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Roy Andersson

Roy Andersson

Director · Born March 31, 1943 · Gothenburg, Västra Götalands län, Sweden

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Biography

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

Directed 16

2000s

  1. 2009

    5 x Roy Andersson

    Director

  2. 2007

    Cinema 16: European Short Films (U.S. Edition)

    Director

  3. You, the Living

    Director

  4. 2006

    Cinema 16: European Short Films (European Edition)

    Director

  5. 2000

1990s

  1. 1991

    World of Glory

    Director

1980s

  1. 1987

    Something Has Happened

    Director

1970s

  1. 1975

    Giliap

    Director

  2. 1970

    A Swedish Love Story

    Director

1960s

  1. 1969

    Saturday October 5th

    Director

  2. Adalen 31

    Assistant Director

  3. 1968

    The White Game

    Director

  4. To Fetch a Bike

    Director

  5. 1967

    Visiting One's Son

    Director

Wrote 11

2000s

  1. 2009

    5 x Roy Andersson

    Writer

  2. 2007

    You, the Living

    Screenplay

  3. 2000

1990s

  1. 1991

    World of Glory

    Screenplay

1980s

  1. 1987

    Something Has Happened

    Writer

1970s

  1. 1975

    Giliap

    Writer

  2. 1970

    A Swedish Love Story

    Writer

1960s

  1. 1969

    Saturday October 5th

    Writer

  2. 1968

    To Fetch a Bike

    Writer

Edited 5

1980s

  1. 1987

    Something Has Happened

    Editor

1970s

  1. 1975

    Giliap

    Editor

1960s

  1. 1969

    Saturday October 5th

    Editor

Produced 2

1980s

  1. 1985

    Jonny Roova

    Producer

Acted in 1

2010s

  1. 2012

    Room 1112

    Movie

Camera 1

1960s

  1. 1968

    The White Game

    Director of Photography

Appearances15

2020s

  1. 2025

    Being Bo Widerberg

    Self

  2. 2024

    The Andersson Brothers

    Self

  3. 2023

    Roy Andersson's People

    Self

  4. 2020

    Being a Human Person

    Self

  5. Året var 1970

    Self (archive footage)

2010s

  1. 2018
  2. 2017

    Citizen Schein

    Self

  3. 2012

    Palme

    Self

  4. Live, Human... as Long as You Possibly Can!

    Himself

  5. 2011

    Tomorrow's Another Day

    Himself

2000s

  1. 2004

    With a View to Realism: The Making of Man on the Roof

    Self

  2. 2001

    You Do the Best You Can

    Self

  3. 2000

    The Greatness of the Small Man

    Self

  4. Obsessions from the Second Floor

    Self

1990s

  1. 1998

    Life at Any Cost

    Himself

Thanked in the credits1