/harriet-andersson.md)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 85 to 81 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 4 at 80+, 0 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 3, Romance 2, Comedy 1, Fantasy 1
- **Screen time:** 7 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $0m across 1 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gunnar_Fischer, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q965067, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005705/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/6652

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*Wild Strawberries*](https://film.one/film/wild-strawberries.md) (88), [*The Seventh Seal*](https://film.one/film/the-seventh-seal.md) (88)

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## Biography

Gunnar Fischer (18 November 1910 – 11 June 2011) was a Swedish cinematographer. He trained at Svensk Filmindustri under Julius Jaenzon and began working as a director of photography in the 1940s.

He collaborated with Ingmar Bergman on twelve films between 1948 and 1960, including *Summer Interlude* (1951), *Summer with Monika* (1953), *Smiles of a Summer Night* (1955), *The Seventh Seal* (1957), *Wild Strawberries* (1957) and *The Magician* (1958). Fischer also directed short films, wrote screenplays in the 1930s and 1940s, and published books for children. He was married to Gull Söderblom; their sons Jens and Peter Fischer are both cinematographers.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, web.archive.org.*

## On Fi1m (4)

- *The Seventh Seal* (1957), Fi1m 88, Cinematography, Director of Photography — [page](https://film.one/film/the-seventh-seal.md)
- *Wild Strawberries* (1957), Fi1m 88, Cinematography, Director of Photography — [page](https://film.one/film/wild-strawberries.md)
- *Smiles of a Summer Night* (1955), Fi1m 84, Cinematography, Director of Photography — [page](https://film.one/film/smiles-of-a-summer-night.md)
- *Summer with Monika* (1953), Fi1m 80, Director of Photography, Cinematography — [page](https://film.one/film/summer-with-monika.md)

## Complete filmography (61)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Filmstaden* (2001), Actor
- *Parade* (1974), Director of Photography
- *Miss and Mrs Sweden* (1969), Director of Photography
- *Kråkguldet* (1969), series, Director of Photography
- *Black Palm Trees* (1968), Director of Photography
- *An Introduction to Ingmar Bergman* (1968), Director of Photography
- *Ola and Julia* (1967), Director of Photography
- *Stimulantia* (1967), Director of Photography
- *Adam in Sweden* (1966), Director of Photography
- *Oj oj oj eller 'Sången om den eldröda hummern'* (1966), Director of Photography
- *The Devil's Instrument* (1965), as The father · Writer, Director
- *Waiting Waters* (1965), Director of Photography
- *Juninatt* (1965), Director of Photography
- *491* (1964), Director of Photography
- *My Love Is Like a Rose* (1963), Director of Photography
- *A Testimony About Her* (1963), Director of Photography
- *Siska* (1962), Director of Photography
- *Kort är sommaren* (1962), Director of Photography
- *Hans Brinker, or the Silver Skates* (1962), Director of Photography
- *The Pleasure Garden* (1961), Director of Photography
- *The Boy in the Tree* (1961), Director of Photography
- *Een blandt mange* (1961), Cinematography
- *The Devil's Eye* (1960), Director of Photography
- *Ett glas vin* (1960), Cinematography
- *Swinging at the Castle* (1959), Director of Photography
- *The Magician* (1958), Director of Photography
- *You Are My Adventure* (1958), Director of Photography
- *Möten i skymningen* (1957), Director of Photography
- *Wild Strawberries* (1957), Director of Photography — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/wild-strawberries.md)
- *The Seventh Seal* (1957), Director of Photography — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/the-seventh-seal.md)
- *Den hårda leken* (1956), Director of Photography
- *Private Entrance* (1956), Director of Photography
- *The Conspiracy of Claudius Civilis* (1956), Cinematography
- *Smiles of a Summer Night* (1955), Director of Photography — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/smiles-of-a-summer-night.md)
- *Monika, the Story of a Bad Girl!* (1955), Cinematography
- *Stampen* (1955), Director of Photography
- *The Good Old Days* (1955), Cinematography
- *Gabrielle* (1954), Director of Photography
- *Hidden in the Fog* (1953), Director of Photography
- *We Three Debutantes* (1953), Director of Photography
- *Bonfire Evening in the Mountains* (1953), Cinematography, Director
- *Summer with Monika* (1953), Director of Photography — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/summer-with-monika.md)
- *Waiting Women* (1952), Director of Photography
- *Summer Interlude* (1951), Director of Photography
- *Biffen och Bananen* (1951), Director of Photography
- *This Can't Happen Here* (1950), Director of Photography
- *To Joy* (1950), Director of Photography
- *Thirst* (1949), Director of Photography
- *Private Bom* (1948), Director of Photography
- *Port of Call* (1948), Director of Photography
- *Tappa inte sugen* (1947), Director of Photography
- *Females At Play* (1945), Director of Photography
- *Two People* (1945), Director of Photography
- *Natt i hamn* (1943), Writer, Director of Photography
- *The Heavenly Play* (1942), Second Unit Director of Photography
- *Det är min musik* (1942), Director of Photography
- *Whalers* (1939), Director of Photography
- *The Big Game of the Sea* (1939), Director, Cinematography
- *Just a Trumpeter* (1938), Director of Photography
- *Han, hon och pengarna* (1936), First Assistant Camera
- *The Polite Invasion*, Director of Photography

## Gallery

- ![Filmfotograf Gunnar Fischer (bakom kameran) under inspelningen för "Kvinnors väntan", till höger Ingmar Bergman och på sängen Maj Britt Nilsson. (1952)](https://film.one/media/person/106079/gallery-79baf551b3b0.jpg) Filmfotograf Gunnar Fischer (bakom kameran) under inspelningen för "Kvinnors väntan", till höger Ingmar Bergman och på sängen Maj Britt Nilsson. (1952) — Louis Huch, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Bergman%2C_Fischer%2C_Nilsson_1952.jpg/1280px-Bergman%2C_Fischer%2C_Nilsson_1952.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Filmfotograf Gunnar Fischer (bakom kameran) under inspelningen för "Kvinnors väntan" (1952)](https://film.one/media/person/106079/gallery-762ba5d8a08b.jpg) Filmfotograf Gunnar Fischer (bakom kameran) under inspelningen för "Kvinnors väntan" (1952) — Louis Huch, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Gunnar_Fischer_1952.jpg/1280px-Gunnar_Fischer_1952.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Gunnar Fischer](https://film.one/media/person/106079/gallery-f4777999c99c.jpg) Gunnar Fischer — glendalf, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/Gunnar_Fischer_at_home%2C_1985.jpg/1280px-Gunnar_Fischer_at_home%2C_1985.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Inspelning av Ingmar Bergmans Det sjunde inseglet på Gamla Filmstaden i Solna. Ingmar Bergman på brandbilen, Gunnar Fischer på brandstegen (1957)](https://film.one/media/person/106079/gallery-2799dd04b648.jpg) Inspelning av Ingmar Bergmans Det sjunde inseglet på Gamla Filmstaden i Solna. Ingmar Bergman på brandbilen, Gunnar Fischer på brandstegen (1957) — Louis Hutch, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/Sjunde_inseglet_1957.jpg/1280px-Sjunde_inseglet_1957.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

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