The filmmaker Ingmar Bergman has been awarded the second annual Dorothy and Lillian Gish Prize, which is worth about $25,000. The prize was established by a provision in the will of Lillian Gish, who died in 1993, to honor an individual each year for creativity and outstanding contributions to the arts. Last year's recipient was the architect Frank Gehry.
Bergman, whose many films include "Wild Strawberries," "The Seventh Seal" and "Cries and Whispers," was chosen from among nearly 200 nominees.The selection committee members were film director Arthur Penn, painter Chuck Close, choreographer Martha Clarke, writer Francine Prose and architect Hugh Hardy. Hardy served as chairman.
The award is to be presented Oct. 11 in New York City. Vartan Gregorian, president of Brown University, is to speak on creativity.