
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
- 2009
5 x Roy Andersson
Director
- 2007
Cinema 16: European Short Films (U.S. Edition)
Director
You, the Living
Director
- 2006
Cinema 16: European Short Films (European Edition)
Director
- 2000
1990s
- 1991
World of Glory
Director
1980s
- 1987
Something Has Happened
Director
1970s
- 1975
Giliap
Director
- 1970
A Swedish Love Story
Director
1960s
- 1969
Saturday October 5th
Director
Adalen 31
Assistant Director
- 1968
The White Game
Director
To Fetch a Bike
Director
- 1967
Visiting One's Son
Director
Wrote 11
2010s
- 2019
- 2014
2000s
- 2009
5 x Roy Andersson
Writer
- 2007
You, the Living
Screenplay
- 2000
1990s
- 1991
World of Glory
Screenplay
1980s
- 1987
Something Has Happened
Writer
1970s
- 1975
Giliap
Writer
- 1970
A Swedish Love Story
Writer
1960s
- 1969
Saturday October 5th
Writer
- 1968
To Fetch a Bike
Writer
Edited 5
2010s
- 2019
2000s
- 2000
1980s
- 1987
Something Has Happened
Editor
1970s
- 1975
Giliap
Editor
1960s
- 1969
Saturday October 5th
Editor
Produced 2
2000s
- 2000
1980s
- 1985
Jonny Roova
Producer
Acted in 1
2010s
- 2012
Room 1112
Movie
Camera 1
1960s
- 1968
The White Game
Director of Photography
Appearances15
2020s
- 2025
Being Bo Widerberg
Self
- 2024
The Andersson Brothers
Self
- 2023
Roy Andersson's People
Self
- 2020
Being a Human Person
Self
Året var 1970
Self (archive footage)
2010s
- 2018
- 2017
Citizen Schein
Self
- 2012
Palme
Self
Live, Human... as Long as You Possibly Can!
Himself
- 2011
Tomorrow's Another Day
Himself
2000s
- 2004
With a View to Realism: The Making of Man on the Roof
Self
- 2001
You Do the Best You Can
Self
- 2000
The Greatness of the Small Man
Self
Obsessions from the Second Floor
Self
1990s
- 1998
Life at Any Cost
Himself
Thanked in the credits1
2020s
- 2021