Roy Andersson

Directing·Mar 31, 1943·Gothenburg, Västra Götalands län, Sweden

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Roy Arne Lennart Andersson is a Swedish film director, best known for his distinctive style of absurdist humor and melancholic depictions of human life. His personal style is characterized by long takes, and stiff caricaturing of Swedish culture and grotesque. Over his career Andersson earned prizes from the Cannes Film Festival, Berlin International Film Festival and Venice International Film Festival. Andersson spent much of his professional life working on advertisement spots, directing over 400 commercials and two short films; directing six feature-length films in six decades. He made his feature film debut with A Swedish Love Story (1970) followed by Giliap (1975). Anderson received the Cannes Film Festival Jury Prize for Songs from the Second Floor (2000). His film A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence (2014) won the Venice International Film Festival's Golden Lion. He other notable films include You, the Living (2007), and About Endlessness (2019). Imdb Mini Bio By ; yusufpiskin

Film	Credit
Being Bo Widerberg2025 · Self	Self
The Andersson Brothers2024 · Self	Self
Roy Andersson's People2023 · Self	Self
Being a Human Person2020 · Self	Self
Året var 19702020 · Self (archive footage)	Self (archive footage)
About Endlessness2019 · Screenplay, Director	Screenplay, Director
Bergman: A Year in a Life2018 · Self	Self
Citizen Schein2017 · Self	Self
A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence2014 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
Palme2012 · Self	Self
LLev människa... för helvete... så länge du kan!2012 · Himself	Himself
Room 11122012 · Actor	Actor
Tomorrow's Another Day2011 · Himself	Himself
PPå genomresa - en intervju med Roy Andersson2009 · Himself	Himself
5 x Roy Andersson2009 · Writer, Director	Writer, Director
Cinema 16: European Short Films (U.S. Edition)2007 · Director	Director
You, the Living2007 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
Cinema 16: European Short Films (European Edition)2006 · Director	Director
With a View to Realism: The Making of Man on the Roof2004 · Self	Self
You Do the Best You Can2001 · Self	Self
The Greatness of the Small Man2000 · Self	Self
Songs from the Second Floor2000 · Screenplay, Director, Producer	Screenplay, Director, Producer
Obsessions from the Second Floor2000 · Self	Self
Life at Any Cost1998 · Himself	Himself
World of Glory1991 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
Something Has Happened1987 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Jonny Roova1985 · Producer	Producer
SSo Terribly Unnecessary1979 · Producer, Director	Producer, Director
Giliap1975 · Writer, Director	Writer, Director
A Swedish Love Story1970 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Saturday October 5th1969 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
The White Game1968 · Director of Photography, Director	Director of Photography, Director
To Fetch a Bike1968 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Visiting One's Son1967 · Director	Director